Puppy FUNdamentals
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This course continues your relationship with your new puppy aged 16 weeks and older. Complete Basic FUNdamentals before starting this course. The lessons in this course shape your puppy’s behavior for living in a house and includes fun tricks that prepare your puppy for learning dog sports as it grows older.
As you begin Puppy FUNdamentals, think about these questions:
Thinking about these questions will help you use your experience with your puppy while you take this course.
- How do you let your puppy know how he/she is supposed to behave?
- What motivates your puppy most? Treats, toys, praise, a clicker?
Goals and Objectives
When you and your puppy complete this course, you will know how to communicate with your puppy, and your puppy will have an understanding of what you want.
Click on Puppy FUNdamentals Checklist to open and print a checklist where you can record your progress for this course.
Trainer will be able to:
Detect when to use commands and demonstrate patience when training the puppy.
Puppy will be able to:
Respond to your commands and perform a couple of tricks.
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Re-read Treats and Rewards, Commands, and Training Time.
Read Why dog sports and Handling and Desensitizing Your Puppy to learn how to prevent bad behaviors.
Activities and Video Lessons
Make sure you and your puppy have completed and understand the lessons in Basic FUNdamentals. Revisit the Watch lesson and practice Watch frequently with your puppy. Bow and Circle are fun games designed to stimulate your dog’s mind, a good start to preventing bad behaviors. You only need to practice 10 minutes a day to get your puppy to respond quickly in other situations. The following lessons can be completed in any order.