Coaching Call | Jan 25, 2022
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Catch up on the January 25, 2022 Puppy College Coaching Call to find out what you missed!
Topics include:
00:09 Puppy Mouthing
- Taglines
- Witching Hours
- other strategies
06:00 What is a Tagline?
08:00 How to make your own Tagline
10:00 Where to find the module and supplemental videos re Tagline?
15:30 Adolescent pup not responding to recall/come command anymore
20:30 How to use Tagline and keep your hands away from pup's mouth and collar
25:00 Beware of the puppy "witching hour" (gremlins because they need a nap)
- i.e. don't redirect, just provide an understanding time out in crate
27:00 Male pup is marking - everywhere!
- UTI?
- belly bands
- clean thoroughly with enzymatic cleaner
- limit freedom
- strong verbal redirect in set up to catch them in the act
- time outs (crate or expen)
- don't allow marking on leash walks (only real pee breaks)
- don't allow peeing on any man-made objects
33:00 Leash Manners
37:00 Ten week old is fearful of going down stairs
- ortho issues
- the "jump down" safety measurement
- visual processing and depth perception with young pups
- break it down into smaller, more successful stages (i.e. put pup on bottom stair, stand on the ground and encourage pup down that 1 step. Next session try 2 stairs from the bottom/ground.)
40:45 One y.o. has started chasing cars
- long line for safety and limit freedom
- strategies to desensitize (Back aways)
- employ the distraction exercise from leash manners modules
49:00 When and why/why not to move puppy crate out of your bedroom
52:00 Strategies to help puppy settle after night potty trips
- keep things low energy and low key
- carry pup directly to yard & carry back
- don't forget about the "shut up sheet'/crate cover trick from crate training modules!
