How to Read a Training Summary
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Level Descriptions
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Level Descriptions
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Training Summaries are updated each Friday. Choose your pup's name from the list to access the Training Summary. The Training Summary is organized in a Google Data Sheet, with each training week data on a different row. Find the week you are interested in and move across the row to find your dog's progress. The level number will indicate the highest level your dog practiced this week for each Cue. See Level Descriptions to the right. Levels are listed first, followed by comments for each Cue. Please note your dog may have not practiced all Cues this week.
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Sit, Down, Wait/Come, Place, Stay, Watch Me, Leave It, Touch and Target
Level 1: Lure Level 2: Hand Motion Level 3: Verbal Cue Level 4: Small Distraction (toy, food, friendly person) Level 5: Increased Duration Level 6: Distance Level 7: Distance and Duration Level 8: Large Distraction (playing dogs, livestock, crowd) Level 9: Distance and Distraction Level 10: Distance, Distraction and Duration |
Level 1: Tethering
Level 2: Walking/Change Direction Level 3: Walking/Informal Heel Level 4: Small Distraction (toy, food, friendly person) Level 5: Increased Duration Level 6: Medium Distraction (unfamiliar area, animals at distance, people playing ball) Level 7: Small Distraction and Duration Level 8: Medium Distraction and Duration Level 9: Large Distraction (through crowd, same pen with loose animals) Level 10: Large Distraction and Duration |
Basic 10 Training Goals
Watch Me: Dog maintains eye contract at a sit, down, and moving at an informal heal.
Sit: Dog sits on verbal cue in a high distraction environment at three random moments. Dog sits on verbal cue from a 15ft distance from handler.
Down: Dog downs on verbal cue from a 15ft distance from handler (Doggie Push-Ups)
Wait: Dog waits (stops moving forward) at doorways, stairs, and approaching people until released to move forward.
Come: Dog is recalled from an enclosed off leash area with mild distraction or at play. Handler clips leash onto dog.
Place: Dog will go to Place at verbal cue from a 10 ft distance and stay for a minimum of 10 minutes with handler in sight or 3 minutes with handler out of sight.
Sit/Stay: On verbal cue, dog will sit/stay while handler turns back and walks to a distance of at least 20ft for 3 minutes with mild distractions. Dog stays in sits or lays down until handler returns.
Down/Stay, Settle: On verbal cue, dog will down in a crowded area. Dog will remain down as handler walks away, returns, and sits down in chair by dog. Dog remains down for at least 5 minutes until released by handler.
Leave It: Dog will not move towards dropped food. Dog releases toy on verbal cue.
Touch/Target: Dog will touch hand or other object with nose on verbal cue.
Dog will place front paws on small box and stay 30 seconds until released.
*Handling Acceptance: Dog calmly accepts handling and brushing from handler or stranger for 1 minute.
Sit: Dog sits on verbal cue in a high distraction environment at three random moments. Dog sits on verbal cue from a 15ft distance from handler.
Down: Dog downs on verbal cue from a 15ft distance from handler (Doggie Push-Ups)
Wait: Dog waits (stops moving forward) at doorways, stairs, and approaching people until released to move forward.
Come: Dog is recalled from an enclosed off leash area with mild distraction or at play. Handler clips leash onto dog.
Place: Dog will go to Place at verbal cue from a 10 ft distance and stay for a minimum of 10 minutes with handler in sight or 3 minutes with handler out of sight.
Sit/Stay: On verbal cue, dog will sit/stay while handler turns back and walks to a distance of at least 20ft for 3 minutes with mild distractions. Dog stays in sits or lays down until handler returns.
Down/Stay, Settle: On verbal cue, dog will down in a crowded area. Dog will remain down as handler walks away, returns, and sits down in chair by dog. Dog remains down for at least 5 minutes until released by handler.
Leave It: Dog will not move towards dropped food. Dog releases toy on verbal cue.
Touch/Target: Dog will touch hand or other object with nose on verbal cue.
Dog will place front paws on small box and stay 30 seconds until released.
*Handling Acceptance: Dog calmly accepts handling and brushing from handler or stranger for 1 minute.