Shaping a Puppy to Down: 14 Week Old Belief

Shaping my 14 week old puppy to down. To see full instructions go to • 10 Ways To Teach A Dog...
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[@DogsThat]

Shaping my 14 week old puppy to down. To see full instructions go to kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qsiX6rmtx9eqc

[@fruitsandfourpaws]

You said to leave a comment for anything else we'd like to see you train your puppy (dogs)... and I have to say, EVERYTHING! I love watching these kinds of videos where I can see what's going on piece by piece directly with the dog, and am able to better relate it to training in my own home - but there is also a voice-over on top so I can still get all the necessary information. It's great seeing a normal random training session so I can better picture and plan how to do my own. Love love love these kinds of videos, I'd watch and like them all no matter what you were training, so my answer is, anything and everything! Thanks for all your hard work, as always. Lorna ^_^

[@DogsThat]

Thank you so much, Lorna! Your comments are greatly appreciated

[@sandegeorge542]

That was informative. You are not stingy with the treats!

[@Kiba_and_Trico]

🎉 Love This! (Lil extra love there) to pieces! Student in a handful of your classes, I LOVE adding flavor here with the 3 climbs! Brilliant. Will be doing this with my 12 week old BC Physix today

[@DogsThat]

Happy training! ❤

[@spotonk9sports]

Very cool tips that I can’t wait to try with my puppy & share with students! Thank you, Susan! 😃

[@wonderingbit]

Dear Susan, concerning what else we would like to see you teach Belief - well, basically everything!! Seeing you in real-time training your new puppy is just invaluable! Since you generously ask for concrete wishes... Are you planning to also teach Belief some obedience skills at some point by any chance...?!? 🙂 that would be awesome! I'm aware Belief is barely 4months old, but it would be so valuable to see how you start setting the grounds for this kind of work - like RZ as baseline for Heelwork - and what do we have to pay attention to when we want to raise a great family pet who might as point also be active in sport. One skill I'd love to have fresh input on would then be for example how to teach the puppy to run away from you in a straight line (I think it is called 'sendaway'). If you were to teach Obedience to Belief at some point, would you start now already sending him away from you (e.g. to a toy etc.) or would you say a young puppy has to first learn to come to me (and not run away)? And how would go about fading the target with time? Thank you!

[@rachell4307]

Yayyy!!! What a SUPERSTAR! I'd love to see how you begin and work through oral care with Belief. I'm making progress with my puppy, but I bet you have some great secrets :D

[@ryannhamilton350]

That is so brilliant! I am getting a new puppy in about 3 weeks. I intend to sign up for Recallers as well. I would dearly love to see what the first days (and subsequent) days will look like for me and the new puppy. So many great games and ideas I'm seeing here...but it would be SO helpful to see an actual sequence of what (which games, what first, etc, etc,) you would recommend for a newby with a new 8-9 week old puppy. I very much desire a clear, basic sequence. Multiple variations are probably nice, but really overwhelming to me at this point.

[@DogsThat]

Hi @Ryann Hamilton what an awesome start you are giving your puppy! This 3 weeks is a great time to prep. We've got a playlist on Puppy Essentials that will be big help - kzbin.info/aero/PLphRRSxcMHy2hywpv3Md3HbWWPPbVF8W5

[@furrygodmother5199]

Susan - Where do you describe what motivated you to get a sport mix? I was a member of Puppy Peaks (and currently AN, H360, Recallers, ) and love watching your pups grow up. But I am way behind and need to catch up on what inspired you to add Belief to the family instead of a pure BC. Belief is adorable and with such exciting potential as a sport dog! Love the energy!

[@RaptorsGirl]

I got my first Sports Mix, DeCaff back in 2000. She passed away in 2017 and I just felt it was time to add another one!

[@wonderingbit]

Dear Susan, thank you so much, it is great to observe this 'in real life situation' :-) A question: you always say you don't use luring in training, but if I see correctly at the start of shaping here you have your hands at the edge of the table, the puppy knows/smells there are treats there and actually this is why she starts offering a lowered head position to start with, is this correct? Technically, is it possible to see this as a kind of 'luring' in that the position of the treat a.k.a. of the hands helps the puppy towards the wanted behaviour? In shaping we do manipulate the environment to help the dog offer the right behaviour to start with (unless we free shape), so I guess the treats at the table edge could also be seen as manipulation... could you help us understand where do you set the borders between manipulation and luring? The differentiation is for me (early career trainer ;) ) not always so neat... thank you so much!!!

[@titanbuck7]

I wish I had found you 3 years ago...

[@lauraterpstra1398]

Which toy are you using?

[@DogsThat]

Hi Laura, the toy Susan is using is from the amazing people at www.4mymerles.com/

[@samneal242]

What breed is she??

[@RaptorsGirl]

Belief is a “Sport Mix” which is a purposely bred mix-breed puppy bred for dog sports. Her mother is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and her dad is a Border Collie x Papillion Sport Mix

[@furrygodmother5199]

@@RaptorsGirl Susan - have you written about why this particular mix - what in the structure and mental qualities each breed brings to the sport of agility and/or other sports? Comparisons to BC's and other breeds? Please provide links - hopefully in depth on what was considered in this mixture. Can't wait to read about it. Who are the parents? Can we watch any of their agility runs on line? Very excited for you!