The Up Down Sport – CattleDog Publishing

The Up Down sport is a straightforward sample sport that makes use of two behaviors to assist preserve your canine targeted. You’ll be able to play it virtually all over the place to maintain your canine engaged. To create a sample your canine acknowledges, you need to do a minimum of 5 repetitions every time you play the sport.

You have to:

• • Treats your canine likes
  • A clicker (optionally available)

STEPS:

1. Maintain a deal with as much as get your canine to make eye contact.  
2. When your canine seems on the deal with, place it on the bottom between your toes.
3. Repeat this one to 2 occasions.
4. When your canine finishes consuming, await them to make eye contact once more. This time, don’t maintain the deal with up; have it prepared in your pocket or behind your again.
5. When your canine makes eye contact with you, use a phrase like “sure” or a clicker to mark the habits. 
6. Place the deal with on the bottom between your toes once more.
7. Repeat this a minimum of 5 occasions.
8. To make the sport tougher, have a good friend stroll round as a distraction. They’ll begin by simply strolling, then create extra distractions by shifting nearer or speaking to you.
9. Preserve enjoying by giving your canine a deal with each time they take a look at you and make eye contact. Don’t attempt to get their consideration; as an alternative, reward them once they select to have a look at you.
10. Attempt enjoying the sport in additional distracting environments, equivalent to your yard or native park.

Ideas in case your canine is struggling:

• In case your canine has a tough time taking the deal with from between your toes, place it nearer to them. Be sure to put it in the identical spot each time to make the sport predictable.
• You’ll be able to play the Up Down sport in lots of locations, however begin at residence, the place your canine feels protected. As soon as your canine can play the sport nicely at residence, you may add extra distractions, equivalent to members of the family.
• Your canine ought to select to play this sport. Don’t pressure, bribe, or lure them. Await them to make eye contact, then reward them. In case your canine doesn’t wish to play, will get too distracted, overexcited, or reacts to the atmosphere, strive enjoying in a quieter place the place they really feel extra comfy and protected.    

Sample video games are a means to your canine to study what to anticipate. These video games will be discovered within the e-book collection Management Unleashed by Leslie McDevitt CDBC, CPDT-KA, MLA. She additionally has an teacher certification program.