Articles about American Pit Bull Terrier
...to start reading this article please click on here... Repeat twice, each time increasing duration, and naming "easy" as dog becomes more accepting. When the dog accepts your hand in its collar u should stop, and give its a break ("soak time"). Five minutes later, repeat. Then touch its butt, name "butt". Repeat twice, bridging, saying "easy", getting duration. Soak time. Five minutes later, repeat. Now the dog will be targeting ur hand with its butt. Ur hand moves towards the "floor" (named), and "sit" (named) is achieved. For a down u can use a chin on two finger target and bring that to the ground. For stand u can use two body parts, "chin" and "base of tail". Follow Scenario: Getting a very young puppy to follow you. Don't expect her to follow very far, her world is pretty small right now, and it's all sort of a sensory overload and overwhelming. Her little nervous system isn't mature yet. Wiggle a two finger target for her and reinforce her coming a small distance to you and touching your fingers. Then, if you just walk away from her, the motion will probably cause her to follow. Recall Scenario: You may say ur dog " Come!"( calling its name) and when it will be heading towards u do start bridging its behavior with "xxxxxxx"....and every time it comes right to u. It's like saying "yes, you're doing good, keep coming". Heeling Offer a two finger target for the dog to touch with her nose. Then do this while moving forward, holding the two finger target so that the dog is in heel position when its nose is at the target. Stacking Teach the dog to touch its feet to targets on the floor, its tail to a finger target, and its nose to another finger target. Sometimes it helps to put the dog on a grooming table, chair, or counter. Leash Manners, Walking When the dog pulls on the leash, name it "tight leash". When he slacks off, name it "loose leash". Bridge the dog when he's in "loose leash". Scenario: E. g. Walking with two dogs, they tighten up at a squirrel and you just mark it again (that's a "tight leash"...show me a "loose leash") and as soon as one of them gives a teeny bit of slack,u mark it loose leash again! Of course the other one probably wants it in...so loosen up!...to continue reading this article please click on here...
