Level Two Troubleshooting-Week Six

Sit stay – start with 30sec feeding continuously. If dog lays down, hold treat high to encourage them to reach up for it. Once your dog is solid on sitting for 30 seconds, add 5sec per day until up to 1min. then start taking 1 step away, then 2 steps, until can walk across the room and back.

Yo-yo – waiting for dog to self-calm. Start by tugging. Say out; you will reinitiate the game when the dog is calm. It is the dog’s choice, you need to wait. Immediately if the dog lays down, tug again. Once reliably doing that, then add 1sec before tugging again. Then add 2sec, etc.

Connected walking. See Week Five for details.