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We played this today! It was super simple and seemed kind of "basic" compared to a lot of the training I do with my dog, but he loved it! He was super engaged with me and was running back so enthusiastically. He even recalled in the middle of chasing birds. So thank you! We'll definitely play more of this.
This makes me so happy to read; thank you! I’m glad he loved it & I’m so impressed about the bird recall 👏Sometimes the most “basic” dog training can be highly effective because the pattern & request is so easy for the dog to figure out & execute 😊
@@happyhoundsdogtraining Totally! He seemed super stoked at how quickly he figured out the pattern and was way more focused on me the rest of the walk.
Have just discovered your videos a day love their structured approach, step by step guide. The Recap at the end is really useful too, saves me going bs k to the start again. Thanks for all your work 😊
Thank you so much for taking the time to write feedback ☺️ It means a lot to me! I personally have a hard time following tutorials if they aren’t presented stepwise, so that’s something I really aim for on my channel 😁
I absolutely adore your training videos! Your videos seem so much more down to earth and I don’t feel like I’m watching some stuffy dog trainer who is using a dog who already knows how to do whatever command it is you’re teaching. I love how you show mistakes and all! I have a problem with my dog coming to me when I want her to. For example, when she’s out in her playpen area and I stand by the fence and call her she’ll come close to me and then when I reach for her she takes off running in the playpen. When i step inside the gate area she Runs circles around me as fast as she can and I end up looking like I’m trying to catch a greased pig! Another example is in the morning I open her crate door to release her no matter what I do, whether I give her a release word like “OK” or tell her to come she just sits there or lies down and paws the air and won’t come out. I usually have to grab her to get her out. She does not run from me. One final example is she loves sitting with my husband in his recliner, she usually will put her paws on his recliner and bark and bark and bark until he offers to pick her up to put her on the couch. However, when he reaches out to her, she backs up several feet and just sits there and barks at him. She will not come to him, what do we do in these situations? Help!!!!
Thank you!! I think it’s important to show the reality of dog training (wins and losses hahaha). It sounds like your pup has turned recall into a game, and that’s her biggest motivation. If you’re practicing the exercise in this video, I’d crouch down as she approaches therefore she has to fully approach you to get the reward. If she runs away as a game instead, ignore that for like 30 seconds (our attention can accidentally be a huge reward for things we DON’T want 😂), then try again. After a few successful days, start doing collar touches each time she gets her reward so that she learns now to dodge your hand!
@@happyhoundsdogtraining thank you so very much for your response! I just have one more question about recall… What if she approaches us but gets the treat and immediately runoff? Do we just keep trying? I’m assuming we don’t grab her and pick her up as soon as she approaches us and takes the reward from our hand because that makes her not trust us?? That bring to mind another question, most of the time she will not take treats from our hand, only if we drop it on the floor in front of her how can we get her to take treats from our hand? I’m sorry to keep asking all these questions, but I really trust your advice, And we are in the process of getting a private trainer. I wish you lived closer so I could hire you! Lol
@@michellededmon6711 No apologies needed for questions haha. 1) Yes. If she runs off after her recall treat, let her go. Picking dogs up all the time (if they don’t like it) can definitely encourage them to try to escape you when they see your arms moving. 2) If she’s that hesitant to take treats from your hand, I’d actually work on that first. At home, away from any other training: Crouch down and offer her a treat for absolutely nothing. If she takes it, stand back up, take a couple steps back, and repeat a total of 3 times. Helps condition approaching you with no hesitation! If she DOESN’T quickly take the treat from your hand when offered it, simply stand back up silently and carry on with your day. Don’t make a fuss, or drop it on the ground. Try again a few hours later. Once she’s taking them with no hesitation, up the difficulty by offering the treat from a full standing position and leaning over her (similar to how you’d stand if clipping her back on leash if she recalled to you)… then a few days later add in collar/neck touches as she gets the treat so she learns not to shy away from the hand approaching her. Let me know if that helps! 😊
Gray video, thanks very much. I would like to suggest when using any kind of leash, especially longer ones, that you use a bright coloured one. Yellow or other light and bright colors makes it easier for other dogs and humans to avoid.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I probably wouldn't suggest this exercise somewhere that you could clothesline someone, but I suppose that's always a risk 😂 I've been eyeing a bright yellow 50ft long line and I'm going to take this comment as justification to buy it hahaha. Thanks!
