반려견이 여전히 목줄을 당기는 이유와 이를 바로잡는 방법 #73

There might be birds and bunnies and they're expected to know how to juggle. Well, riding a bicycle and seeing all these people that to a dog or especially a puppy, we're all like movie stars because they all want to meet us. Well, most dogs anyway. So what can we do to fix this? Recently, I put a YouTube video up, which was all about perch work and pivots. That is a phenomenal place to start because what we're doing is we're giving our dogs a target. You're going to just put this perch. And I use, you know, in the video, I said, you could use something like a dog bowl. If it's got something that doesn't, isn't slippery on one side that the dog can put their feet on. So you could use this as a target. And all that you're going to do is, I'm going to give a challenge to you guys right now. Seven days. If you've got seven days, I got 10 fingers up if you're, if you're driving, you know, I'm saying seven, but if you've got seven days, it's metric up here in Canada. So it's got to be like 10, right? If you've got seven days, we are going to create a dog who walks better on leash. Seven days. Here's what I want you to do is make a commitment and say it out loud. If you're driving your car, I'm committed to have my dog walk on leash better in seven days. All right. So I want you to make a commitment. I'm going to spend three minutes in the morning, sometime between when I get up and before I feed my dog their breakfast. I'm going to spend three minutes when I get home from work. And if you're working from home because of our pandemic here, then put an extra one in at lunchtime. And I'm going to do three minutes after dinner and three minutes before I go to bed or sometime in the evening. You know, we don't want the, if we're doing it with a puppy, we don't want them when they're tired. Okay. So first thing in the morning, when you get home from work after dinner and before bed, four sessions. And if you're working from home, throw in a fifth in three minutes, that's all I'm asking from you. All right. And all that we're going to do is number one, you're just going to work on the perch work and pivots that I have on YouTube. We're going to get the dog understanding how to move from one side of your body to the other with that pivot. That's an excellent exercise. Let's say we're walking down the street. My dog's on the left. I see another dog coming towards us. I can just tell my dog if they've done their perch work side and they will pivot in front of me and come to my right side. And now that dog, I put my body between the dog and my dog.

So if my dog's crazy and loves and wants to meet all their dogs, then the temptation gets lower because I've got her further away. If my dog's a little afraid of other dogs, or if you don't know that other dog and don't know what his like or dislike is for dogs, it's just safer. Right? So perch work is brilliant to get your dog to change side. But the most important thing, guys, we are building a specific behavior. We're telling the dog. If you remember back in episode number 53, where I talked about how I use reinforcement zone right at my seam, right? I would get the dog seen on your seam reinforcement zone to watch my walk my dog. This is helping your dog to learn what reinforcement zone is. That perch is a brilliant and what we call a foot target, a paw target. So at first you might start with something that's a little taller. And when the dog's got success, you're going to go to something that's a little smaller and the dog can move from one side to the other. And then we might try something by throwing the cookies behind and will the dog come up? And it's a lot smaller. So it's, we're starting to fade that big target. And then you might go into something like just a Tupperware lid with a big piece of duct tape and duct tape it on the ground and have your dog come in and they're going to stand on that. And I would ask them to sit, but you know, some of them, you can just, they could come in and stand. And then you could give them food in reinforcement zone, touch your seam, give the dog a cookie. Then we're going to fade it down to just a piece of duct tape on the floor. So we've trained over and over and over and over what reinforcement zone is. I would do it on the, with your dog on the right and on the left, because remember, whoever we're walking down the street with, we might want to switch dogs one side to the other. All right. All of this is done stationary. Do you see what I've done? I've split the behavior of walking on leash down to just come and stand beside me. That's all. So you might do a full week of this, right? So our challenge is seven days. I would do at least five days of this, you know, maybe going into the sixth day, you might take a step. So our dog, we're down to a piece of tape and now we're going to step ahead and there's going to be nothing there, but your seam. And release your dog. Can they move one step into reinforcement zone without your help, without a target there? Boom. Now you're going to put them on a leash and do the same thing. And be sure when you're doing it, you might be practicing in your kitchen.

If you're doing this four times a day, you might do the first two sessions in your kitchen and then maybe go into your bedroom for the last two. Mix it up. Eventually over the seven days, you've used every room in the house. And if it's nice and out, go outside too, where there's no distractions. So if you've got bunnies and your neighbor calling you over the fence or other dogs barking, I want no distractions for the first few days. All right. By day six, we're taking one step and just one step and feed. And then you're going to take two or three steps. By day seven, we can be taking five steps around your backyard. And a week from now, you might be able to walk all around your backyard. Your dog's going to stay right by your side. Now it's time you can go to the big time, go to the front yard where there might be a car passing. Anytime your dog goes out in front and says, I remember how to pull on leash. You're going to say, wow, I've gone too far too fast. There I am lumping again. Now you're going to say, well, Susan, what am I going to do? How am I going to walk my dog on leash in the meantime? Ideally, you're not, you're going to do things like play with your dog in the backyard, take them to a fenced in area. That's safe that you can just let them have a run or throw a toy from them. Or you're going to go to episode number 32. You can exercise your dog without leaving your house for seven days. Absolutely. You can ideally you're taking them out in the backyard. I mean, they've got to go to the bathroom, right? So you're taking them out somewhere where you can either put them in the car and take them somewhere safe out. So ideally seven days, no walking on leash. Okay. If you've got a dog that goes cray cray, then this might not be a good challenge for you. But for the rest of you, I'd like you to try it. So again, what we're going to do is build value for your dog coming into reinforcement zone. That's on your out seam of your pants. We want our dog to be seen on your seam. Remember when you're training, if you go back to episode number 59, you are using high value rewards for this. We want the dog to go something crazy about me coming in on that seam. I don't know what it is, but she really likes that. So you're going to, the dog comes in, touch your seam and give them a cookie. And then you're going to go to a smaller target. And then you're going to take your show on the road. By day seven, you're going to be taking two or three steps around your backyard on a loose leash without your dog pulling.

But it all begins with that video that I shared on my YouTube channel about how to teach perch work and pivots. Listen, our dogs are always doing the best they can with the education we give them in the environment that we're asking. And trying to get a dog to walk on a leash when you haven't put in these layers. This is a great example of a dog screaming to you, this is the best I got for you. Because you were a lumper. You didn't split this walking on leash business down to the smallest components like Susan talked about. And when you get to the front yard, you might call a neighbor and say, can you just walk out in front of your house and then walk back in? Eventually, you might be able to walk by people and add one more distraction after another. If you are strategic about this, it won't take very long before you can do your entire loop of what you used to walk. But you'll be walking with a different dog. How cool is that? Be a splitter, not a lumber. I'll see you next time back here on Shaped by Dog.