This video is a tutorial on how to teach your puppy or dog to be calm.
Some dogs need help to learn how to relax. Calmness does not come naturally to some breeds .By reinforcing your dog for being calm, your dog will start to choose calmer behaviors in the future and actually enjoy being calm.
Tips for teaching a Default Settle:
Don’t drop treats if the dog looks up at your hand as you move to give the dog the treat, instead try again later.
Don’t cue the dog “down”. It works better if the dog figures it out on his own and CHOOSES to lay down.
Use high value treats like real meat or cheese for such a wonderful behavior.
Duration : 0:6:24
Tags: calm, clicker, Dog, down, excitable, hyper, manners, obedience, puppy, training
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i love your videos !!! <3
I have a 4 month …
I have a 4 month old Pit/Lab mix, and I always leave her in the backyard. When I take her inside the house she runs around the house, jumps on people and on all the couches…She is too energetic, and I hope this video works on calming her down in the house…
Great video showing …
Great video showing the whole concept. I have a Whippet/Cattle Dog/Doberman mix that is on high alert so much of the time. A trainer has recommended that we teach our dog this. Its great to see it done before doing it.
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My …
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My dog is the same way. I just use the toy as her reward, but I switch in affection as a reward also because I don’t want her ro become obsessed with the toy. I’ve hurd that more exercise will also help your dog to keep from only wanting toys, but I do not know if this is a true statement.
Question if a dog …
Question if a dog doesn’t have any food drive, and is really toy motivated (but get highly excited when see a toy). What would be a good reward. I have been using chicken, hot dogs, cheese, but nope.
As I type this my 4 …
As I type this my 4 dogs are lying at my feet. I want to teach this as a default- the dogs are all EYES ON ME, they usually are but my question is….if I treat them now as they are looking at me is that them thinking about the food?? Cause I know you said not to treat when they are thinking of the food- or is that just top capture calmness/settle and not the lie down as a default? Sorry- slightly confused but still psyched as heck to be learning from ya! AND FOR FREE AT THAT!!!
Great video and …
Great video and this is my second time through it. I have a question during the settle exercise. You have not given a settle command, should one be given? If not, how do you get the dog to settle under other circumstances (i.e. while on a walk)? Also, you don’t click for the desired behavior or even say “good,” what is the reason for this? How do you know when to click to reinforce (mark) a behavior as opposed to when not to? Thanks so much, your videos are amazingly helpful to me!
And when he barks, …
And when he barks, should I ignore him until he stops and gets distracted then I give him treats?
My dog is always …
My dog is always following me around, so that means that he will see me when I get treats. When I get treats, he knows I have them and will be very excited, watching me all the time, waiting for me to give him the treats. After a while, he will get impatient when I don’t give him the treats and he will start barking at me. So I can’t get him to settle while I have the treats; only when I don’t have any treats will he then be relaxed. (continued in next comment)
If I take my …
If I take my Chihuahua anywhere, she will hold her bladder the entire time, and she will start crying telling me that she needs to go. When we find grass, she wont urinate. So we get back in the car and finish driving home, here she is very excited to pee in the backyard. How can I cure her fear of public urination?
But other than that …
But other than that, I really like this video
I dont think the …
I dont think the part where you say “calmness does not come naturally to some breeds”.
Yes, the dogs of the same breed is similar, but they are also very different. It all depends on the DOG not the breed if it is calm or not..
Its like saying that all chihuahuas bark, when in fact, SOME chihuahuas bark..
you could toss the …
you could toss the treats??
or he may be learning that you are a predictor of food. the solution would be to stand next to him until he calms down with treats in your hand. that way you walking to him would not be a predictor of the food, him calming down would.
well, try this …
well, try this video for the crazy behavior. also maybe exercise her more? you have a yard? play fetch with her all day. another component may not nessecarily be physical enery but mental energy. after you work on “no mugging” start to train fun tricks. if he gets them right away, maybe you need to work more on mental energy as well as physical energy. for barking, check out the 5 barking episodes of kikopup’s, and also the positive interupter when you think she is being unsafe
This will also be …
This will also be useful when I’m on the phone perhaps? At the moment Django likes to chew his bed when he’s not got my attention.
Yes after I did …
Yes after I did some more research I found out the same technique that you mentioned, he is now calm and stays relaxed even when he sees me, Thankyou still though
not sure if anyone …
not sure if anyone has answered this for you…but I would do a separate training session where you associate yourself with calmness. You need to ignore your dog until he calms down and then give a treat. It’s basically the same process you see here except with a different concept. Hope that helps!
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You can exactly …
You can exactly teach your dog to be relaxed, it’s something they have to do on their own. You can take your dog for a walk and wear her out then wait patiently until she relaxes. It may take 5-10 minutes or more but you must wait because eventually your puppy will calm down.
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I have a boxer, …
I have a boxer, 7months old and she never lays down outside because there is another boxer in another yard and when shes inside she just paces the house until I put her in her kennel for the night. How can i get her to relax enough to do this exercise?
@chrstnlmllr51 …
@chrstnlmllr51 she’s a border collie. I thought the same thing
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I disagree, I think …
I disagree, I think she explains everything very, very well. Very thorough and easy for anyone to understand.
My dog lays down …
My dog lays down but stares at me the whole time. He stared at me for like 5 minutes straight until finally looking a different way and I was like, “Finally!”
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