Here is a brief overview of what was discussed in the podcast episode (typically, you'll get the most in-depth info by watching the video or listening above)!
TIP #1: Prepare Your Home
(Starts at 0:36 of the video/audio version – Link opens the video in a new tab!) Prepare your home.
If you need to keep your dog behind a baby gate, or in another room... then do it!
If your dog can't handle an open door with children asking for candy, then don't give them access!
Steps like this are how we can set up our dogs for success. Don't give them more than they can handle 🙌
Additionally, you can use a white noise machine. And remember, close your blinds and windows.
It's the little things that can help you set your dog up for success 😃
TIP #2: Work On a Strong Leave It
(Starts at 2:05 of the video/audio version – Link opens the video in a new tab!)
Hopefully, you've already started this behavior. (If not, you can head to the 'Train by Behavior' section of the Pupford App and find the 'Leave It' behavior... The 'Train by Behavior' section is free forever!)
If so, take it to the next level by ensuring your dog can 'leave' items dropped on the ground.
Come Halloween, it may happen that a piece of chocolate falls on the floor... 🍫
If you practice leave it, your dog will be able to leave that treat alone until you pick it up! So much of dog training is about keeping our pups safe 🐕
TIP #3: Teach the Place/Settle Behavior
(Starts at 4:05 of the video/audio version – Link opens the video in a new tab!)
Teach the 'place/settle' behavior.
First off, this behavior takes LOTS of practice, effort, and time.
So, if you are starting from step 1 with this behavior, understand that you may not be where you'd hope for by Halloween (this episode launched 11 days before Halloween 2020).
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