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counter. And that's the end of step number one. In the moment, what do you do? Manage the don't. So, stop the reinforcement value. If it's a dog that is in an emotional situation, like they are reacting, we need to get the dog as far away from the stimulus or the trigger that they are reacting to so that we can get them to a place where they can be calm. You have to do that in a very calm way. Ideally, before the reactivity escalates to an overwhelming level. We get that dog out of that environment managing the don't. And the next thing you're going to do as soon as you get home, you've got to grab your journal. Write down everything you can about what happened and how you're going to avoid creating another event like that. And until we work on counter conditioning, that emotional experience for the dog. Step number two is refocusing the dog. So, from taking my dog's paws off the counter, I'm immediately going to take them away from the counter. I'm going to let go of the collar once I get one or two steps away and hope that the history of reinforcement the dog has for me and the games we've played will have that dog now reorient, re-engage with me. If your dog doesn't, that is a tell. That means there hasn't been the same history of reinforcement built up between you and your dog. And that is a simple fix. That's just going back and playing recaller games or homeschool the dog games. That is creating value for you. So, all of the good things in life happen with you. So, the redirecting of the dog is redirecting the focus away from the counter. And in this case, I just needed to back to the outside of the kitchen because again, our dogs have so much value for the hot zones. I don't like dogs in the kitchen when I'm cooking. I don't like dogs near the counters when their food's being prepared. They have a place that they need to be and they've got tons of value for being there. So, in this instance, refocusing the dog after managing the don't is pretty darn easy. If you're out on the street, you might need to back away from the situation quite a few steps before your dog is at a point where you can refocus the dog. And that refocusing the dog, if it's been in an emotional event, I would love the refocusing to be something that is a simple game like a hand target. Now, if my dog gets their paws on the counter, I'm not going to take them away and refocus them by giving them reinforcement because I don't want to create a behavior chain of get on the counter, get a cookie. The dog can refocus by orienting to me.

I might pat them, praise them. If they're in their hot zone, I'll tell them they're amazing. And then I'll move on to step number three in our process, which is intensify the do. As I said off the top, for every don't, we have a do. For everything our dog is doing that we want to stop, there is a better behavior that they can be choosing. So, for something like counter surfing, there's several. It's your choice. It's reinforcement zone and it's hot zone. And so, with waffles, the moment that he made the decision to put the paws on the counter, and in the last case, he actually grabbed something off the counter, my intensification of the do looked like this. I love to play it's your choice with just cookies, with cookies in a bowl, with all different stages of cookies. And if he goes in and I have to close my hand, that's a neon light that that puppy has not had enough, it's your choice with me. Maybe he wouldn't go in with Kim. So, I would go and make it easier by carrying a dog bowl around, carrying a plate with some treats on top of it, to make it easier for him to be successful and let him know reinforcement happens at all levels of life. So, reinforcement is an ongoing game that we play constantly so that the dog understands the value has to be earned. The value is never stolen. Another game that I have already mentioned is hot zone. Where should you be when there's good things on the counter? Don't even bother air scenting. You need to go into your hot zone, into a dog bed just outside of the kitchen. A third game that I make a daily routine with all of my puppies is find seek reinforcement zone. And this is kind of like a double whammy. I like to play reinforcement zone in the kitchen. Even though ideally, I want most of the reinforcement I give the dog to be outside of the kitchen. I like to play fine reinforcement zone in the kitchen initially with nothing on the counters because number one, it helps with loose leash walking. If a dog finds value for walking at your side, it's going to make it super easy when you eventually go out on leash. Number two, as I'm walking through that kitchen, it gives that dog a focus. The focus doesn't need to be on what's on the counter. The focus is on how can you earn reinforcement from me? We raise that game up by adding attractive smelling things to the counter. And I don't wait till my dog leaves reinforcement zone and plops their paws up on the counter to see what's up there. I noticed the first stage, which is the dog being distracted from reinforcement zone and just doing a little bit

of air scenting. Air scenting means our reinforcement game comes out of the kitchen and goes back out to your hot zone. Can we then get some reinforcement in the hot zone? Can we then try to come back in? The moment I see air scenting, any games that are happening in the kitchen are off. I don't want to wait until it is escalated to pause on the counter. I want the dog to understand, pause don't go on the counter. Intensifying the do. For every yin there is a yang, for every don't there is a do. Probably many do's. So many do's help to create focus for you, engagement through you, and value for you. Manage the don't, redirect the dog, intensify the do.