Orientation Week 🐾
ABOUT PET CENTRICS DOG TRAINING
Information for NON-T101 Graduates / Lateral Entries
- About Pet Centrics / About Doc Marose
- Pet Centrics Training Services Agreement
- Rules and Policies
- Training Venue
- The 3-Step Training System
- Training Preparations
- Basic Training Equipment
SKILLS FOR REVIEW and EVALUATION:
- Loading the Marker
- Attention – Part 1: Teaching the Behavior
- Attention – Part 2: Putting Behavior on Cue
- Impulse Control (“Leave It” for non-T101 grads)
- Sit on Cue (Hand Signals/Verbal Cue, no/minimum use of lures)
- Down on Cue (Hand Signals/Verbal Cue, no/minimum use of lures)
- Sit with Impulse Control
- Down with Impulse Control
- Recall Drills
- Go to Place / Send to Place
- Place with Impulse Control
- Call to Heel, Sit-Heel-Sit
Week 1 🐕
IMPORTANT TRAINING CONCEPTS:
- Improving Attention and Focus
- Forward-chaining vs. Back-chaining
- Understanding your dog’s Threshold Distance and Threshold Intensity
TRAINING EXERCISES:
- Recall Review and Practice Exercise
- Front Sit vs Heel Sit
- Walking at Heel Review and Practice
- Sit with 3Ds (Duration, Distance, Distraction)
- Basic Positions: Teaching Stand
- Real Life – Simulation A: Segment 4 (Out for a Walk)
Week 2 🦴
TRAINING EXERCISES:
- Recall Drill
- Sit with 3Ds
- Down with 3Ds
- Walking at Heel with 3Ds
- Real Life – Simulation A: Segment 3-4 (Out for a Walk)
- Basic Positions: Sit/Down/Stand Differentiation
GROUP EXERCISES:
- Group Heel Walking Course
- Group Sit/Down/Place with 3Ds
Week 3 🐩
TRAINING EXERCISES:
- Recall Drill
- Walking at Heel with 3Ds
- Real Life – Simulation A: Segment 2-4 (Out for a Walk)
- Basic Positions: Sit/Down/Stand Differentiation
GROUP EXERCISES:
- Group Heel Walking Course
- Group Sit/Down/Place with 3Ds
Week 4 🐶
TRAINING EXERCISES:
- Sit, Down, Place and Come Differentiation Exercises
- Place with 3Ds Review and Practice
- Real Life – Simulation A: Segment 1-4 (Out for a Walk)
- Real Life – Simulation B: Segment 1 (Greeting Home Visitors)
- Basic Positions: Sit/Down/Stand Differentiation
GROUP EXERCISE:
- Group Heel Walking Course
- Group Sit/Down/Place with 3Ds
- Recall Relay
Week 5 🐾
- Real Life – Simulation A: Segment 1-4 (Out for a Walk)
- Real Life – Simulation B: Segment 1-2 (Greeting Home Visitors)
- Basic Positions: Sit/Down/Stand Differentiation
GROUP EXERCISES:
- Group Heel Walking Course
- Group Sit/Down/Place with 3Ds
- Recall Relay
Week 6 🎓
TRAINING EXERCISES:
- Real Life – Simulation A (Out for a Walk), continued
- Real Life – Simulation B (Greeting Home Visitors), continued
- Basic Positions: Sit/Down/Stand Differentiation
GROUP EXERCISES:
- Group Heel Walking Course
- Group Sit/Down/Place with 3Ds
- Recall Relay