Lesson 1 Homework
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5 states of communication
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Conditioning your "Yes" marker
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Correct food delivery
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Luring straight lines
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Teaching Focus
Thank you for entrusting us with this work of helping you achieve your dog's full potential.
Consistency in the communication offered to your dog is extremely important to the success of its training.
The 5 states of communication:
This video covers all 5 states of communication which are laid out in the first attachment.
Download & Print the PDF of our '5 States of Communication'
We recommend printing the 5 states of communication outline and writing in your words of choices for each marker, then posting this document in a location where it can be reviewed by each member of the home. Consistency in the communication offered to your dog is extremely important to the success of its training.
Step #1: Condition your 'Yes' marker
Generally, the higher the value the reward, the faster the conditioning occurs.
Commands or Cues
Our obedience commands are a cue to action. We encourage you to hold off on using obedience cues until your dog is executing obedience behaviors quickly and reliably on lures. This allows us to keep our obedience cues free from any unwanted baggage.
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Please print out the pdf of our obedience commands/cues. Adapt as necessary. Space is available if you choose to teach in a foreign language.
Proper Food Presentation: Video 1
Learn how to hold food so it is close to impossible for your dog's teeth to touch your skin
Video 2
Minimize unwanted biting by creating a food presentation with your dog that will allow you to create advanced obedience skills through the art of luring.
Step #2: Lure Straight Lines
Teaching your dog to follow food in straight lines is skill we will use to teach many behaviors including come, heel, bed, touch an object and more.
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We use it to show a dog that they can move in all paths around us with no inhibition.
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We use straight lines to work on your marker timing and food delivery.
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And we use straight lines to create a little feedback in our dogs when we push back a little on their nose when they take the food.
Step #3: Create Handler Focus
While you can choose any word for your focus cue, I find it most intuitive to use my dog's name.