Train Your Dog With Me - Week 1 Part 1 | Pupford

Ahhh, training a puppy. One of the hardest but most rewarding parts of being a dog parent.

When beginning to train your dog, it's hard to know where to look. Some of what I thought was "good" when training my puppy years and years ago, ended up being not so great. That is why our goal is to provide you helpful resources when training a dog of any age! Like our new course, Train Your Dog With Me.

This course uses positive reinforcement training, to help Lindsey (a first-time dog mom) train new new puppy Winnie! They'll be doing weekly dog training sessions with Traci Madson, a professional dog trainer!

Want to know more about positive reinforcement dog training? Check out this blog post.

MEET LINDSEY AND HER PUP WINNIE

Lindsey is a first-time dog mom, with her new puppy Winnie! So naturally, she has a lot of questions, concerns, and challenges with her new dog.

Lindsey has a husband and 3 teenage children, all of whom will be helping with Winnie's training and upbringing. She is a certified fitness coach and is always posting fantastic workout content on her Instagram!

Winnie is a Havanese puppy and is smart, loving, and always eager to learn! Join us for their new adventure in raising a puppy!

MEET TRACI

Traci Madson is a CPDT-KA dog trainer who also holds memberships and certifications in aggression training and is an AKC evaluator. She has been training dogs for over 15 years.

Traci is the lead trainer for the Potty Training Course and Barking Solutions, both part of the Pupford Academy.

Learn more about Traci and reach out to her on her website: https://threelittlepits.com/

TRAIN YOUR DOG WITH ME WEEK 1 PART 1

OVERVIEW OF PART 1

Check out this PDF for a detailed list of all topics covered in Week 1, and for homework assignments you can try with your dog.

DOOR GREETING

Teaching your dog to greet people politely from the get-go will help so much as your dog gets older and in many cases BIGGER! For more tips on polite greeting behavior head here.

SIT

Teaching your dog to sit, is one of the first things we like to teach our dogs. Use the lure, clicker, treats, and positive reinforcement!

HAND TARGETING

You can use this as a replacement behavior to biting, barking, and even use it as a recall sometimes because it gives the dog a "job" to come and touch your hand.

WATCH ME

This will teach your dog to focus on you, and also that no matter what distractions are in their environment, if they focus on you it pays off! Also, if they look at you and checks in on their own, then reward them for that! You can also use praise and affection if you don't have treats handy.

SMART X 50

SMART x 50 is an extremely simple and powerful dog training technique that will help you improve your dog's behavior. This post goes more in depth on this technique.

NAME GAME

This teaches your dog that responding to their name makes good things happen!  As a family you can scatter around in different rooms and practice calling your dog's name and making a game out of it.

For more in-depth breakdowns of the topics covered in this course, check out the Train Your Dog With Me course here, 100% FREE!

We hope this is helpful as you are training your new dog! And make sure to check out Part 2!