TheGoodDogTraining's video: Sneaking in some Mardi Gras day play time with New Orleans board and train client Ernie

Mr. Ern has struggled with managing arousal/over-excitement, and has made some poor choices in that state, so games like this are a great way to help him find that sweet spot of managing himself. This was his first time learning “Out”, and within a few minutes he was rocking it. How’d we do it? Throw the toy, let him bring it, say “Out”, stand in a neutral, non-engaged body position, repeat the command if necessary (this only was needed these times), wait a moment until he was bored, he’d drop it, we’d mark the good choice verbally, and then reward him with another throw. We repeated the exercise a few times and he was outing like a champ with a single command like clockwork. No tools were used. Just a bit of old fashioned, super simple training. Once again, demonstrating you CAN add the word as you’re creating the behavior, and you CAN repeat a command in the initial stages of learning...without fallout. P.S. Before everyone loses it, I only add commands as I introduce behaviors when I know I’m going to get the behavior. (I knew he’d drop it, and thus connect the word to the behavior.) And repeating commands are only problematic if a dog is never moved to a standard of compliance on first command. And all our training dogs are moved to this standard. P.P.S. If Ernie wouldn’t have gotten it, or would have been stubborn about releasing, we would have paused, added the necessary tools, and moved forward. And all would have been perfectly fine. Dogs, and their learning, aren’t fragile and quickly broken things. But folks would have you believe that. - For our DVD programs & books: http://www.thegooddogway.com For more info on training in Los Angeles: http://www.thegooddog.net For more info on training in New Orleans: http://thegooddogtrainingneworleans.com/ To find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodDogTraining/?epa=SEARCH_BOX To find us on Instagram: @thegooddogtraining / http://instagram.com/thegooddogtraining For our blog: http://www.thegooddoglifeblog.com