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I Used Body Blocks to Teach Wait – Look How it Turned Out!
Wait command – My pups respond well with wait. I credit teaching them this with body blocks. Body Blocks work wonders in many different scenarios!
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Thank you. I’m was a little confused about uploading the video and putting it in the right spot! Your dogs are beautiful! And I love your tips about making them stay. I use their release words but every now and then my poodle takes off before she should! Thank you for sharing.
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You are welcome, Jackie – sorry for the confusion. We have it on our “future improvements” list to make it so much easier. We appreciate your patience as we work through these early days!
And yes… sometimes the dogs just “GO!” haha – which is why I like keeping my hand on the door/gate so I can stop them before they cross the threshold. After awhile, I set up distractions I can control so I can work them through it. I bring food back into the training at that point, always tossing the food behind the dog so they are reinforced “further back” and stop trying to creep across that line… 🙂 Hope that helps!
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Yes good advice!
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I also use body blocks (and simply closing the gate/door) to teach this with dogs passing toward me. I also like to teach a group of dogs to wait until they each hear their own name to pass through. I do this most often when my girls are ready to go outside. We live full-time on the road and getting out the trailer door doesn’t need to be a bumper-car event! ????
In the beginning, I use food to reward the dog who remains waiting while the other dog moves forward on their name. I change the order of exit ALL the time so nobody starts to anticipate. Sometimes, I only call one dog out, then I toss treats behind the other dog and shut the door, if I am walking them singly. Everybody wins. That’s the goal!
If they dash out before I’ve called, I just put them back in and we try again. My tone of voice is sad: “Oh, no, look what you did. This is just terrible. Now you have to go back inside. What a shame.” And I give the OTHER dog a treat for waiting. Competition helps!
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