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March Q&A (Patreon)

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*EDIT* the Q&A will be Thursday March 25th at 4:30! 

Hey everyone, just wanted to announce the date of this months Q&A: Monday, March 29th at 4:30pm EST. If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, it will be posted and available after the livestream.

Please feel free to submit questions below or message me privately if you feel more comfortable with that. I’ve already got a really good question submitted to start us off about service dog training!

Please also remember that if you’re an Elite member, each month you can submit a 3 minute video of your training for review and troubleshooting, so feel free to message those videos to me by the end of the month.


Have an awesome week everyone! I’m off to NY with Osa on Monday to start a guide dog placement. So I’ll have a 9 week old puppy living in a hotel with me for three weeks. Wish me luck 😂

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The Woof Pack

Potty training in a hotel??? Ugh I don't envy you!

DOGGY•U
>>55276410

yeah ... it's not a lot of fun. Mostly running with a puppy over my shoulder down two flights of stairs, and then pulling cigarette butts out of her mouth!

DOGGY•U

So because 9 week old puppies are impulsive, and because I don’t spot all the butts before she does, and because I have no interest in training her on this specific subject at 1:30 in the morning when I’m barely functional, what I did was found a spot that has few butts, got rid of the ones that were there and then always bring her to that spot. Late at night I carry her there so there’s no room for error. In this case, management is a better solution than training :)

The Woof Pack

I've definitely found carrying a puppy to the spot is a game changer!

Rick Lees

How do you know when it's time to get those few, very good reps in? And what adjustments do you make if they start off kind of mediocre? I'm taking care of frends' dogs while they're away (3y/o & 9 months), and I got to have that experience of the pup mostly listening, most of the time since learning a little more about how to train well. Not trying to do anything fancy, but wanting to have a strong recall, just in case (of skunk, another dog, an accidentally unlatched gate etc). TIA!

DOGGY•U
>>55677703

Thanks for the question - this is a good one and I'll definitely address it at the live Q&A in more depth! In general the answer is that if I'm not getting the results that i want, I need to split the behavior into smaller pieces for the dog so I'm seeing the success that I want. Let's chat more next week! :)

Rick Lees

Don't feel like I'm expecting you to answer all of my Qs, but I figured I would put them here because I'm interested in them, and in case they are useful for the video 🐶 I read in the Fidelco book a few different things about traffic sensitivity, and I heard you say with Osa that you'd expose her to noises in a comfortable, safe way, like firework noises on a speaker nearby during treat time and play. What does traffic sensitivity look like? Out for a walk on a quiet street, sometimes the pup's posture would change when a louder car went by and she'd pause to process. What signs would tell you it's time to slow down and do something different?

Rick Lees

What are the tips and tricks to training recall when a dog follows you everywhere indoors and is super into sticks and smells outdoors?

Morgan

I’ve got some questions! 1) Is there any difference in using a clicker vs a marker word? With my precious dog, I just used marker words. I found that it was much more difficult for me to click and reward than for me to use my voice and reward. 2) Is there any benefit to mixing up some treats into your puppy’s regular food that you’re using to train with?

DOGGY•U
>>56162005

Hey Morgan! For some reason patreon doesn't allow me to start new paragraphs so please disregard my formatting here but 1) They can be used very similarly and there are some studies that show when used correctly there is no difference, however, in practice what I find as a benefit to the clicker is that no matter who clicks it, it always sounds the same, whereas the "yes" marker sounds different for each person, and a person may say it differently depending on their mood. Additionally, the click is a novel sound. We don't even "say" that marker by accident so the dogs seem to pay more attention to it. I also find it easier (once fluent in using it) to have better timing. However, all of those are minor benefits if you personally do better without one. You can accomplish the same skills using your voice and if that's what you're most comfortable with, than that's what you should use! :)