Hi again :) i've purchased your 6 week to loose lead. I'm so grateful for all the added extras :) i already knew them but to place them in order was hard. i've already asked a few questions on this thread and others. My back yard is very small so we will need to go to a quiet field. this we have trouble finding. there is one but there will always be one or two dogs. i have outside my front door but people cats and dogs sometimes appear. note/ she is very prey driven and reactive with people and dogs so this will not be ideal. my question is, if we do find a place, how do we handle going from A) house to car and B) from cat to field as this will be distracting for her, especially a new environment. I don't want to over do it and go back in our training. x x
Thanks for grabbing the guide, and I'm so glad to hear you're enjoying it. Great questions! In the super early days I'd just use Kong hand for those transition moments, then a couple weeks in I'd use the treat toss behind tactic (~minute 6:50 of this video ua-cam.com/video/r57ovJpsm8M/v-deo.html) when she pulls so you can still focus on forward movement, but without tension 🙂
Thanks! Some dogs are funny about putting the work into finding treats in the grass, so it's also ok to use a parking lot or such (like ~ minute 2 of this video: ua-cam.com/video/r57ovJpsm8M/v-deo.html) instead, especially as they're just learning. Two other tips would be to increase the treat value (especially of the one she gets when she returns to you) and initially start calling from just a couple feet away. Increase distance as able 😀
Oh, wow! It's so simple! I think your videos are so great because I always think how easy it is I just didn't know until you tell me hahaha. Can you say how this will help with recall especially after you stop calling their name? Thank you for another great video 😀
This comment makes me so happy because that's EXACTLY what I'm aiming for! I want to show that dog training doesn't need to be super complicated to be effective for most of our household goals 🙂 And great question; I should've elaborated more on that in the video. The crossover (even without an official "recall word") is more obvious when I'm cueing, but the magic is actually in when you stop. If you watch Millie even in this early-stage of her learning the exercise, as soon as she starts moving towards me she's LOCKED IN and runs fast. One of the problems I find with some dogs recall is they kind of mosey over when called, but they're still scanning the environment & are easily distracted before fully reaching the guardian. This exercise puts the dogs return on lightning speed & builds a huge reinforcement history of that being rewarded. Some dogs also come back to their guardian after recall, but stay just far enough away that they can't be touched or leashed up. This exercises encourages the dog to fully approach your hand :)
I play this game with my dogs on our long line walks all the time! It's been so helpful. Can you do more videos on training recall, especially with high-drive dogs in stimulating environments? What is the progression to build up that solid foundation? I've been working on it with my youngest dog since I adopted him nearly two years ago. We still struggle at times with his attention and recall. Thanks!
It's such an effective game, especially for how simple it is! 🙂 I want to do a full series on recall actually and take like ~3 or so dogs to demo! The overall method is the same, but each dog has slight differences so I thought it'd be cool to show what's done the same vs different between the dogs. Recall is by far my favourite "obedience" skill to teach because it's so important! I wish your dog was here... I'd film with him!
@@happyhoundsdogtraining Yay! I am excited for a series on it. I wish Leo was there, too! I feel like I have been working on recall for the last two years with him and we are still not quite there yet.
Question: what can we use if we don't want their name to mean come to me? I only use their name for an automatic check in - head on a swivel. Name means look at me. Maybe their informal recall word like dog's name 'mere? Rather than their emergency (semi truck coming, need you here immediately) recall - dog's name, come? Like what do you say or do when you call the dog's name, they start flying to you, but you know they're not going to beat the semi truck?Please advise.
1) Using an informal recall word as a substitute definitely works as a replacement! 2) I'm not sure what you're asking with your last question re: knowing the dog won't beat the semi truck? I personally don't unclip dogs in non-fenced areas if there's traffic nearby!
From a different video but can you teach leave it whilst teaching dog management strategies like Kong hand. Will the dog confuse Kong hand with leave it or because these are two separate markers will the dog understand. I need to point out that the marker of Kong and leave it is not understood yet. X x
I am SOOO impressed with this question! Very few people connect the two and ask 🙂 In my time training, I have had 2 dogs dogs that when taught the un-cued portion/ first step of leave it (in this video: ua-cam.com/video/umt0jF9MHeI/v-deo.html) training did get apprehensive about taking treats initially. If you're worried about that with your dog, I'd skip step 1 of leave it and instead just start with the cued training portion. Why DON'T most dogs struggle despite learning leave? It's because everything has been put on cue, so they know they've gotten the green light to take the treat. Once they hear "Kong" (or whichever cue you choose) they know that "permission" to take the treats has been granted (similar to accepting one after hearing their marker word) 🙂 Hope that helps!
Your timing seems off. You verbalize your reward marker and move your hand at the same time. I do it all the time as well. Practice without the dog first. Say yes and then move your hand. That practice sounds silly but helps with our timings for markers. If you don't you have a dog that looks at your hands instead of your face.
