Coaching Call | Dec 28, 2021

Catch up on the December 28, 2021 Puppy College Coaching Call to find out what you missed!

To do so, you can either watch the video or listen to and/or download the audio file.

Topics include:

00:00:30 Accessing previously purchased Puppy College vouchers

00:02:50 Male pups and leg lifting or "marking"

00:08:30 Mouthing/chewing on household items

- too much freedom
- Tagline

00:16:00 Don't attempt to train and multi-task (i.e. cook dinner)

00:18:00 Pup gets vocal and frustrated in expen

- put crate inside expen so you can employ "shut up sheet"/crate cover and earthquakes from crate training modules

00:24:00 The wisdom of separating puppy mealtimes from human mealtimes

00:27:30 Adolescent/'teenage" testing of everything

00:31:00 Pulling on leash (aka why only stopping, doesn't work)

00:33:00 Leash manners ideas

- leash manners training sessions vs. neighborhood walks

- its the journey, not the destination

- compromise is ok in moderation (i.e. give me 5 steps of nice heeling and then we will jog together for 20 steps)

00:39:30 A trick for bad leash manners in distracting environments when you aren't prepared with training collar, treats or etc. (leash "half hitch"/ waist cinch)

00:42:30 Jumping up on people

- Tagline

- Mantra of "no look, no talk, no touch, unless pup has 4 feet on the ground"

00:48:00 Putting funny behaviors on cue to become a trick

- pogo stick jumping

- be careful dog doesn't offer tricks/behaviors when not asked for (i.e. don't become a puppy vending machine)

00:53:00 Adolescent puppy demanding to go outside to play, not just potty

00:56:00 Demand barking

- easy silly ways to redirect/interrupt unwanted behavior (zurberts, blow in pups face, poke them in the butt, whisper!)

01:00:00 Pup doesn't like donning of harness and leash

- try a flat buckle collar instead

- practice in the house and before meals or etc. not just before/in anticipation of walks, care rides or etc.