A distracted dog may cause a tricky daily walk. By teaching your dog to be relaxed around new things you can achieve a simpler time when out walking him. Dogs, people, vehicles and bikes are among some of the things that distract dogs while out and about. The interesting news is that most distracted behavior can be changed by following the same process for each.
The final aim with a distracted dog is to urge that he looks at you where he would routinely lose interest in you utterly. You can encourage and bolster this look with positive canine obedience training.
To coach your dog to look directly at you, simply fortify it when he does it naturally. This is often done with either a praise word or clicker followed by a little and flavorsome treat. Begin in an area of low distraction and when he is frequently looking at you introduce a cue word as his eyes reach your face. Something straightforward will do, "focus" or similar. You may quickly be well placed to provoke the look by bringing the cue word forward gradually.
When your dog examines you on command you are prepared to move into areas with more diversions. Take things at your dog's pace and only introduce the diversions that you think he'll deal with. You can steadily build him up to taking a look at you when asked to in all situations.
While out dog walking on the leash, it's critical to inspire a relaxed state in your dog. If he tries to greet other dogs or folks when he's over excited then he will see the excitement as rewarding. If he does try and jump up when greeting simply do not allow him to greet. Move back and create space between you and ask for his attention, then only as he relaxes move closer so that he can greet. This will need repeating a lot at first but with consistency it should be habit inside one or two weeks.
The final aim with a distracted dog is to urge that he looks at you where he would routinely lose interest in you utterly. You can encourage and bolster this look with positive canine obedience training.
To coach your dog to look directly at you, simply fortify it when he does it naturally. This is often done with either a praise word or clicker followed by a little and flavorsome treat. Begin in an area of low distraction and when he is frequently looking at you introduce a cue word as his eyes reach your face. Something straightforward will do, "focus" or similar. You may quickly be well placed to provoke the look by bringing the cue word forward gradually.
When your dog examines you on command you are prepared to move into areas with more diversions. Take things at your dog's pace and only introduce the diversions that you think he'll deal with. You can steadily build him up to taking a look at you when asked to in all situations.
While out dog walking on the leash, it's critical to inspire a relaxed state in your dog. If he tries to greet other dogs or folks when he's over excited then he will see the excitement as rewarding. If he does try and jump up when greeting simply do not allow him to greet. Move back and create space between you and ask for his attention, then only as he relaxes move closer so that he can greet. This will need repeating a lot at first but with consistency it should be habit inside one or two weeks.
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This work tries to help you live in harmony with your dog and others while out dog walking. To get some more information on caring for your dog and to get access to dog training lessons, feel free to visit The Dog Trick Academy.
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