The Dog’s Way Podcast: Dog Training for Real Life
Kids & Family:Pets & Animals
In this episode, I talk about using a modified version of the approach I talked about in session 115 so that you can train a puppy. Just like you'd teach your children differently than you would teach them as an adult, there are incremental parts of the process that apply differently to a puppy. As I mentioned with adult dogs, this is fundamental training that is typically one of the first lessons I teach in person. To review the session for adult dogs, check out session 115 here.
The reality of training any social mammal is that it requires different approaches based on age. In all development, small progress markers for are clarified to help create a foundation of understanding for a younger brain. I talk about some of those concepts and how to apply it to training a puppy. Additionally, I'll point out the counterproductive approach to continuing to teach a dog as a puppy, the same way that it might seem odd to teach a teenager the way you'd teach a small child. I'll also cite some examples where you might apply a small version of some of those with older dogs in certain instances.
We'll apply similar principles from session 115, where we use a two-step approach. For puppies, we use it to help with a first stage (away from humans) to remove them from a setting where the puppy may just absolutely lose their mind when approaching a person. Once they've understood that, a second step involves interaction with people.
With a puppy, it's not phrases, but general noise making to draw their attention. I'll demonstrate techniques to enlist help of people you may encounter with your puppy, demonstrate the approach, and specific verbal markers to relay to your puppy during each stage of the process.
This process can be fun and is a key fundamental part of the training process.
Enjoy this episode, and go have fun with your dog!
Sean
Session 19: How to become a registered therapy dog team
Session 18: The overview of what to teach a puppy and when, and teaching two dogs to not go after each other’s fetch toys
Session 17: Teaching your puppy to greet people, and teaching your adult dog to learn to be brave around things like vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers
SESSION 16: Nose work games and how to condition your dog to using a muzzle.
Session 15: Step by step plan to help with grooming procedures.
SESSION 14: Protocol for solving problems when your dog is at the office.
SESSION 13: Questions from the email bag
SESSION 12: interview with Michael and Elizabeth Kohl
SESSION 11: In this episode I interview Laura Tonkin
Session 10
SESSION 9: Puppy Stuff: How to pick a puppy from a litter | Adult Dog Stuff: How to condition your dog to like having a bath
SESSION 8: Interview with Dr. Jake Tedaldi, author of What’s Wrong with My Dog
SESSION 7: How to introduce a new puppy into your home when you already have an existing dog. And, Sean goes through some of the problem solving in a question from an email when a dog has shown aggres
SESSION 6: Puppies meeting, greeting and interaction with other dogs and puppies and our for dogs over 7 months old: Try our New Year’s 21 day behavioral challenge!
SESSION 5: House breaking for puppies and preparing your dog to be better behaved during holiday parties.
SESSION 4: Follow up on homework from Session 3 & switch gears to learn how to train younger puppies.
SESSION 3: Learn how to structure your dog’s lifestyle more.
Session 2: Starting out – Are you having some “policy” disagreements with your dog?
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