Dogs Training: The Command “Place”

You must teach the dog to return to the place both in everyday life, and during special training. As conditioned stimuli the command and gesture may be, as unconditional

Training Your Dog: When “Provocation” Should Be Used?

When developing tenacity, trainers often face the problem of premature of the dog darting away. Sometimes the animal darts away when you depart from it, but in most cases it happens after the approach, or at the time of encouraging. The dog may get up, it may walk up to meet you a couple of steps, or simply sit closer. All this “lubricates” the exercise of skill and reduces reliability. One technique that allows making the tenacity proper is the use of so-called “provocation”. The essence of the trick is that we deliberately provoke the dog dart away, ensuring that animal get away from the place only under the “next” command.

When should I start to use “provocation”?

You can start using this technique, as soon as the dog become accustomed to seating, and you began to step aside from it on 1 or 2 steps, get back to the dog and encourage it. If you can do this trick, and the dog does not jump up, then it’s time to move on to the “provocation”.