Training your dog To Go To A Mat Or Basket

Training your dog to get at his mat or basket can be a useful "trick" since these are able basically put him in want him and acknowledge to stay there and soon you say he can walking.

It's a bit the reverse of what human toddlers do. For their first six months they pretty much stay where you put them. Then one day they learn how to crawl and suddenly you now have a problem. You put them down over here, but suddenly they're in that respect there - behind the settee or whatever.

A puppy can run everywhere from the age of a few weeks and what you will be able to do is to stop him from doing this and make him go where you want him to help.

Fortunately this is a fairly easy thing to train him in order to (By the way, I apologise to people today who have a bitch, but I personally use "him" as it's simpler than saying "him/her" each and every day time).

You should buy your mat or basket towards the dog to sleep in/on. You need to a supply of target treats..

Place the mat on the ground at one side of their room.

Say to the dog "Go to your mat" Vehicle he moves nearer what number of mat throw down a small treat. If he moves of your mat say "Go to your mat" again. Nearer the mat he requires a treat. Away from the pad he gets no assault and is told what you want him to do.

If she or he barks or jumps - up at you, simply turn the back and ignore him. Just look out over your shoulder to ensure if he moves closer to the mat you throw down mealtime. If he gets very close to the mat or actually on it you say "Good dog" as well as him TWO treats.

Keep repeating this and you will probably find that fairly quickly your canine works out for himself that after he gets near the mat he consists of a reward and when he moves away it he doesn't. When he gets ON the mat he gets twice treats!

I watched a great of mine train a good eleven week old retriever to accomplish this and the dog was sitting on the mat in the eight minutes!

What you are training your dog to do is to believe for himself. \he soon works that "Oh, yep, if I go over HERE I've got a treat, but if Time passes over THERE I avoid getting a treat. Think I'll conquer HERE more often! in ..

Forgive the pun, plus it works a treat.

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