Obedience 1.0 Syllabus
After having completed your consultation, we begin the 6 week program as outlined below.
Week 1:
Finding out the best leash, collar, harness, or other training aids best suitable for your dog
Go over Safety Rules & General Information
Go over Cues, Behaviors & Problem Solving topics that will be taught in this Group Class’ Program
Go over Training Techniques and Philosophies used by Wolf Moon Dog Training
Find out your dogs best suited conditioned reinforcers
Go over Luring
Explain the 4 stages of learning for dogs
Release and Focus Cues
Go over Reactivity
Week 2:
Proper Greetings (accepting strangers)
Food lure into Heel Position and Focus
Introduce the Sit-Cue
Introduce the Running Come Game
Capturing and Luring Down
Working Place
Introduce loose leash walking
Week 3:
Sit Verbal Cue
Heel Verbal Cue, Movement and Auto-sit
Down Verbal Cue
Add the Auto-sit to Come Cue
Introduce the Stay Behavior
Practice Loose-leash walking
Working Place
Problem Solving Review
Week 4:
Review all learned cues
Add Collar Touch to Come Behavior
Changing Variables (Distance, Distraction, Duration)
Explain Randomization
Add Duration to Stay
Add Distractions to known Behaviors
Long Lead Desensitization
Working Place
Problem Solving Review
Week 5:
Proper greetings
Review all learned Cues
Focus, Release, Sit, Down, Place, Come, Stay, Loose-leashing walking with distance, distractions and duration
Heel with Auto-sit
Sit-Stay with 30 ft line
Down-stay with 30 ft line
Come with Auto-sit and Collar Touch
Polishing the difference between Heel and Lets Go
Problem Solving Review
Week 6:
Review all Learned Cues
Add more real Life Distractions
Add more Real-Life-Rewards
Safe Socialization ( proper meet-and-greets)
Distance, Distraction and Duration with Come Cue
Group Greetings, obedience and regrouping
Learn about overstimulation, unhealthy greeting behaviors
Problem Solving Review
Perform Cue Demonstrations
Diplomas
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