Dog
Stability
This is yours dogs specific level of reactivity and self control.
-social ability
-tolerance
-triggers
What Kind Of Dog
Here we’re looking at the breed, age, and temperament so we can better understand the type of dog we’re working with.
-drive
-personality
Their Needs
Each dog has its own unique set of needs that drive its behavior.
-exercise
-social
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What Kind Of Handler
This is for you to self assess, take into considerations your personality.
-strict
-relaxed
Learned
Habits
We are taking into consideration your learn habits as well.
-bad habits
-frustration
-reactivity
Handler
Knowledge
and
Experience
Have you had dogs like this before, have you every been through training?
-breed knowledge
-training skills
Lifestyle
In Home
This is specifically looking at our dogs life at home.
-working areas
-containment
-bad habits
Structure
And
Routines
We look at your typical routines, where we can fit in training, and what ground rules we need to have in our dogs day to day.
-work, free time, rest
-boundaries
Outside Of Home
What training do we need to do outside of the home.
-transitions at car
-working environments
-freedoms
Gear we are
using
What kind of collars, leashes, and other things you are using in your dogs life.
-communication
-problems
New
Tools
Anything that can be incorporated in your training to improve our communication and behavior
Tools
Rewards
and
Resources
What we will use in our training to motivate our dog to work with us.
Training
How
Dogs Learn
Dogs learn through patterns and association. In which we can condition new behaviors and counter condition existing ones.
What is
Training
Training is all about getting in reps after reps to build a new habit. This could be getting in work practice a specific command or a response to a specific situation.
Working
Relationship
How you and your dog communicate is key. This is the foundation everything else is built on.
Structure
and
Routine
Getting into a routine is the first step to an obedient dog. A Work, Free Time, Rest routine allows you to structure your dogs life where most of their needs can be met and organized.
Tranisitions
Going from one environment to the next is the next challenge. Transitions should still require our dogs to be engaged and have impulse control.
“Walks”
This is now where you are working with your dog in different environments and situations. We use walks as an opportunity to train, basically going from one working area to another, allowing them to disengage in between.
Place
Training your dog to go to a specific spot and staying for a specific time. An essential behavior, and something to do in your home.
1
Game Plan
Checklist
​​We have a routine with our dog, we can work, give free time, and rest comfortably
We can play with our dogs in a fun way without fighting
​​Our dogs can engage with us and ignore what is around us during our working sessions.
We can leave our dogs in a safe area without running into issues, for free time and rest​​
We can transition from one environment to the next with a calm and engaged dog.
We can work around the house and at least one place else.
2
Handling
Skills
This is all the technical skills and fundamentals of handling a dog. Non verbal communication and prompted commands.
Shape
New
These are the commands or more strict behaviors im still building a foundation for.
-heel
-short leash walking
-corrections
Prompt
Known
These are commands or behaviors that are shaped, the dog has an understanding, now we get more specific.
Exposure
Getting our dog around distractions and situations so that we can build a tolerance.
Triggers
Something that causes our dogs stress and cause a reaction from them.
Threshold
Counter
Condition
Game Plan
Checklist
​​We have a routine with our dog, we can work, give free time, and rest comfortably
We can play with our dogs in a fun way without fighting
​​Our dogs can engage with us and ignore what is around us during our working sessions.
We can leave our dogs in a safe area without running into issues, for free time and rest​​
We can transition from one environment to the next with a calm and engaged dog.
We can work around the house and at least one place else.
Game Plan
Dogs learn through patterns and association. In which we can condition new behaviors and counter condition existing ones.
​Advanced
Obediance
Training is all about getting in reps after reps to build a new habit. This could be getting in work practice a specific command or a response to a specific situation.
Variables
DDD
Training is all about getting in reps after reps to build a new habit. This could be getting in work practice a specific command or a response to a specific situation.
Proofing
Dogs learn through patterns and association. In which we can condition new behaviors and counter condition existing ones.
New Situations
Challenges
Sport
Real
Life