PROPERTY OF MANNERLY MUTTS DOG TRAINING AND ROBIN RUBIN. WE ONLY ALLOW PAYING CLIENTS TO COPY THIS MATERIAL FOR THEIR USE ALONE. THIS MATERIAL MUST NOT BE DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER NON-CLIENT PARTIES OF MANNERLY MUTTS WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION. THIS MATERIAL IS MEANT FOR USE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A TRAINER, EXPRESSLY MANNERLY MUTTS DOG TRAINING.
Long Line Work Follows Sit on The Dog Work:
Equipment Needed for This Exercise:· 15’ cotton canvas web long line. (See the “Before You Begin” page for the proper way to hold your long line)
· Training Collar with 2 Metal Rings, Preferably Herm Sprenger. If not a Herm Sprenger collar, check that the action on the collar selected is easy and fluid. It should not stick or be halting along the links. (See the “Before You Begin” page for the proper way to fit and put on a training collar.) · Three planned points no less than 50’ apart, which we will refer to as points A, B, and C.
· Silence-The handler must be prepared not to give praise, direction, or command during this exercise other than to walk from one area to another.
· Quality shoes, preferably sneakers. No sandals, clogs, shoes with heels, or shoes that becomes slippery on surfaces. I prefer form fitting non-laced sport shoes.
· Practice areas. For days 1 to 3, you might want to identify a large enclosed area, just in case.
· Single handler(I do not mean your marital status) only!! Don’t confuse your dog by subjecting them to inconsistent handling during training.
Explanation and Goal of Exercise: This exercise begins to teach the dog to pay attention to the handler. It also begins to teach the handler how to allow this to happen without nagging the dog by the use of silence and movement.
Steps for Days 1 thru 3:
Steps for days 4-7 (Italic is different than first few days):
Objective of days 4-7, your dog must watch you in order to be attentive and accomplish the exercise correctly. We are teaching the dog to be attentive to the whereabouts of his/her handler, not the other way around. Since we are not giving a command or signal, the dog has no choice but to watch us intently in order to predict what we are about to do.
STEP 1: Put the training collar on correctly when you let your dog out. Hold the collar by the top and bottom ring. Drop the chain through the bottom ring. Place the collar over your left hand. If you have done this correctly, when you tug on the ring that is not holding the chain (live ring), pulling the live ring will allow it to release. Otherwise, it will just tighten on your arm, and that is not what you want. Once the collar is in the correct conformation, position your dog at your left hand side, facing in the same direction that you are. Put your left hand on top of his/her head, then slip the collar off of your wrist and over his/her head instead.
STEP 2: Clip the leash to the collar.
STEP 3: If you are not outside already, you may want to walk your dog outside on the six-foot leash. Then clip the long line to the collar, step on it, and take off the six-foot leash.Slip your left hand thumb through the leash handle. Hold this hand at belly button level with elbow bent.
NOTE: Have your memorized internal list of temptations and distractions handy. (opening doors, going to house, going towards car, opening car door, children planted, trained dogs planted strategically,) When you dog gets good, later on you may want to plant a distraction around each point.
STEP 4: First, walk the dog purposely towards the point A.
STEP 5A: Watch to be sure your dog is no more than five feet from you as you are walking. If they remain there, you may end up at point B and wait for 30 seconds.
STEP 5B: If your dog lags, run forward five steps and then walk a normal gait again. If they catch up, just keep walking normally, but if they are not trying to catch up run forward five steps again. Keep walking to your point as long as your dog does not later forge (get ahead of you more than five feet).
STEP 5C: If your dog is at either your left or right more than five feet, run in the opposite direction (to your left if your dog is drifting on your right or your right if your dog is drifting from your left). Then go back to center and keep walking to your point as long as your dog does not later forge (get ahead of you more than five feet).
STEP 5D: If your dog runs ahead of you, turn back to the previous point, and run five steps then walk a normal gait all the way back to the previous point. Start over and try again until you can get to the point without the dog forging ahead of you more than five feet.
STEP 6: Repeat until you have done the triangle six times around (you can break this into smaller sessions of three times around).
