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25.01.2022 Its important to remember that dogs are not human (in any way at all). And they do not respond like humans (in any way at all). Remember, routine is more important than affection,...in fact, affection is more effective in the well being of a dog if your best friend has a consistent routine. At Pawlinglabs, all our litters are registered with Dogs Qld. And as breeders & dog trainers we do our best to help every new puppy owner with health & training info.
25.01.2022 Outcross Breeding Labrador Puppies 15/5/9 Outcross Breeding labrador retrievers is the practice of mating two labradors with no common ancestors for 4 generations of pedigree. The genes including recessive genes affecting the progeny are concentrated in the first four generations. Outcrossing brings into the specific labrador pedigree, characteristics that are not obviously present in the line. Outcrossing builds strength into the pedigree and it reduces the concentration of...Continue reading
23.01.2022 Marker training is the key to advancing your dog.
23.01.2022 Leash walking Commence loose leash walking as soon as you get your puppy. I recommend the use of a Gentle Leader to prevent pulling and to help your pup to understand your expectations. To commence this discipline, fit a flat collar or gentle leader to your pup and allow them to become familiar with the sensation of neck/ collar pressure....Continue reading
22.01.2022 Teaching the recall A solid recall is far and away the most important behaviour we can teach our dogs and particularly social dogs like our labradors . Its not the end of the world if your dog wont sit, drop or stand, but you cannot have a dog that will not come when called. The stronger the recall, the safer our dog is when off-leash. When you are teaching the recall, make sure you have your dogs attention before you call them. Say their name first and then the cue .../ command. Lucy,...Come. Dont call your dog when they are unlikely to come. This will teach them learned irrelevance meaning that your recall cue is meaningless. You might have ruined your recall cue and have to start again with a different command. When you hit a difficult phase, increase the value of your treat. Bring out the high value treats or a toy if your labrador loves to tug. Make sure that your rewards are meaningful to your dog. Always take care not to reinforce any behaviours you dont want. If your dog doesnt comply with your command, simply say no, without energy or emotion and start again. I like to start with Restrained Recalls. This requires 2 participants. Both of you need to stock up with high value treats or toys. One of you needs to hold your dog while the other one ,5m away, give the recall que, Lucy...Come. Each person in turn, marks & rewards the dog when they arrive. Now do the same thing, restrain & recall back the other way. There is nothing more satisfying to a handler than a dog that comes as fast as they can run in response to the recall cue. The recall certainly comes more naturally to dogs like labradors. For others, its a more difficult behaviour to teach. This can be the result of high distraction, low food drive, lack of desire to please or apathy and low motivation.
22.01.2022 Dog Training at feed time. Blog 22/5/19 www.pawlinglabs.com Always insist that your labrador puppy participates in a 5 minute training routine before giving them their food. If you feed twice a day then youll have 2 training sessions. An 8 week old Labrador pup requires 3 feeds a day to guarantee that they get the proper intake. Youll have 3 opportunities to train your labrador pup or any breed for that matter. More short length training sessions are preferable to 1 long... session each day. A young labrador will lose focus fairly quickly. For this reason, I like to do focus work with my 8+ week old puppies. I hold a treat in each hand and ask them to watch. The instant the pup make eye contact with me I mark the obedience - yes and reward. If they have learnt to focus on me, I know that when their attention is lost, I have over extended the pup. Keep you training sessions positive and successful. You might prefer to tether you dog on a 2-3m line. This simulates off leash training. Other wise youll attach you training leash. The first goal in training a dog of any age is to establish the reward marker - yes. Once you labrador puppy understands their reward marker, they will begin to problem solve and offer a response in the hold of gaining the reward. The second goal is to lure your dog so that they will follow you. Draw your puppy into a game, making the treat in your hand a target for them. Lure the puppy in any and all directions. Finish short routines with yes and reward. The third goal is to commence teaching you dog specific positions. My dog trainers recommend that you start by teaching the sit command. See more
21.01.2022 Teaching the Sit command 5/5/19 Teaching your labrador puppy to sit is easy and very rewarding. Youll need some high value treats in a place free from distractions, with your puppy on a loose leash. Lure you puppy with a high value treat, positioned between your thumb and middle finger. Raise your hand (palm up) over the dogs nose so that they look up at the treat. As your pup looks up at the treat, they will automatically sit as they follow your hand. When their back...side hits the floor say yes and release the treat. If I give the hand signal with my right hand, ill generally offer the treat from my left hand. This tends to stop my puppy from anticipating and chasing the treat. For the first 20 repetitions, simply mark the behaviour with yes and immediately (1 second) reward them the treat. After 20 reps your dog will have worked out the relationship between the lure, sit, yes & the reward. When your dog is reliably following the lure, continue to lure them into the sit position and say "sit" as they start their movement. With this degree of progress, you can continue to use the same motion but with an empty hand, palm up and say "sit". If they sit, mark the behaviour and give a jackpot of 3 treats. This is the hand signal and will be the que for your dog to sit. Be sure to say sit before you give the hand signal. Practice the sit at feed time twice daily. And increase the duration of the sit. This is called the sit stay. Slowly expose your dog to the sit command with increased distraction. For example, practice training your dog to sit when someone else is in the room. You should advance to situations where other dogs or animals are nearby. See more
