Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to My Dogs Best Friend Online

    • Welcome Puppy Parents!

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

    • Name Recognition - Introduction

    • Puppy Nipping Guide

    • Socialisation (Habituation)

    • Socialisation Checklist - Revised for COVID19 March 2020
  • 3

    Week 2

    • Lead Walking Skills - Setting Your Puppy Up For Success

    • Conditioning - Name Recognition (Building Focus & Attention)

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

    • Coming When Called - Recall

    • Stay - In Position Until We Return

    • Distance, Duration & Distractions

    • Toilet Training
  • 4

    Week 3

    • Go To Your Place - Bed / Crate / Mat

    • Generalising Behaviours

    • Handling & Grooming - Making Touch Comfortable

    • Sit - Left & Right

    • Food Bowl Manners

    • Incompatible Behaviours

    • Hand Touch

  • 5

    Week 4

    • Settle - Anywhere

    • Collar Touch - Simple But Important

    • Reducing The Risk of Food Guarding

    • Wait In Position - Differentiate With Stay

    • Chewing - Keeping The House Safe
  • 6

    Summary

    • How To Progress The Training