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Preschool Puppy Training (part 1) The Leash & Collar

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Preschool Puppy Training (Part 1): The Leash & Collar

Because all of your puppy's formal obedience training will be accomplished with the assistance of a leash and a training collar, his pre-school training should include familiarization with similar paraphernalia. Initially, the puppy should be fitted with a comfortable leather or nylon collar.

Care must be taken that the collar is not affixed either too tightly or too loosely. The puppy will immediately make attempts to shed himself of this new “thing”. A loose-fitting collar would allow the puppy to slip his lower jaw underneath the collar. In this predicament, he could easily panic; or, even if he remained calm, he could chew the collar in two.

By the end of his first day of wearing the collar, he will have adjusted to the device and it will no longer attract his attention. You can then attach a light leash to the collar and allow him to drag the leash periodically during the day – indoors and under your supervision. By exposing the puppy to a leash and collar in this systematic way, no traumatic experiences will be allowed to develop.

You must always bear in mind that you are working with the mind of a living creature. You are molding it much like a potter molds what is to become his creation from clay. You must always exercise care and loving understanding. To abruptly affix a slip-chain training collar and leather leash to an eight-week-old puppy cannot possibly accomplish anything, except to create a very negative experience. Negative experiences are the instruments from which trauma develops.

Let Your Puppy Walk

When your puppy is accustomed to wearing the collar and has had the pleasure of romping around the house with the leash attached, carry him outdoors, a few hundred feet or so away from the house. With the leash attached, set the puppy down.

Let him walk you wherever he wants to go (within the bounds of safety, of course). Let him explore for ten or fifteen minutes while you follow him holding the other end of the leash. When the time is up, pick him up in your arms, take him back to the house and remove the leash. Chances are he will have walked you back in that direction anyway, since a puppy's instinct directs him back to the “nest”.

Never Drag Your Puppy

Notice that at no time since the introduction of the collar and leash has anything been said about dragging the puppy. Although the puppy was allowed to drag the leash for a day or two, it must be pointed out and emphasized that he should not be dragged by the leash.

After three or four excursions in which the puppy is taken away from the house – with the leash affixed and the puppy allowed to walk at his discretion (with you holding the end of the leash) – he should be ready to walk away from the house.

Still, the leash should not be used as an instrument to drag the puppy. Let the pup do the walking; you hold onto the other end of the leash. By the end of the first week of his association with his new equipment, he will then begin to make the association of the new leash with control.

These daily outings on the leash must be considered as part of your puppy's preschool training. Human contact and socialization in the outside world is a very important part of this training – and a key to the puppy's future mental and emotional development. He'll see big trees, hear noises from power motors and passing automobiles, and be admired by an occasional passerby. The benefits produced by proper socialization at this time can never be duplicated later in life.





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BONUS : Preschool Puppy Training (Part 2): Fetching

The first positive command that your puppy should learn is the command to sit. By making it the first command, it therefore becomes the first positive word which we will write on the puppy's “chalkboard mind”. In other words, at this age his mind is like a chalkboard – and not too much has been written on it yet.

The things that get written on it at this age should be constructive. Later, we will write the negative word “no” on the puppy's mind. The word “no” is the only negative command you should ever utter. Words which you will use when it becomes necessary to scold your puppy are not considered “commands” but are merely words, the tone of which leave no doubt in the puppy's mind that you are doing some disciplining. The negative command “no” will come to mean something to the puppy, no matter what tone of voice you use.

Loose The Distractions

It is recommended that the area you use for your puppy's preschool training in fetch and sit be as distraction-free as possible. Although we will approach this preschool training seriously, your puppy should view it as game time. The “game” should not exceed ten minutes in length. If it does, the puppy will become bored with it all.

If you persist after he becomes bored, then future games with you will be considered a “real drag” and, of course, non-productive. By having as few distractions as possible, we can help keep the puppy's mind upon the game.

Let's Begin

To begin, select a toy that your puppy has shown a particular liking for, then seat yourself upon the floor. This puts you down closer to the puppy's level and, among other things, will help to convey the “game” atmosphere.

Make sure that the puppy's leash is attached and that you are holding the other end. Toss the toy up and down for a few seconds, just enough to attract the pup's attention. Then, toss it out a few feet away from you encouraging the puppy to retrieve it. You can encourage him with things like “Come on boy... pick it up! You can do it! C'moooon boy! Good doggie!”.

There's enough verbiage there to make sure not a single word sticks on that chalkboard; but your tone of voice, together with your enthusiasm are the prime considerations here. If the puppy goes to the object and shows any interest in it at all, that's grounds for praise and further encouragement. If he picks up the toy and brings it back to you, really pour on the praise and toss it out again.

Try to get four such retrievals into your first ten-minute play session. Then, remove the leash and end the game with a tidbit – a cookie or other food reinforcement. Why the tidbit? Why not just praise? Remember, your puppy is now nine weeks old, and praise just hasn't had time to become that big of a thing. Sure, it's nice at this point in life, but the food reward is nicer.
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