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Obedience Training
Obedience Training Basics
■Plan Your Training for Success
•Make sure your og un erstan s basic comman s such as “come”, “sit”
an “stay”. If he un erstan s the comman but oes not always obey, the
remote trainer can be use to reinforce the appropriate response to the
comman (i.e., if he respon s appropriately, he turns-off or avoi s the
correction.) If he oes not have a basic un erstan ing of the comman ,
the remote trainer will not be effective.
•Set the Training Level to the lowest effective level to get your og’s
attention without making him anxious when you sen a correction.
•Begin your training sessions in an open area free from istractions. If the
area is not fence to contain the og, use a long rope to keep the og from
leaving the area until you are sure he is consistently respon ing to your
comman s.
•Do not make it obvious that you are controlling the corrections. You want
your og to associate his behavior with the correction - - not you!
•Do not comfort your og when he receives a correction.
•Keep the initial training sessions short (15 - 20 minutes) but repeat the
training regularly and frequently, especially uring the early stages. Dogs
learn by repetition an reinforcement.
•Rewar your og uring training sessions with praise an perio s of play.
•Be consistent. Always use the same comman s.
•When your og has learne the comman s in the first setting, gra ually
increase the level of istractions an continue the training in ifferent
settings. Increase the istractions gra ually so your og continues to
associate the correction with the behavior, not the istractions.
■Using the Remote Trainer
•For Obe ience Training, use the Continuous stimulation (button ‘C’). Begin
the stimulation imme iately before you give the comman . Do not wait
until after you gi e the command as the og may alrea y be trying to
comply by the time you press the button.
•As your og begins to un erstan that the stimulation stops when he
respon s to the comman , he will begin to respon more quickly. As he
respon s more quickly, the uration of the stimulation shoul shorten also.
•When he is respon ing almost imme iately to your comman , begin using
the trainer only if you must repeat the comman .