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pet supplements WHOLISTIC ORGANICS What To Do There are several techniques to help your dog learn to enjoy dog-human play. Remember, always, that reinforcers are determined by your dog. Many folks still insist on trying to reward their dog by doing something the dog doesn’t find reinforcing. A pat on the head is mildly to severely aversive to lots of dogs. If a dog isn’t hungry or is stressed, food may not be reinforcing. If exuberant human body language is scary to your dog, when you jump around like a lunatic to get him to play you’re aversive to him. Inadvertent aversives will decrease play behavior. If you know what your dog loves and use it well, you have a far better chance of teaching him to play or teaching him anything! Remember to watch for, treasure, and nurture even the tiniest bits of play behavior. (See the sidebar “Mini Signs of Play Behavior.”) Note what you (or the environment) might have done to elicit that behavior, and try to recreate it. Be casual; if you try too hard your reluctant canine player may shut down. Create Desire To get your dog to chase or tug on a toy, you have to get him to want it. Dawn Mellon, Certified Pet Dog Trainer in Talent, Oregon, teaches agility and often has to teach people how to teach their dogs to play. She says the following 10-step program never fails her: 1. Purchase a “food toy” with a Velcro opening, or slice open a stuffed toy and remove some of the stuffing. 2. Let your dog see you put really yummy treats in the toy. Place the toy where your dog can see it but not reach it. 3. Several times a day, go to the toy and play with it, toss it in the air, let it fall to the floor, and grab it. Take a couple of treats from the toy, feed them to your dog, and let him see you stuff more treats into the toy. 4. When your dog starts to show interest in the toy, create interaction (best when he’s at least a little hungry). Sit on the floor and let your dog watch you stuff treats into the toy. Toss and catch it a couple of times, then let it fall, or gently drag it around on the floor. 5. If your dog shows any interest in the toy, open it and let him eat all the treats. Tell him what a wonderful boy he is! If your dog shuts down easily, be gentle with your praise; if you’re too exuberant you’ll make the game aversive to him. 6. Repeat once or twice more, then put the toy away where he can see it but not reach it until the next play session. 7. Gradually be slower and slower when you open the toy for your dog. Let him take more initiative—perhaps touching the toy with his paw or nose, eventually picking it up in his mouth or trying to pull it open. 8. Continue to open the toy for him as he becomes more motivated to interact with it until he’s enthusiastic about it. Support quality canine health supplements and look for the NASC Quality Seal on the label 9. Now start tossing the toy, short distances at first, then longer, to encourage him to chase and pounce on it. 10. When he’s picking it up in his mouth and holding it, put very gentle pressure on it to activate his opposition reflex. Gradually increase pressure over a period of weeks to engage him in full-fledged tug. Clean Run | May 09 ® www.cleanrun.com 64
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009
Contents
Editorializing: The Blame Game
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility...
Backyard Dogs
Handling Your Dog in Awesome Style, Part 13: More Advanced Skills
Changing Consequences: Catching the Tiger by the Tail
Can You Handle It?
Comparing the Derrett and Mecklenburg Handling Systems, Part 3: Other Lead-outs
Jenny’s System of Handling: The Basics
Distance Challenge
Foundation Fundamentals: Recalls to Side
My Favorite Course
When Pigs Fly: Figure It Out with the Figure Eight, Part 1
Oh, Mom, Do I Have to Play? Rehabilitating the Play-Deprived Dog
Power Paws Drills: Cutting Corners
Shelter Champs: Wazzu and Sparkie
Trainer’s Forum
Thinking Ahead for Agility: Out and About with Your Puppy
What Performance Dog Owners Should Know About Tick-borne Diseases, Part 1
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Clean Run Magazine - May 2009
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Cover2
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Editorializing: The Blame Game
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility...
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 11
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Handling Your Dog in Awesome Style, Part 13: More Advanced Skills
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 14
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 16
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 17
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 18
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 20
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 21
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 22
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Changing Consequences: Catching the Tiger by the Tail
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 24
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 26
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Can You Handle It?
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 28
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 29
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 30
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Comparing the Derrett and Mecklenburg Handling Systems, Part 3: Other Lead-outs
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 33
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 34
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 35
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 36
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Jenny’s System of Handling: The Basics
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 38
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 39
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 40
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 41
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 44
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Distance Challenge
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 46
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 49
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Foundation Fundamentals: Recalls to Side
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 53
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 54
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - My Favorite Course
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 56
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - When Pigs Fly: Figure It Out with the Figure Eight, Part 1
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 59
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 60
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 61
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Oh, Mom, Do I Have to Play? Rehabilitating the Play-Deprived Dog
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 64
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 65
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 66
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 67
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Power Paws Drills: Cutting Corners
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Shelter Champs: Wazzu and Sparkie
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Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 73
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Trainer’s Forum
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 75
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 76
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 77
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - Thinking Ahead for Agility: Out and About with Your Puppy
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 79
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - 80
Clean Run Magazine - May 2009 - What Performance Dog Owners Should Know About Tick-borne Diseases, Part 1
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