You need to state yes and keep your body without movement. Bending over while you give the marker and giving your hand can confuse the dog. What you're doing is more like luring in that position. You literally bend and lure the dog as the marker sounds. Timing is everything. Check out Michael Ellis for training tips. Hes the literal best. Have a lovely weekend!
I welcome all feedback, but my timing/posture is intended in this video! This isn’t my first day with Millie, so she 100% knows yes = treat at this point in our training (she licks her lips if I even say yes without a treat in hand). If you watch clips once her name is phased out (example 3:10) I’m waiting for her to start running towards me THEN saying yes & bending as soon as she is. I don’t view this as luring because she’s already offering the behaviour I want (leaving the “sniff spot” and instead returning to me) BEFORE I mark or bend. If I was saying yes or showing treats to GET her to start running towards me, I’d view that as luring. I did make a note on screen at the start of this video about the audio being slightly off however (had to make adjustments because of heavy traffic sounds… if you actually watch my mouth & words closely when talking you can see there’s a slight delay), so if you’re looking at “precision” I’d ignore audio & instead focus on when my hips actually bend and the treat is shown (once she’s already begun running). Hope that makes sense! I had not heard of Michael Ellis before, but from a quick scan we certainly have different training philosophies, so he’s not someone I personally would be watching.
@@happyhoundsdogtraining well objectively speaking Michael Ellis is literally one of Thee top dog trainers world wide. And I'm glad you enjoy what you do and are super passionate about it and clearly you have an excellent relationship with your pup. At the end of the day that's all that matters. Your vid just popped in my feed so I checked you out and figured I'd let you know a perspective maybe you hadn't heard before. But seriously check him out. He is thee trainers trainer. Just some feed back and I hope you have an awesome evening! And lazy markers are lazy markers, games or training. If that's your style it's cool but again, just feedback on the internet.
@@happyhoundsdogtraining Also yes I did now notice your video audio was off so perhaps that was what I was seeing. Either way, the more trainers you view and critique and learn from the better we all get and the better dog owners we become. Appreciate your feedback
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We played this today! It was super simple and seemed kind of "basic" compared to a lot of the training I do with my dog, but he loved it! He was super engaged with me and was running back so enthusiastically. He even recalled in the middle of chasing birds. So thank you! We'll definitely play more of this.
This makes me so happy to read; thank you! I’m glad he loved it & I’m so impressed about the bird recall 👏Sometimes the most “basic” dog training can be highly effective because the pattern & request is so easy for the dog to figure out & execute 😊
@@happyhoundsdogtraining Totally! He seemed super stoked at how quickly he figured out the pattern and was way more focused on me the rest of the walk.
Have just discovered your videos a day love their structured approach, step by step guide. The Recap at the end is really useful too, saves me going bs k to the start again. Thanks for all your work 😊
Thank you so much for taking the time to write feedback ☺️ It means a lot to me! I personally have a hard time following tutorials if they aren’t presented stepwise, so that’s something I really aim for on my channel 😁
I absolutely adore your training videos! Your videos seem so much more down to earth and I don’t feel like I’m watching some stuffy dog trainer who is using a dog who already knows how to do whatever command it is you’re teaching. I love how you show mistakes and all! I have a problem with my dog coming to me when I want her to. For example, when she’s out in her playpen area and I stand by the fence and call her she’ll come close to me and then when I reach for her she takes off running in the playpen. When i step inside the gate area she Runs circles around me as fast as she can and I end up looking like I’m trying to catch a greased pig! Another example is in the morning I open her crate door to release her no matter what I do, whether I give her a release word like “OK” or tell her to come she just sits there or lies down and paws the air and won’t come out. I usually have to grab her to get her out. She does not run from me. One final example is she loves sitting with my husband in his recliner, she usually will put her paws on his recliner and bark and bark and bark until he offers to pick her up to put her on the couch. However, when he reaches out to her, she backs up several feet and just sits there and barks at him. She will not come to him, what do we do in these situations? Help!!!!
Thank you!! I think it’s important to show the reality of dog training (wins and losses hahaha). It sounds like your pup has turned recall into a game, and that’s her biggest motivation. If you’re practicing the exercise in this video, I’d crouch down as she approaches therefore she has to fully approach you to get the reward. If she runs away as a game instead, ignore that for like 30 seconds (our attention can accidentally be a huge reward for things we DON’T want 😂), then try again. After a few successful days, start doing collar touches each time she gets her reward so that she learns now to dodge your hand!
@@happyhoundsdogtraining thank you so very much for your response! I just have one more question about recall… What if she approaches us but gets the treat and immediately runoff? Do we just keep trying? I’m assuming we don’t grab her and pick her up as soon as she approaches us and takes the reward from our hand because that makes her not trust us?? That bring to mind another question, most of the time she will not take treats from our hand, only if we drop it on the floor in front of her how can we get her to take treats from our hand? I’m sorry to keep asking all these questions, but I really trust your advice, And we are in the process of getting a private trainer. I wish you lived closer so I could hire you! Lol
@@michellededmon6711 No apologies needed for questions haha.
1) Yes. If she runs off after her recall treat, let her go. Picking dogs up all the time (if they don’t like it) can definitely encourage them to try to escape you when they see your arms moving.
2) If she’s that hesitant to take treats from your hand, I’d actually work on that first. At home, away from any other training: Crouch down and offer her a treat for absolutely nothing. If she takes it, stand back up, take a couple steps back, and repeat a total of 3 times. Helps condition approaching you with no hesitation! If she DOESN’T quickly take the treat from your hand when offered it, simply stand back up silently and carry on with your day. Don’t make a fuss, or drop it on the ground. Try again a few hours later. Once she’s taking them with no hesitation, up the difficulty by offering the treat from a full standing position and leaning over her (similar to how you’d stand if clipping her back on leash if she recalled to you)… then a few days later add in collar/neck touches as she gets the treat so she learns not to shy away from the hand approaching her.
Let me know if that helps! 😊
Gray video, thanks very much. I would like to suggest when using any kind of leash, especially longer ones, that you use a bright coloured one. Yellow or other light and bright colors makes it easier for other dogs and humans to avoid.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I probably wouldn't suggest this exercise somewhere that you could clothesline someone, but I suppose that's always a risk 😂 I've been eyeing a bright yellow 50ft long line and I'm going to take this comment as justification to buy it hahaha. Thanks!
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Hi again :) i've purchased your 6 week to loose lead. I'm so grateful for all the added extras :) i already knew them but to place them in order was hard. i've already asked a few questions on this thread and others. My back yard is very small so we will need to go to a quiet field. this we have trouble finding. there is one but there will always be one or two dogs. i have outside my front door but people cats and dogs sometimes appear. note/ she is very prey driven and reactive with people and dogs so this will not be ideal. my question is, if we do find a place, how do we handle going from A) house to car and B) from cat to field as this will be distracting for her, especially a new environment. I don't want to over do it and go back in our training. x x
Thanks for grabbing the guide, and I'm so glad to hear you're enjoying it. Great questions! In the super early days I'd just use Kong hand for those transition moments, then a couple weeks in I'd use the treat toss behind tactic (~minute 6:50 of this video ua-cam.com/video/r57ovJpsm8M/v-deo.html) when she pulls so you can still focus on forward movement, but without tension 🙂
Great video, I have two issues. One being my dig doesn't like eating kibble off the grass and two she's not coming to me when called. Only sometimes.
Thanks! Some dogs are funny about putting the work into finding treats in the grass, so it's also ok to use a parking lot or such (like ~ minute 2 of this video: ua-cam.com/video/r57ovJpsm8M/v-deo.html) instead, especially as they're just learning. Two other tips would be to increase the treat value (especially of the one she gets when she returns to you) and initially start calling from just a couple feet away. Increase distance as able 😀
Oh, wow! It's so simple! I think your videos are so great because I always think how easy it is I just didn't know until you tell me hahaha. Can you say how this will help with recall especially after you stop calling their name? Thank you for another great video 😀
This comment makes me so happy because that's EXACTLY what I'm aiming for! I want to show that dog training doesn't need to be super complicated to be effective for most of our household goals 🙂 And great question; I should've elaborated more on that in the video. The crossover (even without an official "recall word") is more obvious when I'm cueing, but the magic is actually in when you stop. If you watch Millie even in this early-stage of her learning the exercise, as soon as she starts moving towards me she's LOCKED IN and runs fast. One of the problems I find with some dogs recall is they kind of mosey over when called, but they're still scanning the environment & are easily distracted before fully reaching the guardian. This exercise puts the dogs return on lightning speed & builds a huge reinforcement history of that being rewarded. Some dogs also come back to their guardian after recall, but stay just far enough away that they can't be touched or leashed up. This exercises encourages the dog to fully approach your hand :)
@@ZaryaTheLaika Exactly! 🙂 But your mountain reference is much more cool than my phrasing 🤣
@@ZaryaTheLaika 😂😂😂
I play this game with my dogs on our long line walks all the time! It's been so helpful. Can you do more videos on training recall, especially with high-drive dogs in stimulating environments? What is the progression to build up that solid foundation? I've been working on it with my youngest dog since I adopted him nearly two years ago. We still struggle at times with his attention and recall. Thanks!
It's such an effective game, especially for how simple it is! 🙂 I want to do a full series on recall actually and take like ~3 or so dogs to demo! The overall method is the same, but each dog has slight differences so I thought it'd be cool to show what's done the same vs different between the dogs. Recall is by far my favourite "obedience" skill to teach because it's so important! I wish your dog was here... I'd film with him!
@@happyhoundsdogtraining Yay! I am excited for a series on it. I wish Leo was there, too! I feel like I have been working on recall for the last two years with him and we are still not quite there yet.
I'm going to message you on IG! I have some tips now that I know it's Leo hahaha
Question: what can we use if we don't want their name to mean come to me? I only use their name for an automatic check in - head on a swivel. Name means look at me. Maybe their informal recall word like dog's name 'mere? Rather than their emergency (semi truck coming, need you here immediately) recall - dog's name, come? Like what do you say or do when you call the dog's name, they start flying to you, but you know they're not going to beat the semi truck?Please advise.
1) Using an informal recall word as a substitute definitely works as a replacement!
2) I'm not sure what you're asking with your last question re: knowing the dog won't beat the semi truck? I personally don't unclip dogs in non-fenced areas if there's traffic nearby!
From a different video but can you teach leave it whilst teaching dog management strategies like Kong hand. Will the dog confuse Kong hand with leave it or because these are two separate markers will the dog understand. I need to point out that the marker of Kong and leave it is not understood yet. X x
I am SOOO impressed with this question! Very few people connect the two and ask 🙂 In my time training, I have had 2 dogs dogs that when taught the un-cued portion/ first step of leave it (in this video: ua-cam.com/video/umt0jF9MHeI/v-deo.html) training did get apprehensive about taking treats initially. If you're worried about that with your dog, I'd skip step 1 of leave it and instead just start with the cued training portion. Why DON'T most dogs struggle despite learning leave? It's because everything has been put on cue, so they know they've gotten the green light to take the treat. Once they hear "Kong" (or whichever cue you choose) they know that "permission" to take the treats has been granted (similar to accepting one after hearing their marker word) 🙂 Hope that helps!
Your timing seems off. You verbalize your reward marker and move your hand at the same time. I do it all the time as well. Practice without the dog first. Say yes and then move your hand. That practice sounds silly but helps with our timings for markers. If you don't you have a dog that looks at your hands instead of your face.
You need to state yes and keep your body without movement. Bending over while you give the marker and giving your hand can confuse the dog. What you're doing is more like luring in that position. You literally bend and lure the dog as the marker sounds. Timing is everything. Check out Michael Ellis for training tips. Hes the literal best. Have a lovely weekend!
I welcome all feedback, but my timing/posture is intended in this video! This isn’t my first day with Millie, so she 100% knows yes = treat at this point in our training (she licks her lips if I even say yes without a treat in hand). If you watch clips once her name is phased out (example 3:10) I’m waiting for her to start running towards me THEN saying yes & bending as soon as she is. I don’t view this as luring because she’s already offering the behaviour I want (leaving the “sniff spot” and instead returning to me) BEFORE I mark or bend. If I was saying yes or showing treats to GET her to start running towards me, I’d view that as luring. I did make a note on screen at the start of this video about the audio being slightly off however (had to make adjustments because of heavy traffic sounds… if you actually watch my mouth & words closely when talking you can see there’s a slight delay), so if you’re looking at “precision” I’d ignore audio & instead focus on when my hips actually bend and the treat is shown (once she’s already begun running). Hope that makes sense! I had not heard of Michael Ellis before, but from a quick scan we certainly have different training philosophies, so he’s not someone I personally would be watching.
@@happyhoundsdogtraining well objectively speaking Michael Ellis is literally one of Thee top dog trainers world wide. And I'm glad you enjoy what you do and are super passionate about it and clearly you have an excellent relationship with your pup. At the end of the day that's all that matters. Your vid just popped in my feed so I checked you out and figured I'd let you know a perspective maybe you hadn't heard before. But seriously check him out. He is thee trainers trainer. Just some feed back and I hope you have an awesome evening! And lazy markers are lazy markers, games or training. If that's your style it's cool but again, just feedback on the internet.
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Also yes I did now notice your video audio was off so perhaps that was what I was seeing. Either way, the more trainers you view and critique and learn from the better we all get and the better dog owners we become. Appreciate your feedback