Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to My Dogs Best Friend Online

    • Welcome!

    • Keep In Touch
  • 2

    Week 1

    • Conditioning The Clicker (or Marker Word) - Learning Self-Control & Food Manners!

    • Learning to Sit

    • Learning to Lie Down

    • Teaching Your Dog to Drop Things (Like your socks and any other item they might steal!)

    • Leave (or Ignore) Things - Building a Leave It Concept

    • Name Recognition - Introduction
  • 3

    Week 2

    • Lead Walking Skills - Setting Your Dog Up For Success

    • Conditioning - Name Recognition (Building Focus & Attention)

    • Coming When Called - Recall

    • Stay - In Position Until We Return

    • Go To Your Place - Bed / Crate / Mat

    • Distance, Duration & Distractions
  • 4

    Week 3

    • Generalising Behaviours

    • Handling & Grooming - Making Touch Comfortable

    • Incompatible Behaviours

    • Sit - Left & Right

    • Food Bowl Manners

    • Hand Touch - Recall From Play or Interactions
  • 5

    Week 4

    • Settle - Anywhere

    • Walking - With Auto Stop

    • Collar Touch - Simple But Important

    • Emergency Stop!

    • Wait In Position

    • Walking - Switching Left & Right

    • Food Refusal
  • 6

    Summary

    • How To Progress The Training