Look at the BEAR! Playing games?

Field Trips out with the Paw In Hand doggie group are never dull!

There was a nice brown black bear waaaay across the other side of the logging clear cut ... too far for the doggies to make the effort to investigate but close enough for them to notice! My own dog Opal has played the "Look At That" training game with other distractions before but this was the first time with a bear! All these "mock" scenarios in training were a good learning tool because in real life experiences we usually have less control over the situation. A couple of the other dogs in the group that day played a good preliminary round at the LAT game. Notice a few Auto Check In eye contacts and some Name Game as well.

Good example of how trained foundation behaviours can be used in real life situations. If we encounter a bear again then they have a history of reinforcement of checking back in with me and hopefully will choose that option automatically because of all the training we've done rather than act impulsively...

Impulse control! Back to that again! My favourite training ingredient coming up again and again ...

Come to our Step One Training Workshop and see how to teach your dog impulse control!

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