STEP 7: When done with your cycles, encourage your dog to you, say "good dog" and give a pet, then give the release word "okay" or "break" or whatever word you decided on.
STEP 8: Finally, for 10 minutes allow your dog to investigate their surroundings while you follow along.
NOTE: Increase the draw of the distractions and temptations during the next four days. Still no praise or commands for the dog during this lesson.
NOTE: THESE VIDEOS SHOW ME DOING THIS IN AN EARLIER VERSION THAT I DID. THEY SHOULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA THOUGH. WE DID NOT USED TO DO IT IN A TRIANGLE, AND ON DAY 3 WE WOULD STOP STOPPING AT POINTS. HOWEVER, I LIKE THE NEW FORMAT ABOVE MUCH BETTER. I THINK IT GETS RESULTS QUICKER AND IS QUICKER THAN THE WAY I USED TO DO IT. THAT IS WHY I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING IT IN MY DIRECTIONS. I WILL ATTEMPT A VIDEO WITH ONE OF MY DOGS IN THIS NEW WAY.
The following video has edited out some time. This is a sample and representation of what you need to do the early days of 4-7 to get the result in day 8. This is broken into two parts.
Day eight: Do as days 4-7, but keep your dog five feet from you (IE the moment your dog even starts to list away from you, jog the five steps in the opposite direction) Last 10 minutes of this day, move your dog to a six foot leash and practice the same pattern. Still end the session the same way.
Example of what Day 8 would look like:
Maine and New Hamsphire Dog Training
Mannerly Mutts Blog
Long Line Work Follows Sit on The Dog Work:
Equipment Needed for This Exercise:· 15’ cotton canvas web long line. (See the “Before You Begin” page for the proper way to hold your long line)
· Training Collar with 2 Metal Rings, Preferably Herm Sprenger. If not a Herm Sprenger collar, check that the action on the collar selected is easy and fluid. It should not stick or be halting along the links. (See the “Before You Begin” page for the proper way to fit and put on a training collar.) · Three planned points no less than 50’ apart, which we will refer to as points A, B, and C.
· Silence-The handler must be prepared not to give praise, direction, or command during this exercise other than to walk from one area to another.
· Quality shoes, preferably sneakers. No sandals, clogs, shoes with heels, or shoes that becomes slippery on surfaces. I prefer form fitting non-laced sport shoes.
· Practice areas. For days 1 to 3, you might want to identify a large enclosed area, just in case.
· Single handler(I do not mean your marital status) only!! Don’t confuse your dog by subjecting them to inconsistent handling during training.
Explanation and Goal of Exercise: This exercise begins to teach the dog to pay attention to the handler. It also begins to teach the handler how to allow this to happen without nagging the dog by the use of silence and movement.
Steps for Days 1 thru 3:
Start with confining your dog to a small area (preferably their crate) for two hours prior to beginning.- Put the training collar on correctly when you let your dog out. Hold the collar by the top and bottom ring. Drop the chain through the bottom ring. Place the collar over your left hand. If you have done this correctly, when you tug on the ring that is not holding the chain (live ring), pulling the live ring will allow it to release. Otherwise, it will just tighten on your arm, and that is not what you want. Once the collar is in the correct conformation, position your dog at your left hand side, facing in the same direction that you are. Put your left hand on top of his/her head, then slip the collar off of your wrist and over his/her head instead.
- Clip the leash to the collar.
- If you are not outside already, you may want to walk your dog outside on the six-foot leash. Then clip the long line to the collar, step on it, and take off the six-foot leash.
Slip your left hand thumb through the leash handle. Hold this hand at belly button level with elbow bent. - From this point on, you are to walk directly to points, and not acknowledge or look back at your dog whatsoever. Leave the length of the leash out, and walk directly to point A without command, praise or any verbal comment whatsoever.
- Now walk straight from point A to point B. Walk briskly and with purpose to not meander or try in anyway to follow your dog.
- At reaching the destination area, stop thirty seconds. Do not praise or talk to your dog. Look at your surroundings and relax.
- At the end of the break, walk purposefully and briskly to point C.
