Schutzhund training

1. Focus and Attention

First things first. The most important concept for your dog to master is good focus and attention on you, the handler.

2. Sit, Down and Stand

Once you have good focus, you can start to work on more complicated commands. For IPO we need sit, down and stand positions.

3. Hier (front)

Once you have taught the focus and the sit, you may find that the dog is close to being in the front position.

4. Article Indication

This exercise is easy to do entirely by shaping. Put a well scented article on the ground and click and reward when the dog looks at it.

5. Targetting

Targetting is a useful exercise for teaching a dog to go to a particular position.

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