21.01.2022 Teaching you dog to ‘Watch’ (2) When my dog understands the ‘MARKER / YES’ they also know that there are treats in my hands. And they are looking for a reward. Initially, your dog will look at one hand, and then the other, looking for the reward. I want my dog to anticipate that the treat is coming,... when they look at my eyes. Say ‘WATCH’. Be sure that your dog eyes makes even passing eye contact meeting your eyes. Then immediately MARK / YES and REWARD. Keep repeating this... routine. This is how you reinforce the behaviour. You will need to be patient and particularly if you dog is very young. I always put my dog through 20 repeats of a training routine. I’ve learnt that these repetitions allow time for my dogs to ‘problem solve’ and understand the concept. Give them time to ‘problem solve’. It’s actually more about your labrador learning to problem solve and any single routine. Once your chocolate labrador learns ‘problem solving’, they can work out just about anything. As the puppy advances, I can direct them into the heel position then ‘call front’. Alternatively I can move myself to a position in front of my dog. I can advance this behaviour by raising my arms up and down while commanding my dog to ‘WATCH’. I will reward them, only if they continues to ‘FOCUS and ‘watch’ my eyes. Otherwise I calmly say ‘NO’ and start again. If they break, I say ‘NO’ and start again. ‘NO’ is a negative command communicating that the behaviour is wrong. It won’t be rewarded and we are trying again. ‘NO’ must not communicate anger or frustration. Don’t correct your dog if they do not understand the routine, simply say ‘NO’ and start again.
19.01.2022 Teach your dog to SIT STAY 10/5/19 In the beginning, I suggest you teach the SIT - STAY command with your dog on leash . Use a treat to lure your dog to sit in the heel position at your left side. Both of you should be facing the same direction. Reward you labrador puppy immediately they sit. Wait 3 seconds then MARK by saying YES! Then reward again immediately with a treat....Continue reading
18.01.2022 THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVERS Weekly Blog 15/5/19 - www.pawlinglabs.com The Chocolate Labrador Retriever is classified as a working dog, a sporting dog, a flushing dog. A chocolate labrador will naturally retrieve. Chocolate labradors are still used to retrieve both land game birds and water birds. The wonderful temperament of the Chocolate labrador retriever is documented back to its early days in England and has made them ideal family pets as well as accomp...Continue reading
18.01.2022 This is Jemima, on the dog beach at Noosa over Easter,...Jemima is 14mths old & she has no fear, anxiety or timidity. Even so, we use & recommend a gentle leader when introducing a young dog to a new environment. And particularly if the scene is highly stimulating ie dogs & children. Shes never off leash until shes familiar, safe & settled in the new environment. Any good pet shop carries a variety of Gentle Leaders. Correct (tightish) fitting is most important for effective use.
15.01.2022 Training 8mth old labs,...so trainable
14.01.2022 Dog training for puppies begins at wk3. The litter learns & loves to climb 50mm tiers in & out of the whelping box. This promotes muscle development, coordination & builds confidence
13.01.2022 Developing confident dog. To develop a confident dog you need to become their pack leader. And you will do this by teaching them basic dog obedience exercises: Sit, down / drop, come, heel and stay. Obedience exercises teach your dog that you are in charge, you are the pack leader . With regular reward based marker training, your dog will trust you and be confident in your consistency. In your training, give high value treats to affirm your approval. This approval will bu...ild confidence and your dog feel secure. Routine and consistency are so critical to your labrador becoming settled, secure and confident. Resist the temptation to coddle your dog when they exhibit insecure behaviour. Reassure your dog with consistent and patient leadership and particularly during training sessions. Direct your dog with decisive, calm and clear commands. Dogs get over their fears by finding success and reward in their obedience training. When im working with an insecure dog I adopt an affirming communication even when I say no. No must not communicate disapproval. I want no to communicate that we need to try again. There is little benefit in giving a frustrated, angry or aggressive response to your dog and particularly if the dog does not understand. No means not that, and back to the beginning. In this way it is important that my dog knows that im not giving them a choice. We dont reason with our dogs even intelligent breeds like labradors because they have little capacity for logic. Dogs learn through action, repetition, consistency and reinforcement. Repetition builds confidence so it is important to keep working until your dog attempts to obey your direction. Repetition builds familiarity, builds confidence and teaches your dog how to be successful. Reinforce success with high value treats. Make your training sessions consistent but short and successful. Finish with success.
