The best way to train your reactive dog is not to distract them, not to assert dominance, and definitely not punishing, correcting, or shouting at your dog. Reactive dog training methods based on distraction and redirection fail. Here’s why: Imagine luring your dog away with a cookie every time a person or dog comes too close… It’s not sustainable. Do you really want to distract your dog every single time you come across another person or dog? It won’t work every time. One day, you come across a
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Steffi Trott on Instagram: "A dog being friendly is no substitute for a recall. ‍♀️ A dog needing off-leash exercise is no substitute for a recall.‍♀️ If they run up to other leashed dogs and the owner cannot recall them? That's not "friendly", "social", "looking for friends" ... that's rude and untrained‍♀️ And for the owner of the leashed dog it's potentially really uncomfortable and anxiety-provoking, depending on their dog and their past experiences!"
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Steffi Trott on Instagram: " I think it’s time for a new trick tutorial  The key here is to advance the height of your arm gradually and remember to reward behind your back (this will set the dog up for the jump over the second arm). And of course:  Always Practice OnNon-SlipSurfaces"
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Steffi Trott on Instagram: "Working on having your pup focus in new places? Try this fun, gradually advancing focus game! We start with something that’s easy-peasy: Eating treats for free. And then we sloooowly add some challenge. Make sure that your dog is successful at every step of the way 😀 Of course only play this in locations where your dog won’t pick up anything dangerous 🐶"
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Steffi Trott on Instagram: "Dashing out the door is frustrating and dangerous - but oh so common! Many dog owners try to keep the dog from running out by restraining them/wrestling with them/body-blocking them. While this works in the moment, the dog learns to predict your movements and one day they will probably be faster than you and run off … So let’s teach them that staying is in their OWN BEST INTEREST 💡 The door will only open IF they stay still. In the beginning, this might mean you can
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Steffi Trott on Instagram: "“Treat training didn’t work for us!” is a common complaint for leash walking. A lot of dogs take a treat and then immediately dash to the end of the leash, continuing to pull. After a bit of pulling the owner calls them back, gives them another treat and then the cycle goes on 🔁 We can easily stop and retrain this behavior chain with 2️⃣ changes: 🍪 🍪 🍪 multiple treats in position AND ⭕️ walking on curved lines rather than a straight line Give it a go and let us kn
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