referencesheets

Discouraging the Two Types of Unwanted Behaviors:
1. Self-rewarding behaviors (Chewing, Digging, Stealing Food)
To Discourage: Say “eh-eh” and then redirect to more appropriate behavior. Do this
3 times, and then move to using sneaky corrections (listed below)
2. Attention-seeking behaviors (Jumping Up, Barking)
To Discourage: Give no attention and reward absence of behavior--behavior must be
absent for 5 seconds, minimum! (No Attention = Do not look at, talk to, or touch
your dog)

Correction Examples:
· Tug on long line
· Water sprayed in face (½ H2O + ½ Apple Cider Vinegar)
· Sound correction (soda can filled with pennies, Pet Agree device,
Scraminal, or a Tattletale)
· Throw chain
· Binaca Blast
· Snappy Trainers
· Bitter apple cream or spray
(You will find most of these devices at www.jbpet.com, www.petsmart.com or
www.drsfostersmith.com)

Encouraging and Rewarding Desirable Behaviors:
1. Desirable behaviors (Laying Quietly, Chewing Appropriate Objects,
Calm Approaches, Playing Gently, Staying With You Away From Home, Not
Barking)
2. Rewards (Pleasant Eye Contact, Gentle Verbalizations, Play, Access To Good
Things Like Greeting A Neighbor Or Another Dog, Treats) When using treats, don’t
forget your “BRIDGE WORD.” Say your bridge word before delivering treat, and if
you use your bridge word you must give a treat

Setting the Dog’s Status:
1. Dog must be omega or lowest rank
Reasons:
· Dog is more obedient to all
· Dog is then watch dog, not guard dog
· You’re better able to influence dog’s behavior in different situations
(encouraging calmness or confidence)
· Dog then does not have right to teach you manners (growl, snap, bite)

2. Setting Status--The Process
· Dog should be greeted last
· Dog should be fed last
· Dog should enter/exit house last
· Dog should not be on furniture
· Dog may not make demands
· Dog should get nothing for free (Dog should work for attention, meals, play,
everything good)

Giving Commands (4 Steps)
1. Say “Command Name”
2. Give command once only in an upbeat tone
3. Follow through within 2 seconds
4. Reward (Play, Praise, Access to Good Things, Treats)

Common Canine Instincts and Habits

1. Dogs go away from the den to “eliminate.” The object is to teach the dog that the
entire house is the den. Our homes are much larger than canine dens.
2. Dogs go away from the pack to eliminate too.
3. Dogs generally prefer absorbent surfaces like carpeting.
4. Dogs will be attracted to areas that have been used in the past.
5. Chewing, eating, sleeping, playing and drinking can all cause a need to eliminate

Tips:
· Confine dog to one room at a time (with you)
· Do not make a room off limits just to protect it
· When the dog is left alone, start with a small area and gradually increase it
· Initially, take the dog out if it stops what it is doing suddenly or moves away from
the pack
· Keep a line on the dog to make it easier to scoot the dog out
· Do Not correct the dog unless caught in the act. Correction should not be
frightening, just a bit startling
· Clean dirty areas with an odor neutralizer like Nature’s Miracle, without letting
your dog watch you do it.

Bathroom Trips

1. Develop a Routine: Take your dog to the same area (on your property) and give them
five minutes. If dog goes, say “get busy” or the like, while dog is going, and praise
when dog is finished. Then play outside for at least a few minutes. Repeat in about
1 ½ to 2 hours. If dog does not go within 5 minutes, bring back inside and watch
closely, crate, or tie to you.

2. When you know your dog’s routine: Cut out unnecessary trips to the bathroom spot
(you can still go out to walk or to play). When you know the dog is likely to need to
go (may look a little desperate, searching for a place) take him to the door, have him
ring the bell and go out to your spot. Tip: Do not use bell to go for walks and play
sessions...bathroom trips only.

3. Once your dog is ringing the bell on its own: Take him out to do his business and then
right back in with no play break, so he won’t ask to go for walks or play, but learns
to ring the bell for bathroom trips only. Walks or play should be separate trips out.

Tips:
· Do not make corrections fierce or scary
· Do not rub anybody’s nose in anything
· Dog may not realize how to ask from upstairs or other end of the house. It helps
if you do not carry them all the time.

Socialization (You can use your “bridge word” whenever you like what you
are seeing during socialization)

1. Definition: The process of acquiring the necessary values and behavior modifications
for the stability of the social group of which one is a member.

2. Process: Dog has to adjust to a people pack, or a people/cat pack, or a people/dog
pack, or a people/dog/cat/horse/bird pack, etc. and follow the rules of the pack.

Examples:
· This pack does not chase soccer balls at a soccer game
· This pack sits quietly in the car at the bank and toll booth
· This pack does not chase cats and is friendly to strangers and strange dogs

3. Exposure: Whatever you want to do with your dog as an adult, do now (Boating,
Travel, Visiting Friends, Outdoor Sports, etc.). Whatever attitude or demeanor you
want to see in your dog, exhibit it for yourself.

Tips:
· If your dog is excited, you be calm
· If your dog is too excited or anxious, reduce intensity or increase distance from
trigger until dog is calm, then reward as you gradually increase intensity or
decrease distance
· If your dog is afraid, you be exciting and interesting
· Do not feed an anxious dog

4. Things To Socialize Your Dog To:
· Being disturbed while eating
· Having bones and treats taken away (and given back)
· Having objects dug out of mouth
· Being disturbed while sleeping
· Having nails cut, being groomed, bathed, brushed

5. Overcoming Fear:
· Play is the best way to prevent a situation from being scary
· Play near construction sites or during dog’s first thunderstorm
· Food can be used to make an experience good before it gets scary (like at vet’s
office)
· Do not feed an already scared or anxious dog

6. Socializing With Other Dogs:
· Your dog will not be suited to play with every dog
· Do not let them get aggressive to solve things, or the use of aggression can
become too casual
· Discourage mounting
· If your dog plays too rough, say “Too Rough” (at the moment of inappropriate
play), place them in a Down (without saying “down”) for 3-5 minutes