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Preschool Puppy Training (part 3) Sit & Come
While learning the fetch game, it is important that tasty treats be used in place of too much praise, as previously mentioned. The importance of praise hasn't been firmly written on the chalkboard of his mind – so until it is, give your pup what is known to be a positive reward stimulus - food!
(Some trainers might ask, “But shouldn't training take place in the head, and not the stomach?” Yes that is true, but this is game time, remember?)
Try to get at least three fetching games (ten minutes each) into each day for three days in a row. These fetching drills should be in addition to a five or ten minute walk on the leash – daily. We're going to sneak in two commands while the puppy is having these “game times” and before he even realizes what's happened, he will have been trained to respond to “come” and “sit”.
During your retrieving games, when your puppy has returned the play toy to you, place your left hand on his rear end and your right underneath his chin. Press lightly with your left hand while exerting a small amount of upward pressure with your right as you command “sit”.
As soon as you have placed the puppy in that sitting position, pour on the enthusiastic praise, then toss the play toy out again. When the puppy returns with the toy, withhold any praise until you have commanded “sit” and have placed him in the sitting position. If the puppy should squirm from your grasp, and you fail to get him properly seated, do not throw the play toy, do not praise, and above all, do not give up!
Always Remain Positive
Thoughts like “he just won't do it,” or “he won't let me,” have absolutely no place in dog training. Use the leash to bring the puppy back to you, say “sit” and place the puppy in the sitting position. Conclude each fetch-sit game with a tidbit reward.
By the time you finish your third session of fetch-sit games, you'll notice that it really doesn't take much left-hand pressure at all to get your puppy seated. You have a 10 minute walk on leash still scheduled for each of the days four through seven. All things will be as they've been on preceding days, except – take four small tidbits with you. Make sure they are tucked away in your pocket – out of sight and scent – as you take the puppy outdoors.
After you begin what with the puppy believes to be a routine daily outing (we know it to be an important part of his socialization training), take a tidbit out of your pocket, kneel down to his level and say his name, followed by the command “come.”
Using the leash, carefully pull the puppy towards you. Give him the tidbit, and at the same time pour on the praise. By giving the tidbit with the praise, your puppy will begin to learn that praise is synonymous with the reward.
BONUS : Preschool Puppy Training (Part 4): Reinforcing The Come Command
At this point during the beginning of preschool puppy training you should now have your puppy slowly conditioned to expect his daily 10 minute walk, while learning that praise and tasty treats go hand-in-hand.
As you continue each walk with your puppy, take notice to see if he is preoccupied with the sights or sounds around him. When this happens, repeat the following maneuver: kneel down, say your puppy's name, followed by the command “come”. Gently pull him to you, give him the tidbit and pour on the praise. You have 10 minutes, and four tidbits, to get four “come” maneuvers in during each daily walk for days 4, 5, 6, and 7 – of the pup's ninth week of age.
Why So Many Treats?
You may be wondering why it's necessary to give your puppy a treat in each instance that the “come” maneuver is executed. We don't want the tidbit reward to become the prime motivating factor in later training, as would happen if we were to give the tidbit all of the time – and for all responses.
Keep this very important thought in mind: we are teaching the puppy how to learn, knowing that praise alone just isn't that big of a payoff at his young age.
By the end of your puppy's ninth week of age, he will realize that the play toy does not get tossed for him to retrieve until he allows himself to be placed in the sitting position. The fact that you will again toss the toy becomes the prime motivating factor, with praise being secondary. Since the game must eventually end, there must be some reward at the conclusion – thus, the tidbit treat.
Because praise alone is not sufficient motivation for a nine week old puppy, we must motivate him something else when teaching “come”. For a puppy to give up his sight and scent excursion, and come running to you when commanded, it must be something more in it for him than a pat on the head, or simply being allowed to continue his walk. Therefore, the treat, of necessity, becomes the prime motivator. Again, the praise is secondary.
An ideal way to reinforce the command “come” - at times other than when school is in session – would be at feeding time. Call the puppy's name, followed by the command “come” as his food dish is placed on the floor. Don't take the food to the puppy; instead, make the puppy come to the food dish as you speak the command “come”. Don't clutter his chalkboard mind with “come on boy, it's time to eat” and expect it to reinforce the come response.
While it is necessary that you talk to your puppy to help develop his personality and vocabulary, don't use any other word except the command word when reinforcing a training response.
At this point during the beginning of preschool puppy training you should now have your puppy slowly conditioned to expect his daily 10 minute walk, while learning that praise and tasty treats go hand-in-hand.
As you continue each walk with your puppy, take notice to see if he is preoccupied with the sights or sounds around him. When this happens, repeat the following maneuver: kneel down, say your puppy's name, followed by the command “come”. Gently pull him to you, give him the tidbit and pour on the praise. You have 10 minutes, and four tidbits, to get four “come” maneuvers in during each daily walk for days 4, 5, 6, and 7 – of the pup's ninth week of age.
Why So Many Treats?
You may be wondering why it's necessary to give your puppy a treat in each instance that the “come” maneuver is executed. We don't want the tidbit reward to become the prime motivating factor in later training, as would happen if we were to give the tidbit all of the time – and for all responses.
Keep this very important thought in mind: we are teaching the puppy how to learn, knowing that praise alone just isn't that big of a payoff at his young age.
By the end of your puppy's ninth week of age, he will realize that the play toy does not get tossed for him to retrieve until he allows himself to be placed in the sitting position. The fact that you will again toss the toy becomes the prime motivating factor, with praise being secondary. Since the game must eventually end, there must be some reward at the conclusion – thus, the tidbit treat.
Because praise alone is not sufficient motivation for a nine week old puppy, we must motivate him something else when teaching “come”. For a puppy to give up his sight and scent excursion, and come running to you when commanded, it must be something more in it for him than a pat on the head, or simply being allowed to continue his walk. Therefore, the treat, of necessity, becomes the prime motivator. Again, the praise is secondary.
An ideal way to reinforce the command “come” - at times other than when school is in session – would be at feeding time. Call the puppy's name, followed by the command “come” as his food dish is placed on the floor. Don't take the food to the puppy; instead, make the puppy come to the food dish as you speak the command “come”. Don't clutter his chalkboard mind with “come on boy, it's time to eat” and expect it to reinforce the come response.
While it is necessary that you talk to your puppy to help develop his personality and vocabulary, don't use any other word except the command word when reinforcing a training response.
