How well does your dog respond to your cues at a distance? Would your dog sit or down when they are off leash and far away? It’s a skill that can be life saving for dogs! It only needs a few minutes a day of engagement with your dog to create great behaviors, and it starts with your dog listening to you when they are close.

In the episode you'll hear:

  • That a dog responding from a distance is just showing mastery of skills that they can do close up.
  • How to find time in your day to train your dog and how it can be engaging.
  • What your dog understanding of a cue looks like in day-to -day life.
  • About cleaning up your release cues and the releases that I use.
  • What to be aware of about cueing, marking, and releasing to create clarity for your dog.
  • Why we need transfer of value to the behaviour of sit, down or stand for our dogs.
  • About the experiment we conducted at agility camp and what the results showed about cues at a distance.
  • Why dogs who understand a behaviour close to you can perform at a distance.

Resources:

  1. Blog Post with Video: How to Train Your Dog to Stand on Cue
  2. YouTube Video: Teach Your Dog To Down On Cue: Easy Shaping With A Bed
  3. Learn How To Play ItsYerChoice
  4. Podcast Episode 134: How To Teach A Dog Stay WITHOUT Luring, Collar Pops Or Using The Word “Stay”
  5. Podcast Episode 21: The 5 Critical Dog Training Layers for Confidence with Anything
  6. Podcast Episode 125: Why Isn’t My Dog Learning What I’m Training?
  7. Podcast Episode 90: Premack, Dog Training and Transfer of Value
  8. Podcast Episode 135: Test Your Dog’s Sit Stay Training
  9. Blog Post with Video: Get Your Dog Training Done (And Make Your Week Awesome)
  10. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube