Mission Control: How to train the high-drive dog

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Chapter Six: GAMES TO ENCOURAGE STILLNESS Mousey mousey; Wait for it!; Increasing the challenge; Sleepy; Paw target; Chin target; Hand target; Duration hand target. By using a progressive series of interactive games she shows you how you can teach your dog to control his impulses and make ‘good’ choices that he will find rewarding. Working gundogs, for me, when I have my dogs sat waiting to be sent for a retrieve or sat waiting to be cast out to hunt is no different than a dog waiting in the start line of agility, because they're actually waiting to do a job. If you have frustration or over-arousal in that anticipatory behavior, then normally the performance is poor. So, for me, everything is about "Can your dog manage itself while it's waiting to do something exciting." Jane is a member of the Coape Association of Pet Behaviourists and Trainers (CAPBT), The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT UK) Membership no. 1058 and a Registered Animal Trainer with the Animal Training and Behaviour Council (ATBC) I ended up going to a traditional trainer, and we had a conversation about what I would and wouldn't do with my dog. I said to him, "But I need some help. I need someone who understands these dogs that can help and support me." He supported me really well, and he was great, because I said to him, "I don't want you to get hold of my dog. I don't want you to do anything horrible to my dog." We worked together, we had lots of conversations, and we worked through a lot of the problems, which was great.

Chapter One: WHAT IS GOING ON? Controlling and managing instinctive behaviour; Understanding self-control; What is frustration tolerance? Developing doggy willpower; Training strategy; Executive functioning; The Marshmallow experiment; Brain training, not behaviour training. Chapter Eleven: EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS Karate K9; Memory game; Task switching ninja; Summing up By using a progressive series of interactive games, she shows you how you can teach your dog to control his impulses and make "good"choices that he will find rewarding. What’s rewarding gets repeated so, in time, your dog will learn a new way of behaving. The two of you will work as a team and because you are the fun person who allows him to access all the good things in life, he will try his heart out for you!Jane Ardern: Just really that. There's some videos in there. It's quite heavily practical stuff, starting off with a little bit of theory and then moving on to practical. There's some practical training exercises in there on teaching settle, and also teaching an anticipatory stay as well.

Owning 7 field bred working spaniels has taught me a lot about drive, specifically environmental arousal and prey drive. I will share with you how to support these dogs using positive reinforcement techniques by forming habits and creating the right mindsets. Jane Ardern: My big thing is really getting people to understand that they're teaching the dog a skill, often rather than behaviors, especially when you have dogs who are excitable in high arousal. For me, it's not just about having a behavior and putting it on cue. It's about the skill for the animal to be able to perform those behaviors and for them to be reliable.Throughout Helen’s career she has always been involved in the teaching, training and assessment of learners. This began as a Regional Trainer, and then progressing to a teacher/trainer in a Further Education College where she developed her skills and knowledge and successfully achieved a Certificate in Education in Business.