13.01.2022 Walking at heel How to lure your dog If you want your dog to walk at heel, luring will be your best training option. When you first lure your dog, it will quite naturally assume that you are offering something to eat. ... It will naturally try to take the food treat from your hand. You will want to use this drive to direct your dogs energy into a training exercise. If your dog is food driven, a piece of kibble as a low value reward may be sufficient as the target. Otherwise, a small piece of sausage or cheese should be adequate as a high value reward. Think of a lure as the trail and the food treat as the target,... and reward. If you want your dog to follow your lure, you need to give them a signal. Stand either beside or in front of your dog and approach the dogs nose with your left hand to commence the lure. Offer the food treat from the flat of your hand, holding the food between your thumb and forefinger. If your dog is very food driven and tries to snatch the treat food from your hand, withdraw the food by closing your fist, and moving your hand away. To commence the lure, move your left hand towards the dogs nose then move the target a short distance. When the dog approaches your hand,...Mark (confirm) the movement with YES & reward the dog with the treat. The first step is to lure your dog to follow the target and move his head towards your hand. Mark and reward your dog Immediately when it moves its nose in the direction of the target. YES is the reward marker by which you let the dog know that they are doing the right thing. Follow the marker with the (treat) reward within 1 second of marking the behaviour. Mark and reward any behaviour you want from your dog.
11.01.2022 Learning tug is a critical part of drive.
11.01.2022 Teach your dog to ‘Watch’ (1) ‘Focus’ Eye Contact is an essential behaviour for controlling your dog. ‘FOCUS TRAINING’ is essential for calmness, teaching correct heeling and ignoring distractions. The command I use is ‘WATCH’. When your dog offers FOCUS eye contact, they are evidently ignoring everything else. They are ‘focused’.... I start asking for eye contact & focus from puppies as young as 8 weeks. ‘LUCY...WATCH!!!’ Feed time is training time. I ask my puppies to work for their food, starting with ‘EYE CONTACT. This is the foundational to successful obedience training. Put your dog on a leash and fit your treat bag. Be ready to take high value treats in both hands. I like to commence this training by positioning my puppy in front of me as I sit on a chair. Show your dog that you have treats in both hands. Let them smell your hands and the high value treats. Bring both hands up near your eyes. Say ‘WATCH’. When you dog make even passing eye contact, say MARK the behaviour.., ‘YES’ and ‘REWARD’. I want my dog to anticipate the treat coming when they look at my eyes,...not looking at my hands with the treat. The dog will look for a reward. Initially, your dog will look at one hand, and then the other, looking for the reward. The dog knows that there are treats in my hands. Be sure that your dogs eyes meet your eyes, then immediately MARK / YES and REWARD. This is how you reinforce the behaviour
10.01.2022 Information and advice for the new puppy owner. It is my personal preference to ‘house’ a puppy in a crate and exercise pen. A wire mesh crate should be sized for an adult labrador to stand and turn around. A ‘400mm’ high ‘exercise pen’ clipped to the front of the crate forms a small open area for the labrador puppy to wander. ...Continue reading
08.01.2022 Information and advice for the new puppy owner. It is my personal preference to house a puppy in a crate and exercise pen. A wire mesh crate should be sized for an adult labrador to stand and turn around. A 400mm high exercise pen clipped to the front of the crate forms a small open area for the labrador puppy to wander. ...Continue reading
