Hot Zone And Stays - How One Dog Training Nuance Can Fix Anxiety And Duration

[@DogsThat]

👉 Check out our KZbin playlist all about training duration behaviors: kzbin.info/aero/PLphRRSxcMHy2cY7Fg3MLUaobkSdnVx0jt 🐶 Help your dog to relax in their Hot Zone by learning the relaxation protocol: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIPQfZdqoJqkfc0

[@adventuresandwhatnot722]

Hello, Susan, and Dogs That team members! Could you possibly do another video on the relaxation protocol? Any more tips on how to get there? It's been a struggle. I know there are prerequisites to it being effective. But maybe someone else out there besides me would benefit from more info on that protocol. Thank you for all your hard work and kindness in sharing so much with us.

[@jennabennett4236]

I absolutely love the idea of going to the dog and touching them, as opposed to just releasing them with a verbal cue...genius solution to preventing hyper focus during those times!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@PamelaDalmatian]

All the little nuances; it’s crazy what a difference they make. You’re so kind to share about all the ones you have noticed over your years of experience. Sometimes you don’t see it until it is pointed out. ❤

[@DogsThat]

💓💓💓

[@katebrown618]

Super helpful! May I suggest, or rather request, a series of nuance podcasts on additional areas of focus such as perhaps... Loose leash walking, pivots, jumping up when greeting etc etc I know you have awesome podcasts on many many specifics so now podcasts next level.. okay now what... I think others would love this.. I KNOW that I would!

[@IsabelleBouchard]

Same request here! Especially for walking on a leash

[@DogsThat]

Hi Kate, and thank you! We do have a Loose Leash Walking playlist with lots of resources for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIKlpZd3pN2efMk&pp=gAQBiAQB And a video for dogs jumping up where Susan teaches the re-greet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6qXfIiJeMhmmdk Please, give these a go and let us know if they're what you were looking for 💓

[@ClearCreekRanch]

The episode we didn’t know we needed. Love this! ❤️

[@Kirsten138]

I feel like a beginner again. I love that feeling of curiosity and how much more there is to learn. You have renewed the burned out dog trainer in me! I was on the path of getting older, but not wiser.

[@susanshimel2358]

I can't stop thinking about my sweet Cocker who could not get his last leg for CD because of sit stay. He was my second agility/obedience trained dog. With the first we were able to complete CDX. The 2nd boy and I shared the one and only time I cried in frustration at an event. I wish I had known about Hot Zone back then.

[@rebeccaburnell9319]

This is SO GOOD! It makes me excited to keep an eye on how I train with Ceilidh to see where I'm unknowingly sending her these kinds of mixed messages that slow down the results I'm working towards!

[@victoriar8668]

Thank you for the transparency with this episode and thorough explanation!

[@jacindaforster5407]

A super helpful podcast. By repeating a cue I'm actually reinforcing my dog for breaking the cue, the thing before the thing. It's a great lesson. Thanks Shaped By Dog

[@diannefraser3595]

Another really helpful podcast, haha love your end bit 😂❤❤

[@marjchesham5804]

I can’t believe you posted exactly the right podcast for the question I have about duration in the relaxation position. I am going straight back to my videos to see if I can spot the nuance I’ve previously missed😊

[@DogsThat]

Awesome, great to know you're videoing your training 👏🍪❤️

[@LivingSpacesMontana]

This was good. Had no idea what I was missing or how I have been preventing Sapphire from relaxing in HZ.

[@belindachappell9875]

Love your videos Susan, thank you 🙏🏻

[@Lilithliin]

So great thank you for this episode Susan it's made me consider looking at what I'm doing in much more detail and to use videoing more which will help just like you tell us.

[@SharonSaia-u8t]

Thanks for your insight! I am learning so much from your positive training.

[@DogsThat]

@SharonSaia-u8t You are most welcome! It's a pleasure to share these insights with you! (Julie - DogsThat Team)

[@katherinecollmer1094]

I just watched this for the third time and found even more information that the first two times. Thanks, Susan.

[@jillmartin8195]

Super helpful. Practical. And, though sometimes I love references to go watch another episode, I love how this time you didn’t list too many. Sometimes too many references caused by brain to get lost in the message.

[@DogsThat]

Thank you, Jill, we really appreciate your feedback! ❤️

[@egbun]

Repeat success at a lower level of distraction, rather than failure at a higher level… good point. I'll remember that.

[@dvorachmelevsky1947]

Love this episode ❤ thank you so much! This idea to touch the dog - I really will try it because my pup has this hyper focus on each my movement.

[@EpsilonAD]

Great advice for hot zone calm. Thanks.

[@rosieleat6868]

What a brilliant podcast (as usual!) I always crack up no matter how many times I Hear the - 'Now We are getting all vulnerable' comment at the end lol lol! Xxx

[@sharonlamparella8888]

Best gems for me: “ Train the dog in front of you”. &. “Be Curious”

[@JanieRoberts-z4z]

I love it ! So helpful.

[@dianneklingemann6064]

This was so helpful. I use "cooking" in the kitchen so my dog stays away and is not underfoot. She does this easily but often sneaks off to come closer to sniff. She is not a counter surfer so does not try to get food. All I have to do is look at her and she returns to her hot zone (aka cooking zone). But she often sneaks off again. Eventually she gets released but I've been thinking she's training me as she waits for "the look" and thus is not performing correctly. I'm going to try just returning her by the collar until she realizes she needs to stay out until released. Thanks so much. 14:03

[@Oldwoman1977]

This is really good, thank you ❤

[@dianaosman7585]

Thank you very helpful. I

[@libertydurmaz]

This podcast was super helpful! Buddy and I are currently in HTD, and one of our working progresses is Hot Zone! I have one question: you said paws belong in the Hot Zone. Sometimes, when Buddy lies down on the Hot Zone, his paws are off it. (Dangling off/stretch over the floor) Should I be correcting him for that? Or, is the Hot Zone perhaps too small?

[@ciannacoleman5125]

I have been binging your videos since finding you earlier this week. I have a behavior I am working on with my new dog and I am wondering how you would train it without corrections? We only want him to go into/through the kitchen when he is leashed and given permission, basically a "threshold". I believe in corrections so have been using an audible when he crosses the threshold and being very deliberate with sit, get leash, let's go when we do walk through it. I know you wouldn't use any corrections though and am winding what you would do differently? We are not in a position to get a gate to provide a "door" to work with right now and that is the only way I can think of doing it. I love your videos and while I don't think negative reinforcement is necessarily a bad thing I have been learning a lot and seeing ways of decreasing my corrections so that everything is more fun. I will admit you are the first positive reinforcement only trainer who I actually appreciate your entire approach, all the books I read on the subject and many YT videos are so focused on the food aspect they really seem to miss the relationship building and don't give good instructions on "phasing out" the treats, it sounds more like bribing your dog for every good behavior than training it to be the default. I was happy to find my new dog will work for kibble (going to look into making some of those cookies though) so I can use his food for more than just crate training.

[@DogsThat]

Hi @ciannacoleman5125, thank you for the lovely note 💜 Susan has an awesome video with a step-by-step plan all about training thresholds here --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpuVho2qdrJ3gqs Happy training! (Sarah - DogsThat)

[@jaimemiller7950]

Thanks, another excellent video!! I've done a lot of rewarding my 8 month old pup for being on her hot zone- in specific games a little bit, but more capturing throughout the day when she is more relaxed. I have not yet added any cue to hot zone, so she is free to come and go as she pleases still. I'm lacking some confidence about adding a cue to hot zone- I want to do it a way that is as clear as possle for me and my pup! Where do I start?

[@DogsThat]

Hi Jaime, thank you! And great job with Hot Zone! Here's a blog on when and how to add a cue: susangarrettdogagility.com/2018/09/when-do-i-add-a-cue/

[@theyarner591]

If you cued your dogs to hop it up, do you always cue a release to come off the hotzone at the end of the game? I'm looking for a way to signal that she's welcome to stay on her bed if she's comfy when we're done. But I don't want to leave her in a "cued" position, if that makes sense.

[@MarienFernández-o8o]

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