- As before you will rest for a few minutes. You will want to complete the walk to each of the three points six times. (So your first rotation would be A to B then B to C then C to A then repeat five more times)
- Do not walk your dog back to his place directly after the session. Instead, keep the line out and continue to hold the handle, but now you are going to be following your dog around for the next ten minutes.
Steps for days 4-7 (Italic is different than first few days):
Objective of days 4-7, your dog must watch you in order to be attentive and accomplish the exercise correctly. We are teaching the dog to be attentive to the whereabouts of his/her handler, not the other way around. Since we are not giving a command or signal, the dog has no choice but to watch us intently in order to predict what we are about to do.
STEP 1: Put the training collar on correctly when you let your dog out. Hold the collar by the top and bottom ring. Drop the chain through the bottom ring. Place the collar over your left hand. If you have done this correctly, when you tug on the ring that is not holding the chain (live ring), pulling the live ring will allow it to release. Otherwise, it will just tighten on your arm, and that is not what you want. Once the collar is in the correct conformation, position your dog at your left hand side, facing in the same direction that you are. Put your left hand on top of his/her head, then slip the collar off of your wrist and over his/her head instead.
STEP 2: Clip the leash to the collar.
STEP 3: If you are not outside already, you may want to walk your dog outside on the six-foot leash. Then clip the long line to the collar, step on it, and take off the six-foot leash.Slip your left hand thumb through the leash handle. Hold this hand at belly button level with elbow bent.
NOTE: Have your memorized internal list of temptations and distractions handy. (opening doors, going to house, going towards car, opening car door, children planted, trained dogs planted strategically,) When you dog gets good, later on you may want to plant a distraction around each point.
STEP 4: First, walk the dog purposely towards the point A.
STEP 5A: Watch to be sure your dog is no more than five feet from you as you are walking. If they remain there, you may end up at point B and wait for 30 seconds.
STEP 5B: If your dog lags, run forward five steps and then walk a normal gait again. If they catch up, just keep walking normally, but if they are not trying to catch up run forward five steps again. Keep walking to your point as long as your dog does not later forge (get ahead of you more than five feet).
STEP 5C: If your dog is at either your left or right more than five feet, run in the opposite direction (to your left if your dog is drifting on your right or your right if your dog is drifting from your left). Then go back to center and keep walking to your point as long as your dog does not later forge (get ahead of you more than five feet).
STEP 5D: If your dog runs ahead of you, turn back to the previous point, and run five steps then walk a normal gait all the way back to the previous point. Start over and try again until you can get to the point without the dog forging ahead of you more than five feet.
STEP 6: Repeat until you have done the triangle six times around (you can break this into smaller sessions of three times around).
STEP 7: When done with your cycles, encourage your dog to you, say "good dog" and give a pet, then give the release word "okay" or "break" or whatever word you decided on.
STEP 8: Finally, for 10 minutes allow your dog to investigate their surroundings while you follow along.
NOTE: Increase the draw of the distractions and temptations during the next four days. Still no praise or commands for the dog during this lesson.
NOTE: THESE VIDEOS SHOW ME DOING THIS IN AN EARLIER VERSION THAT I DID. THEY SHOULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA THOUGH. WE DID NOT USED TO DO IT IN A TRIANGLE, AND ON DAY 3 WE WOULD STOP STOPPING AT POINTS. HOWEVER, I LIKE THE NEW FORMAT ABOVE MUCH BETTER. I THINK IT GETS RESULTS QUICKER AND IS QUICKER THAN THE WAY I USED TO DO IT. THAT IS WHY I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING IT IN MY DIRECTIONS. I WILL ATTEMPT A VIDEO WITH ONE OF MY DOGS IN THIS NEW WAY.
The following video has edited out some time. This is a sample and representation of what you need to do the early days of 4-7 to get the result in day 8. This is broken into two parts.
Day eight: Do as days 4-7, but keep your dog five feet from you (IE the moment your dog even starts to list away from you, jog the five steps in the opposite direction) Last 10 minutes of this day, move your dog to a six foot leash and practice the same pattern. Still end the session the same way.
Example of what Day 8 would look like:
Maine and New Hamsphire Dog Training
Mannerly Mutts Blog