08.01.2022 Samson loves to fetch.
07.01.2022 Teach you dog to WATCH (3) Your dog should learn to Watch and offer eye contact regardless of the situation or distraction. And they must hold the position for DURATION, until you release them. As my labrador develops their ability to watch, I will add more intrusive distractions like jumping, stepping sideways, walking a little, letting other people and dogs come into view. When my dog is able to maintain FOCUS, I will extend the duration. My dog should Watch wit...hout looking away for 1 minute. Once I am confident, I can move to different situations like my front yard, in a car park, in a park. But whatever the level of distraction I want my dog to WATCH. They must be able to maintain FOCUS EYE CONTACT. FOCUS TRAINING will help you to advance any dog at any age. At one extreme, if your dog is nervous, asking them to watch, making eye contact and staring at you is immediately reassuring and settling for them. At the other extreme, If you have a dog that tends to be enthusiastic, focus eye contact will calm your dog and also reinforce that you are the leader. With this in mind, it is important as a dog owner to understand the danger of dogs staring at each other. This is an aggressive behaviour. You must intervene immediately before the situation escalates. Redirect you dogs attention and refocus your labrador,...LUCY...WATCH. This way you are teaching your dog a genuine coping skill. Their flight / fight response can be controlled by the option to Watch. Your dog cannot bark, lung, look at other dogs and distractions if they are WATCHING you. This allows me to take them many places and work around other dogs because they have another behaviour available. Instead of staring at another dog (bad behavior) they are focusing on me and ignoring every distraction. If your dog is to be confident outside your home environment you will need to train them increasingly difficult locations with distraction. Reward your dog for any success with high value treats and lots of verbal praise. And do this constantly.
07.01.2022 Teaching you dog to Watch (2) When my dog understands the MARKER / YES they also know that there are treats in my hands. And they are looking for a reward. Initially, your dog will look at one hand, and then the other, looking for the reward. I want my dog to anticipate that the treat is coming,... when they look at my eyes. Say WATCH. Be sure that your dog eyes makes even passing eye contact meeting your eyes. Then immediately MARK / YES and REWARD. Keep repeating this... routine. This is how you reinforce the behaviour. You will need to be patient and particularly if you dog is very young. I always put my dog through 20 repeats of a training routine. Ive learnt that these repetitions allow time for my dogs to problem solve and understand the concept. Give them time to problem solve. Its actually more about your labrador learning to problem solve and any single routine. Once your chocolate labrador learns problem solving, they can work out just about anything. As the puppy advances, I can direct them into the heel position then call front. Alternatively I can move myself to a position in front of my dog. I can advance this behaviour by raising my arms up and down while commanding my dog to WATCH. I will reward them, only if they continues to FOCUS and watch my eyes. Otherwise I calmly say NO and start again. If they break, I say NO and start again. NO is a negative command communicating that the behaviour is wrong. It wont be rewarded and we are trying again. NO must not communicate anger or frustration. Dont correct your dog if they do not understand the routine, simply say NO and start again.
06.01.2022 Toowoomba K9 Dog Training Family dog training, counter conditioning.
06.01.2022 Learning ‘tug’ is a critical part of ‘drive’.
05.01.2022 Www. toowoombak9training.wordpress.com TOOWOOMBA K9 DOG TRAINING 1 -7 days,...$50/day... ONE ON ONE with your dog Obedience Training, Counter Conditioning, Rehabilitation. We practice REWARD BASED TRAINING. (Food, Toys) We offer Obedience Training, Counter Conditioning & Rehabilitation. We practice REWARD BASED TRAINING. Many people lack the time to socialise and train their dog. And the average pet owner does not have weeks to spare for dog obedience classes. DO YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT DOG. If you have difficulty walking your dog, we will teach them to heel and walk on a leash. TEACHING YOUR DOG GOOD MANNERS Stop leach pulling, Teaching Mat/Place, Stop your dog jumping up, Teaching Sit Stay, Teaching Down Stay, Teaching Recall. At TOOWOOMBA K9 TRAINING , we are available for intensive training for your pup, adolescent or adult dog. Its never to late. We will set the foundations of good manners & good behaviour. Then we will show you how to continue to proof & reinforce your dogs good behaviour. THE IMPRINT PERIOD; 8 - 16 weeks of age. If your dog has missed their early imprint periods, it will need some degree of counter conditioning and socialisation. Lack of Socialisation may have resulted in bad manners. But it can result in dog to dog and dog to human anxiety, timidity or aggression. CONDITIONING & SOCIALISATION are the foundation of Obedience Training and Rehabilitation. TOOWOOMBA K9 TRAINING offers your dog one to one intensive training. We practice food based training. LEAVE YOUR DOG WITH US for one day minimum, up to 7 days. When you collect your dog, we will show you how to continue to proof & reinforce your dogs good behaviour. At TOOWOOMBA K9 TRAINING, we focus on PUPPY TRAINING, ANXIOUS DOG and AGGRESSIVE DOG TRAINING. Our program, regardless of the breed or age of the dog, starts at the beginning and lays the foundation of conditioning, socialisation and obedience. If you would like your dog to receive training please feel free to message or email. We offer our services for a very economical $50 per day. If you would like assistance please message, email [email protected] or call David 0403538277
04.01.2022 Samson loves to fetch,...on land & in the water. If your dog doesnt fetch, its easy to teach....Simply put the fetch toy in the dogs mouth,...say fetch. Then say give & offer a treat upon release. When this is first level is achieved, drop the fetch toy at your feet and say fetch. When the dog picks it up, say give & offer a treat upon release. You can progressively extend the distance. When Im teaching my dogs a new discipline like fetch, I put them through 20 reps with reward treats, every session & at every level.
