My last post was about choices. In this video, I am teaching loose leash walking with positive reinforcement to a mini goldendoodle puppy who loves to play and thinks the world is his playground. Self control is most definitely not something that he was born understanding.
What you do not see is that all around us there are neighbors working in the yard, kids playing and a dog barking. At one point someone drove into and parked in the driveway just next to the yard. Yes, Buddy pulled and ran to the end of his leash in the first few minutes. He had some time to get used to things. Then I spent some time with him reminding him I was pretty fun too. This video was taken about 10 minutes in to the visit. You see that I did not force him to do anything. It is all about his making a choice to focus on me and then getting reinforcement for doing that.
Gotta love watching behavior in practice!
Puppy training – loose leash skills from Lisa Desatnik on Vimeo.
