Comments on: What’s In (A Dog’s) Name? http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/dogs-name-training Training dogs the positive way Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:54:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lisa-Anne Manolius http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/dogs-name-training/comment-page-1#comment-224 Lisa-Anne Manolius Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:17:17 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=973#comment-224 Hi Maryanne, Thanks for reading and commenting. Your suggestions for more Name Training practice are great! Lisa Hi Maryanne,

Thanks for reading and commenting. Your suggestions for more Name Training practice are great!

Lisa

]]> By: Maryanne http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/dogs-name-training/comment-page-1#comment-223 Maryanne Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:31:56 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=973#comment-223 Lisa-Anne: you are so right about the importance of name recognition! Another way to strengthen this behavior is to practice while your puppy is playing with other pups; when you're at the dog park, in a group training class - wherever your dog can engage with other dogs. Let your puppy play and have a good time. During the play session, walk up to your pup, say his name in an excited voice, ("Spike!"), and click and treat for any recognition. Allow the pup to continue to play. Wait a minute or so and do it again; walk up, say the puppy's name in a happy, excited tone, click and treat for a head spin. Repeat the practice... Doing training in this kind of environment helps bridge the gap between work (training) and play time and teaches your dog to pay attention to you when his name is called no matter where he is or what he's doing! Lisa-Anne: you are so right about the importance of name recognition! Another way to strengthen this behavior is to practice while your puppy is playing with other pups; when you’re at the dog park, in a group training class – wherever your dog can engage with other dogs. Let your puppy play and have a good time. During the play session, walk up to your pup, say his name in an excited voice, (”Spike!”), and click and treat for any recognition. Allow the pup to continue to play. Wait a minute or so and do it again; walk up, say the puppy’s name in a happy, excited tone, click and treat for a head spin. Repeat the practice… Doing training in this kind of environment helps bridge the gap between work (training) and play time and teaches your dog to pay attention to you when his name is called no matter where he is or what he’s doing!

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