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Games like “find it,” structured tug and fetch can help to fulfill your dog’s desire to work and move. Playing one of these games prior to a walk can help alleviate some of your dog’s excess tension and energy and make her more likely to listen to your commands when you’re on your walk.

Training proceeds more rapidly if dogs are set up for success. The fewer opportunities your dog has to rehearse incorrect responses, the higher the percentage of correct responses you will see as the behavior develops.

While we can’t magically snap our fingers to increase our dogs’ attention span, you can still get more focus and attention from your dog with these dog training focus exercises, regardless of the distractions, so read on! 1. Create Intense Focus By Becoming Rewarding So when you go on a walk, have a short session where you say your dog’s name “fido” and reward your dog for focusing on you.

Communication Makes All the DifferenceGood communication starts with consistency. Your first step is to teach your dog what behaviors earn her rewards and what behaviors will be ignored. You want to focus specifically on teaching calm, focused behaviors. For example, when your dog greets people, reward her for keeping all four paws on the ground instead of jumping up on your visitor. Consistently reinforce the behaviors you want to see more of and ignore those you want to put a stop to. The general goal of all dog training is to teach our pets impulse control. We want them to resist their immediate desires and, instead, comply with our cues or commands. Accomplishing this allows us to keep our pets under control, ensuring their safety and comfort, as well as the safety and comfort of others. – APSCA You need to create situations where you control how many other dogs there are, and what they do next, and where you control what kind of access to those dogs your dog has.Easy dog training focus exercises are to bring your dog to a distracting environment and play with your dog for choosing to focus on you instead of the distractions!

One of the most straightforward dog training focus exercises you can do is become the reward in your dog’s eyes! Giving a food reward at three second intervals when you are teaching a young dog to walk past distractions, does not mean giving him food rewards at three second intervals for the rest of his life!Once you’ve done a few impulse control sessions with your dog you can apply it to any other daily routines or experiences. A lot of people have their dogs sit and wait before eating. Others make sure their dog is sitting calmly before letting visitors inside. Many people wait for their dog to sit calmly before leaving for the daily walk. Offering her more toys when she’s already excited? Yelling while jumping up? These were just adding to the chaos and confusion. I wasn’t doing anything consistently; if something didn’t work the first time I’d try something else. Let me clarify that dogs have a “hierarchy of rewards,” meaning that dogs prefer their “favorite” treat or toy. That way, your dog chooses to pay attention to you instead of any distractions because you are more relevant than any distractions present!

Instead of avoiding environments that your dog is distracted by, you want to bring your dog around those exact environments to teach your dog to focus on you! Consistency is critical, so make sure that you stay consistent with your routines and day-to-day activities so that your dog begins to understand your expectations and vice versa! Conclusion If you put Bob in front of a bolting rabbit, or in a field of sheep, he may fail to recall entirely. When it comes to teaching your dog good manners an impulse control remember to start small, set realistic goals, and build on your prior successes. It all sounds so simple — but being consistent is where a lot of us fail.Shorter durations tasks enable you to reward the dog more frequently which also helps to keep him motivated to work with you.