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How I Handle a Person Approaching My Puppy in Training (Patreon)

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I love when these organic moments make it into videos!

Getting approached when you have a cute puppy is par for the course while training. Here’s a real life example of that happening.

My goal during the interaction is to help my puppy succeed by him ignoring the person/maintaining position. At this age (8 weeks), that means a high level of reinforcement. As he gets older and he has some skills under his belt, he’ll need less to maintain position.


I also try to head off any reaching for the puppy by subtly explaining to the person what we’re doing through conversation. This is typically pretty helpful, and it gives me the opportunity to reinforce my dog more for maintaining position while they just stand there not petting them, which is a training win.

Remember that the priority is your dog and you can always ask for what you need in the moment, such as, “hey im so sorry, I can’t talk right now because I really have to focus on his training” or, you can say “I’m sorry, we’re training” and back up or walk away.

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Valerie

lol that was great!

Lindsay

How long does a session like this last? I assume you go out at a time when you know there will be some people but not many and maybe do about 3 reps (3 people walking by). But since people are unpredictable what do you do if he's been sitting there for to long and he's about to fail the holding position part out of border? Play and then reset when a person is coming?

DOGGY•U
>>153700741

So the goal of this session was actually to watch cars because he's been a little reserved around cars - so i chose a spot far enough away and where the cars had to stop. If my goal were people walking by, I'd likely actually choose a busier area, depending on the dog so that the people walking by wasn't as novel. But it would depend on my goals. This was about a 5 minute session total.

Hannah Gaudette

Thanks for sharing this real-world example!

Keybri

Flipping awesome

Keybri

Ooh random but quick question what size harness is this?

Cathy

Lovely! Any tips for when you have a fairly long travel time to get to much of anything? We have 1/2 hr each way to get to town, and not much between here and there, so not a lot of opportunity to do something like this without quite a drive. That makes it really hard to do short outings! For the last 2 SD's I've trained, there was a lot of in and out of the van/crate, like a few min of treats and hanging outside Costco to hear carts, see people walking, then back in the crate and take the working SD in for my grocery run. That seemed like my best option, but if there's a better idea for the next one when it comes time...

DOGGY•U
>>153809508

What you described is unfortunately the best option. And just trying to take advantage of any errand you need to run as a short training opportunity. I wanted this specific spot because I knew that it was quiet with cars that stopped in both directions, and it was 45 minutes away, so I combined it with another trip. But yeah, unfortunately, outside of ensuring you take advantage of any novelty you can train for at home, it's just a lot of driving for a short amount of training.

Wendy

What's his weight at the time of this XS to SM size transition?

Wendy

At this age and not yet fully vaccinated, would you walk him to the location, carry him or use the stroller? I worry about sidewalks where many dogs may have walked?

DOGGY•U
>>153954070

I don’t know his current weight. We go to the vet next week. He fits into the small and XS right now and I’d guess he’s 13-15 lbs

DOGGY•U
>>153954406

I think everyone has to make their own judgement on that about each area. I am likely more liberal in where I will allow my puppy to walk, as our incidents around here of disease is pretty low and this particular bit of sidewalk is not well traveled. But a different person might make a different cost/benefit analysis.