03 JunEpisode 208 | How to train “Look” (Rebroadcast of 12/4/18 episode)

Everyone is impressed by a dog whose eyes meets a human's gaze with magnet-like intensity on cue. Teaching a dog to "touch" his or her eyes to your eyes is a great exercise to practice no matter what the pooch's training level is. When teaching this attention-based behavior to a dog -- whether you use a word such as "Look" or the dog's name -- Annie suggests focusing on your training mechanics before jumping to setting criteria for your dog. In this episode, she clearly breaks down how to build a stellar "Look" cue from scratch, in just six quick steps, using only sixty tiny treats.

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Notes:

Treat suggestions:

• Tricky Trainers (and other brands that make these pencil-eraser sized morsels) can be broken up into at least four pieces, meaning you'll go through only 15 treats in your session
• Lamb lung breaks up into neat pieces without getting greasy or crumbly:

Dogs and presidents

“Look For The Silver Lining” ukulele cover by Renei Yarrow

Transcript:

Available here.