LEVEL ONE

LOCATIONS:  

ZEN 1 

Step 1             - Dog moves off a treat in your hand. You are seated.  Add a cue. 

           

                        - Comeafters - Teach the same behaviour in a different context - room, area
                           Location:

           

Step 2             - Dog stays off a treat in your closed fist for 5 seconds. Add a cue

           

                        - Comeafters - Teach the same behaviour in a different room

                           Location:

Step 3             - Dog stays away from your OPEN hand for 5 seconds. Add a cue

           

                        - Comeafters - Teach someone else to do Step 3

                           Person:
                           Location:
        

Step 4             - Dog moves away from a treat in a dog dish held in your hand.  Add the cue.

           

                        - Comeafters - Teach the same behaviour with the dog's meal in her dish

           

Step 5             - Kitchen Zen

           

           

TARGET 1

Step 1             - Dog touches your hand with her nose. Add a cue

           

                        - Comeafters - Change your position and reteach

           

Step 2             - Dog reaches high and low to touch your hand with her nose. Add the cue

           

                        - Comeafters - Teach the same behaviour with another person nearby

                           Person:
       

Step 3             - Dog takes 3 steps to touch your hand. Add the cue

           

                        - Comeafters - Teach the same behaviour in another room

                           Location:

Step 4             - Dog touches your hand twice to get 1 click. Add the cue

           

                        - Comeafters - Teach all Target 1 Steps with the dog targeting your foot

           

Step 5             - Practise moving dog with your hand target

COME 1 

Step 1             - Dog looks for dropped treats at your feet

                           Surface:

                        - CA - Teach the same behaviour on a different surface           

                           Surface:

Step 2             - Dog runs between 2 people 10' apart

                           Person:

                        - CA - Teach the same behaviour in a different room

                           Person:
                           Location:
  

Step 3             - Dog plays Come Game between 2 people 10' apart. Add a cue

                           Person:

                        - CA - Dog lets you touch her collar while playing the Come Game

           

Step 4             - Dog plays Come Game between 2 people 20' apart.. Add the cue

                           Person:

                        - CA - Change when, where, who, and how you play the game

                           When:
                           Where:
                           Person:

Step 5             - Play Hide and Seek

           

           

SIT 1 

Step 1             - Dog sits with leash off. Add a cue

           

                        - CA - Teach the same behaviour in a new room

                           Location:

Step 2             - Dog sits on hand signal only

           

                        - CA - Teach the same behaviour in a new room

                           Location:

Step 3             - Dog sits with leash on.  Add a cue

           

                        - CA - Teach the same behaviour from a different position - standing, lying      down
                           Standing:
                           Lying down:

           

Step 4             - Dog sits by an open door. Add a cue

           

                        - CA - Change when, where, who, or how you work the behaviour

                          Change:

Step 5             - Dog works with no treats on trainer

DOWN 1 

Step 1             - Dog downs with leash off. Add a cue

           

                        - CA - Same behaviour, same room from different position & direction

                          Position:
                          Direction:

Step 2             - Dog downs on a hand signal only

           

                        - CA - Teach the same behaviour in another room

                          Location:

Step 3             - Change your position - turn you back, kneel down, stand on couch

           

                        - CA - No treats on trainer

           

Step 4             - Dog downs with leash on. Add the cue

                           Surface:

                        - CA - Teach again on new surface

                          Surface:

Step 5             - Dog downs to earn a different desired reward
                           Reward: