Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Overview

  • 2

    Class Information

    • Essential Training Equipment

    • Rewards / Reinforcements
  • 3

    Glossary of Training Terms

    • Training Terms
  • 4

    Class Etiquette and Structure

    • Class Etiquette and Structure

    • Before In-Person Group Class

    • Online and In-Person Students
  • 5

    Helpful Information

    • Crate Training - Adult Dogs

    • How TO Greet A Dog

    • How NOT To Greet A Dog

    • How Kids Should Interact with Dogs

    • How Kids SHOULD NOT Interact with Dogs
  • 6

    Canine Body Language

    • Canine Body Language

    • Body Language Graphics
  • 7

    Homework For Each Week

    • Practice Makes Perfect
  • 8

    Thriving Teen Success Tracker

    • The Thriving Teen Progress Tracker
  • 9

    What is Clicker Training?

    • What Is Clicker Training?

    • Charging The Clicker

    • Marker Introduction

    • The Art of Treat Delivery

    • Master Your Markers

    • Human Skills: Default Position

    • Human Skills: Treat Dispenser

    • Human Skills: Treat Delivery to Cup or Bowl

    • Human Skills: Cue -Mark- Get Treat -Deliver
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    Training Area

    • Set Up A Training Area
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    Enrichment Projects

    • Enrichment - What Is It?

    • Enrichment Project: Cardboard Boxes

    • Enrichment Project: Plastic Cups

    • Enrichment Project: Scavenger Hunt Scentwork

    • Enrichment Project: Burrito

    • Enrichment Project: Find It

    • Enrichment Project: Treasure Bag Adventure

    • Enrichment Project: Muffin Tin

    • Enrichment Project: Trash Bag Challenge

    • Enrichment Project: Frozen Challenge

    • Enrichment Project: DIY

    • Enrichment Project: 5 Day Challenge
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    Understanding Trigger Stacking

    • Understanding Trigger Stacking

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    Play

    • Appropriate Play

    • Inappropriate Play

    • Breaking Up Play

  • 14

    Behaviors

    • Building New Behavior
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    Module 1

    • How Dogs Learn

    • Airplane Game (Focus)

    • Slow Cookie (Focus)

    • The Name Game

    • Look At Me

    • Get It!

    • Putting it all Together

    • Touch Sensitivity

    • Your Dogs' Emotional Cup

    • Intro to Sit

    • Intro to Down

    • Bonding & Recall: Hide & Seek

    • Importance of Scent

    • Importance of Chewing

    • Prevention of Destructive Chewing

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    Module 2

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Teaching the Nose Target

    • Introduction to Stay

    • Shaping Relax - Go to Your Bed or Place

    • What is Management?

    • Importance of Routine

    • Finding Your Dog's Motivation

    • Teaching a Positive Interrupter

    • Ditch the Bowl

    • Discover Your Dog's Outlets

    • Lowering Arousal

    • Being an Epic Pet Parent

    • Understanding Dog Toys
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    Module 3

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Wait: Feeding Time, Polite Door Manners, Exiting A Vehicle

    • Building Door Manners

    • Intro to Tug

    • Recall: Scatter Recall

    • Teaching A Walking Position

    • Human End Of The Leash

    • Loose Leash Walking

    • Check it Out / Look at That

    • Bonding / Human Play

    • Bonding Through Hand Feeding

    • Building Relationship With Tricks

    • Creating A Trick Routine

    • Spin and Twist

    • Crazy 8 Trick

    • Take A Bow

    • Rollover

    • Sniffari Adventures

    • Creative Canine Cuisine

    • Wrap Around

    • Treasure Bag Adventures

    • Flirt Pole Fun
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    Module 4

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Leave It/ Leave It Task Switching

    • Handling & Husbandry

    • Touch Sensitivity

    • Introduction To People

    • Manners Around People

    • Exposure to Surfaces

    • Preventing Separation Anxiety

    • Preventing Counter Surfing

    • Knock It
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    Module 5

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Informal Skills Test

    • Teaching Your Dog to Walk Backwards

    • Regaining Your Dogs Attention

    • Changing Direction For Focus

    • Look At That

    • Back Away Recall

    • Check-Ins On Cue
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    Module 6

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Vehicle Exposure

    • Figure Eight Walking

    • Recall : Drop Lead

    • It's Picnic Time

    • Stair Etiquette in the Home

    • Teaching A Settle

    • Recall To Sit
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    Module 7

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Hand Target Recall

    • Teaching Release Cue

    • Mastering Calm Walking

    • Check In On The Move

    • Teaching An Autostop

    • Stop Start Game

    • Around To Position

    • Tug To Fetch

    • Learning To Drop It
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    Module 8

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Teaching a Stand

    • Settle As You Workout

    • The Bucket Game

    • Learning To Catch

    • Jumping / Polite Greetings

    • Preventing Resource Guarding Food

    • Barking

    • Ping Pong Recall

    • Go To Spot

    • Sniffari: Sniff and Go
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    Module 9

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Distraction, Duration and Distance

    • Reward Placement

    • Practice Turns on a Walk

    • Recall to Middle (Center)

    • Check in from a Distance

    • Counting Game Recall

    • Walking Pace Changes

    • Walk and Catch

    • Return to Side
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    Module 10

    • Warm Up with Focus Exercises and Previous Cues

    • Informal Skills Test

    • Fading Out Management

    • Urban Agility

    • Arc by Approaching Distractions

    • Escape by crossing the street

    • Escape Turn to Front

    • Escape Using a Treat Magnet

    • Escape U Turn

    • Arriving at an Off Lead Park

    • Teaching Clean Up

    • Fading Food Reinforcements

    • CONGRATULATIONS!!

    • Course Survey