Dog training links

Central resources

• Dogmantics: – Fabulous (and free) Youtube tutorials
• Shirley Chong - Professional articles about specific training topics
• Dog Spelled Forward – Concise but well-researched articles by Eric Goebelbekker about everything training-related.

Miscellaneous articles

Choosing a dog trainer

• Buyers beware! Abusers in expert clothing (by Casey Lomonaco in Dog Star Daily)
• How to choose the right dog trainer (by Leah Roberts)
• Training is an investment, invest widely (by Dogster)

Wolves

• Training wolves (True Blood episode)

Training techniques

Capturing

• Methods of ‘getting’ behavior: Capturing (by Dogster)

Clicking

• An introduction to clicker training:

Free-shaping

Luring and food rewards

• Common myths about using treats to train dogs (by Pat Gray)
• Fading the lure (by Dogmantics):
• Methods of ‘getting’ behavior: Luring (by Dogster)

Molding

• Methods of  ‘getting behavior’: Molding/Modeling – Dogster article about physically putting the dog in position

Putting a behaviour on cue

• Adding a verbal cue (by Dogmantics):

Shaping

• Methods of getting behavior: Shaping (by Dogster)

Targetting

• Methods of getting behavior: Targeting (by Dogster)

Training specific behaviours

Leave it

• Leave it (by Dogmantics)
  

Recall: Teaching the dog to come back when called

• My dog won’t come back when called (by Eric Goebelbekker) - article with video demonstrating how to teach a solid recall
• What’s in a name? Teaching your dog a reliable name response (by Dogster) -

• How to teach a dog to let be caught (by Dogmantics):
• How to teach a dog its name (by Dogmantics):

Settle

• Lay at your feet at a cafe (by Dogmantics):

Reverse (back up)

• Teaching a dog to reverse (by Honey the Great Dane)

Stay

• Teaching your dog a bombproof stay (by Dogmantics):

Stop unwanted behaviour

• How to stop unwanted behavior (by Dogmantics):
• Watch me:

Tricks

Useful tricks

• Draw the curtain session 1 (Honey the Great Dane video)
• Draw the curtain session 2 (Honey the Great Dane video)
• K9 Cleaning Team (amazing video: Rhodesian ridgebacks doing lots of house chores)
• Go to your basket/bed (by Honey the Great Dane)
• Retrieving an object for you (by Honey the Great Dane)
• Tidy up (by Honey the Great Dane)

Fun tricks

• Teaching the dog to bow (by Honey the Great Dane)
• Teaching a dog to distinguish different shapes
• Teaching a dog to throw a ball

Training other animals

• Goldfish fetch hoop
• Guinea pig and hamster agility

Last updated June 2010