We discussed how to get started working through a variety of distractions when training your dog. Be sure to refer to our article Dealing with Distractions in your Dog Training first before you read through Part 2. Another factor to consider when dealing with distractions is what your dog wants in regard to this distraction. [...]
If your dog is doing well at home with very few distractions, it is time to start practicing in new areas. Do not expect your dog to perform all cues under any circumstances as well as he does at home until you have practiced in a variety of situations. Remember: dogs do not generalize well, [...]
Once your dog has a basic understanding of a cue, we want to help them to reliably perform in any situation with any distractions. You want to begin to challenge them a bit at a time. It's great that your dog can Sit in the kitchen for a treat, but what about before you cross [...]
Helping our dogs to return focus to us can be done in many different ways. One of those is the Up and Down Pattern Game from Leslie McDevitt. My number one request might very well be helping dogs to listen when "distractions" are present. That might pretty much cover just about everything I do as [...]
Here's one of those stories about. . . things not going the way you planned, because it became more about dealing with your dog's distractions. I had planned to have Ed take video of the start of my morning walk with Zooka. I wanted to show what our normal walks look like. Not the [...]