02.01.2022 Teach you dog to WATCH (3) Your dog should learn to ‘Watch’ and offer eye contact regardless of the situation or distraction. And they must hold the position for ‘DURATION’, until you release them. As my labrador develops their ability to ‘watch’, I will add more intrusive distractions like jumping, stepping sideways, walking a little, letting other people and dogs come into view. When my dog is able to ‘maintain FOCUS’, I will extend the ‘duration’. My dog should ‘Watch’ wit...hout looking away for 1 minute. Once I am confident, I can move to different situations like my front yard, in a car park, in a park. But whatever the level of distraction I want my dog to ‘WATCH’. They must be able to maintain FOCUS EYE CONTACT. FOCUS TRAINING will help you to advance any dog at any age. At one extreme, if your dog is nervous, asking them to ‘watch’, making eye contact and staring at you is immediately reassuring and settling for them. At the other extreme, If you have a dog that tends to be enthusiastic, ‘focus’ eye contact will calm your dog and also reinforce that you are the leader. With this in mind, it is important as a dog owner to understand the danger of dogs staring at each other. This is an aggressive behaviour. You must intervene immediately before the situation escalates. Redirect you dog’s attention and refocus your labrador,...‘LUCY...WATCH’. This way you are teaching your dog a genuine coping skill. Their flight / fight response can be controlled by the option to ‘Watch’. Your dog cannot bark, lung, look at other dogs and distractions if they are ‘WATCHING ‘ you. This allows me to take them many places and work around other dogs because they have another behaviour available. Instead of staring at another dog (bad behavior) they are ‘focusing’ on me and ignoring every distraction. If your dog is to be confident outside your home environment you will need to train them increasingly difficult locations with distraction. Reward your dog for ‘any’ success with high value treats and lots of verbal praise. And do this constantly.
02.01.2022 Teach your dog to Watch (1) Focus Eye Contact is an essential behaviour for controlling your dog. FOCUS TRAINING is essential for calmness, teaching correct heeling and ignoring distractions. The command I use is WATCH. When your dog offers FOCUS eye contact, they are evidently ignoring everything else. They are focused.... I start asking for eye contact & focus from puppies as young as 8 weeks. LUCY...WATCH!!! Feed time is training time. I ask my puppies to work for their food, starting with EYE CONTACT. This is the foundational to successful obedience training. Put your dog on a leash and fit your treat bag. Be ready to take high value treats in both hands. I like to commence this training by positioning my puppy in front of me as I sit on a chair. Show your dog that you have treats in both hands. Let them smell your hands and the high value treats. Bring both hands up near your eyes. Say WATCH. When you dog make even passing eye contact, say MARK the behaviour.., YES and REWARD. I want my dog to anticipate the treat coming when they look at my eyes,...not looking at my hands with the treat. The dog will look for a reward. Initially, your dog will look at one hand, and then the other, looking for the reward. The dog knows that there are treats in my hands. Be sure that your dogs eyes meet your eyes, then immediately MARK / YES and REWARD. This is how you reinforce the behaviour
02.01.2022 Teach your dog to Generalise 28/4/19 Generalising simply means, the ability to perform particular behaviours, in different environments. Dogs do not generalise as well as humans. They do not easily transfer a behaviour into different situations. Dogs learn and acquire knowledge by associating and connecting events with cues. These cues are visual hand signals and body language. And they are verbal directions, affections and commands . A dogs learning is increases by cause-an...Continue reading
01.01.2022 CoCo training,...Sit Stay,.,,Drop Stay, Walking at heel.
