OliveVeryFearfulMixAdult

  Behavioral Calming Exercises That You Can Rotate on Different Days: NOTE:  I USUALLY RECOMMEND 1/2 HOUR FOR CALMING EXERCISES AND 1/2 HOUR FOR OBEDIENCE EXERCISES.    IF CALMING EXERCISES TAKE UP THE ENTIRE HOUR, AND YOU CAN'T GET TO THE OBEDIENCE, JUST DO OBEDIENCE THE NEXT DAY INSTEAD. (Example Monday might be Sit on The Dog, Tuesday might be  30 minute Long Place, and so on) Sit on The Dog [ video ]  30 + minutes   Goal:  Is for the dogs to settle in less than 5 minutes in the area you are working in (remember that it can be longer than that, but this is what I look for), and learn to relax next to you.  If you find there is a nice day out, find a low to mid level outdoor area to do this.   Long Place [ video ]  30 minutes   Goal:  To get your dog able to stay on place for 30 minutes and increase the difficulty level gradually (playing with other dog, doing noisy chores,).  You do not have to res...

 Muzzle on and Off with Olive: Handling on Elevated Surface (to make vets and examinations less strange): Sits First Command and With Correction if Needed (After 1 Mississippi count after command): Circle Sit Stays : Let's Go Command: Send to Place : Circle Place : Long Place : Transitional Leash Work with Nose Loop:

 Questions At home does Olive nip at you when you handle her? Have you dealt with Olive by avoiding things that trigger her? Can the adult owners usually pick her up and handler her with no problem? Does Olive ever sit with the adults on furniture et? When you bring her for a car ride, is it usually something she finds scary at the end? Observations: What the beginnings were like with Olive (needing to put on the leash with a grab it, needing her to be in the puppy pen to leash her up without her getting away with nipping me.) Olive, as you know, tries to get away with hiding, nipping to biting (but still inhibited) to not do something. Olive is genuinely scared.  She is also a middle aged girl who is used to getting her way.  So she has to both be gently guided along, and pushed sometimes.  Olive seems to like people generally, although she is fearful of people at first (me and Robert in the beginning) Generally, Olive seems to get a lot more accepting of the handli...

Week 2 Added Working Outside and in More Distraction with Olive, structured on leash walking, and more handling Long Place on Long Line (attached to fence) in Yard with Other Dogs (Cujo Bandit and Shana): Send to Elevated Place in Garage with Door Open: Let's Go in Garage (New Environment): Sit Stays  (now from a distance) and Let's Go Outside in Garage with Olive: Transitional Leash Walk Outside:

  PART 1 WALK AND SIT WITH ME (NO COMMANDS) ON LEASH:    NOTE1:  BECAUSE THIS IS A BEHAVIORAL EXERCISE, COMMANDS ARE NOT USED TRADITIONALLY. NOTE2:  I HAVE ONLY MOSTLY PART 1 WITH LOLA SO FAR. STEP 1:    Make sure you put the transitional leash on correctly for handling your dog with the nose loop on and the safety attached to his collar.   STEP 2:   You can either start walking or start your dog off in a relaxed sit, and then start walking. STEP 3A:   In the very beginning, I stop at the first pressure the dog puts on the leash.   Also in the beginning you usually need to pull up on the leash to get them to sit.  Once the dog relaxes, I will walk again until the next time. STEP 3B:   When the dog has a handle on this concept, I may pull back slightly with my hand on the leash if I feel tension, but the dog is doing pretty okay.   Then I make up either paces or objects to which I will stop and prac...

  NOTE THAT ALL THE OUTSIDE WORK IS THE START OF WEEK 2 WORK.  ALL WEEK 1 STARTED PRIMARILY INSIDE WITH VERY LITTLE DISTRACTION: Chill Behavioral Exercises: Sit on The Dog Video (outside and other dog distractions is really the beginning of Week 2 Work): Chill Obedience Exercises: Send to Place (Step 2 of Place): Circle Place (Step 3 of Place): Long Place (outside with dog distractions is really the beginning of week 2 work): (Step 4 of Place) Basic Obedience Exercises (these also benefit behavior): Sits First Command with Collar/Leash Correction When Needed (We work towards the goal of three sets of four in a row without needing a correction, and outside work is the beginning of Wk 2 as Wk 1 was done inside with much less distraction): Still Sit Stays on Leash(outside is the beginning of Week 2 work) : Circle Sit Stays on Leash (outside is the beginning of Week 2 work):