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AGILITY TRAINING - Positive Reinforcement training can be fun. If mental and physical stimulation becomes part of the daily interaction with your dog, you’ll stablish a great relationship with your K-9 friend, based on trust, mutual bond, fun and respect. You’ll have a grrrr8 mate for life...

Before teaching agility training we teach your dog how to target. The dog touches the hand target with its nose and gets a treat reward every time he/she does it. Soon your dog starts following your hand target along a course of jumps, tunnels, ramps, weaving poles. You reward your dog for every successful attempt. You need to focus so your dog can learn to focus on you and on your hand signals too. If your dog doesn’t like doing/trying a particular piece of agility equipment, make it fun for him to go through and never force him.  Instead, encourage him and reward him for trying it. Always finish the session on a positive note. He’ll soon start enjoying it and to want to do it more and more. Life should be fun for both of you.

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Rocket recall - We lead busy lives these days and we work long hours. Do you find time to walk your dog daily? If yes, great!  What about Playing with your dog? Taking your dog to a park, playing fetch with balls, frisbees, toys? Or simply off-leash play?? They simply love it!  To be able to do play successfully there are a few things to keep in mind... You start and finish playtime. It’s on your terms. Get some yummy treats your dog loves, a bum bag and head to the park. You need to be fun for your dog to want to come back to. Great things should always happen when he’s around you. You should ask your dog to sit and look at you before releasing them into off-leash play. And use a command word like Free or Go Play before letting them off leash. Every few minutes you can call your dog to check in with you and reward him for coming back to you. Sit and Look at you becomes the default action your dog must perform before they get something they want from you, making it easy to get them to focus on you. Gently touch the collar and say Good Boy or Yes when he comes back then Go Play so he never knows when its time to go home and doesn’t run away from you when you ask for a recall. Recalls should be practiced in the presence of mid and high levels of distractions, like other dogs. Soon enough you’ll have a rocket recall and fun times ahead for both of you…

Unlock your dog’s genius with Sarah Whitehead and the Clever Dog Company!  Sarah is passionate about positive training and behavioural understanding and lectures world-wide on the subject.  Sarah’s specialities are puppy development, adolescent canine behaviour, aggression issues and canine body language. Whether you would like to follow a career in dog training or behaviour, or just want to build the best possible relationship with your own dog, this clip is for you.

Education courses, international and home study: www.thinkdog.org.  Your Clever Dog DVDs, focusing on Basic Training, Coming when Called, Jumping Up, Puppy Biting, Pulling on Leash, House Training: www.yourcleverdog.com.  Free fact sheets, videos and training tips with Sarah Whitehead: www.cleverdogcompany.com.  Online dog training course for dogs of all types and ages: www.trainyourdogonline.  Try Sarah’s new clicker training App! http://itunes.apple.com/th/app/your-clever-dog-basic-training/id440041968?mt=8

Unlock your dog’s genius today! With Sarah Whitehead, Windsor, UK.  Behaviour specialist, trainer, author and lecturer

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Stefano Margheri is a trainer in the North of Italy that believes in the importance of training dogs in both the urban and natural environment, in order to build an enduring and authentic relationship together. He began his training with the “Le Nuvole Rosse” dog training center, which allowed him to learn from some of the most important figures in dog training. Now he works independently, organizing and running puppy classes & general obedience classes, where dogs learn to make eye contact, recall, walk off-leash, proper manners around strangers, and more, using positive, dog friendly methods.

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An important step in the training process is taking the dog out into the real world to make sure their obedience training can withstand the many distractions that can be encountered in everyday life. Other dogs are likely to be among the most distracting features in the environment, so it’s well worth practicing around them. Stefano has been working with rescue dogs for several years now, which requires that the dogs excel in obedience, athletic and rescue exercises. He has also worked with an organization that uses dogs for pet therapy with people who have had problems with drug abuse. Finally Stefano thanks his dog Mia, for all of her love.

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Reward based training is the only method that should be used by children for their dogs. We educate kids about training and behavior so the children in the house can control the dog through verbal cues and hand signals. We avoid confrontation between child and dog and therefore they experience a safer, more trusting relationship.  Play is such an excellent bonding activity and kids can sometimes excite the dog a little too much. Fetch and tug games, with rules, are great exercise for the dog and a learning experience for the child in how to calm the dog down.  Kids need to be involved, get them helping with enrichment aids and hiding food for the dog to find.

There are hundreds of basic tricks where kids can be involved in training the dog. It is important to set the child and dog up for success, make it easy for them to get it right! Food luring is so easy, but an adult should first teach the dog to follow a lure without snatching.  There are many activities on your daily walk you could practice: weaving around poles, jumping over small logs, practicing sit stays before crossing the road and so on. Look for training opportunities everywhere!

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Safe play with your dog is important. Initially, parents should be closely supervising to coach children to recognize arousal and then to trade the toy for a treat and ask for a sit or a drop from the dog so he calms down. Eating a food treat stops adrenaline production and will ensure the dog wont get any more excited.

Stop - drop - roll, such an easy chain of behaviours to train and great for self control. Also a great trick to show your friends! Luring again is the easiest way to train this and soon, the dog will do the behaviour on a hand signal. Try getting a roll both ways, or maybe two in a row.

Grooming is how many animals bond and dogs are no different. Children can calmly brush and groom the dog of an evening when everyone is tired and settling in for the night. Supervision is important and slow, firm strokes are most enjoyable for the dog.

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Shizuka Kawahara is a pet dog training instructor with a world of experience.  Currently living in Houston, Texas, Shizuka grew up in Japan and spent 6 years teaching at Can! Do! pet dog school in Tokyo.  She also spent time living in South Africa and Germany, and has been passionate about working with dogs everywhere she goes.  She is always curious about how people in different countries and cultures interact with their canine companions and in this episode, Shizuka shows us how people in three different countries live with their dogs.  Part 1 will show Japan, and Part 2 will show Germany & the United States.

http://buntepfoten.blogspot.com/ Germany is a very dog friendly country, where dogs are welcome in many public spaces, restaurants and shops. Of course, for this to work, dogs must be well trained and socialized, so owners can control them in these many varied environments. The United States is such a large country that it’s hard to generalize about it as a whole. In Texas there are large parks for well socialized dogs to play together, and while it isn’t as common as in Germany, there are some public places owners can take their dogs to. Wherever you are, it is vital that you actively socialize and train your dogs, if you want to enjoy a long, happy life together. Lure Reward methods are the easiest and most enjoyable way to train your dog, and they work well in every country!

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Educación Canina (Moira Hechenleitner & Giannina Stagno) - Santiago, Chile

Giannina and Moira are veterinarians and pet dog trainers with Educación Canina, located in Santiago, Chile. In Part 1, they discuss how problems that look like impossible missions can be easily prevented with group classes for puppies, teaching basic obedience orders at an early age or using useful tools like rewards and a clicker, and how common household problems can be easily solved by training your dog with a command for an incompatible activity.
All these techniques allow the owner to learn more about their dog and its needs, and to have more control over them. This makes the bond between them grow stronger and prevents common problems such as abuse and abandonment.
Group classes allow puppies to socialize and regulate their mouths, while the entire family learns the right way to educate the new puppy. Obedience orders such as Sit, Respond to their Name, Lie Down and Stay improve daily interaction between owner and dog. Incompatible response techniques using these commands can help to prevent common problems such us jumping up, chewing and stealing food in the house.

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Educación Canina (Moira Hechenleitner & Giannina Stagno) - Santiago, Chile

In this episode, Moira and Giannina continue showing techniques to create and modify different behaviors. The incompatible response technique is still the tool of choice, because it only requires that the dog know some basic obedience commands to be effective.  You can immediately start using those commands to modify unwanted behaviors.
They also teach different ways to train your dog to walk on leash without pulling, and tricks to help owners have more fun with their dog, and games to get owners and dogs excited about playing and training together. In this part you can also see how a trick like “bark on command” can be useful to give a sense of security to the owner in case of an emergency, without promoting aggressive behavior in the dog.
With Educación Canina, the main purpose is that the owner learns how to educate his dog. This means training him and providing for their welfare trough walks, games, toys and environmental enrichment. Finally, when all these needs are covered, owner and dog can enjoy a long and happy life together.

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Meet Robert Dollwet who has trained police dogs for the military, animal actors for the television and motion picture industry in Hollywood and created countless happy homes for once frustrated dogs and their owners.  After the animal actor experience, Robert opened his own company in Malibu, California, to help people and their pets. He recently fulfilled a life-long dream to live in Australia and, even better, he has been able to continue his 30-year dog training career there. Surprisingly, they even listen to him “down under” despite his American accent.  This is not a how to video, but an opportunity to follow Robert’s story. In the video, Robert showcases Australia and the many talented dogs he has helped, particularly, Magic and Frida who over came aggressive behavior to be happy members of their households.  

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Timing is Everything. If Frida's owner hadn't been on the beach the same time as Melissa, things wouldn't have turned out so well for Frida. You'll need to watch part 2 to see the climactic ending to Frida's story. Also, Robert makes a confession to something, plus you'll see his video that receives over 6k hits a day on his YouTube channel.