Diamond K9 Dog Training

Working on down and the implied stay with Cora. If she pops up too soon we mark it with a no and reset her. The only way to earn the did is to wait until you hear the click and release. 🙂

By building in the implied stay from the beginning with young puppies we and up building a dog that has better impulse control and focus and is calmer in general.

Think about it. You're doing hundreds and even thousands of reps with your puppy over time. If they rehearse just springing back up over and over again you wire a more excitable, frantic dog. And one that is focused on nothing except the food. So you don't build patience.

We don't actually ask puppies to "stay" at first though, rather we just start building in the release word from the beginning. So when we do start asking them to stay, they pick up on it extremely quickly, usually in just a few reps.

Most dogs do NOT like Niblet. He's very "in your face". Literally. He wants to sniff your eyes. And yes, he does it to people, too. But we've had a string of dogs and puppies here that get on with him nicely. He's been in heaven.

Flashback to Millie. She's a nervy reactive girl and would bark and growl at people sometimes. She behaved rather frantically in a lot of situations, but definitely in an environment like this, you would see the high arousal, intense sniffing, visual scanning, and general uncertainty.

Now Millie knows exactly what to do. She can easily avoid that state of mind and follow instruction, staying tuned in and focused on her people.

She attended a softball game (something her family really wanted her to be able to do) right after going home and did great!

A clip from group class.. We do LOTS of heeling. I'm this case, we are walking by the dog park and there are several small, high energy dogs running and barking in the small dog area and behind that there are several large dogs playing and running as well.

Heeling is an exercise that carries immense value if used properly. It's a great way to bond and improve communication. It's a way to tune your dog in, so to speak, teach arousal control, and to become a better handler by experimenting with leash and ecollar communication.

Our clients are amazing handlers!