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koalathebear) wrote2012-07-09 10:46 pm
koalathebear) wrote2012-07-09 10:46 pm
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Training Checklist
Dan says that I should have a little checklist of what all the fosters need to 'leave' with. I have been pondering this issue given different trainability levels of different dogs, uncertain length of time with us ...
The petrescue entry for almost every single dog states that it has 'basic obedience' which is usually just a heavily lured, usually random sit. :) So I've put together a checklist of things I want to TRY to make sure the dogs have satisfied by the time they leave us.
It has to be enough to make the dog appealing enough in the promo video that people want to adopt it and KEEP it i.e. put in place a good foundation so that if they go to obedience they won't be frustrated as hell and leave.
It can't be too much, though, because then it will be too time consuming, I will get too emotionally invested and also people need to train their own dogs for bonding and to get a sense of achievement.
So here is my preliminary progress table. I have no doubt that there will be some dogs who will leave with little more than mealtime manners or maybe a sit, but it's a goal anyway :)
Progress Table
Optional:
The petrescue entry for almost every single dog states that it has 'basic obedience' which is usually just a heavily lured, usually random sit. :) So I've put together a checklist of things I want to TRY to make sure the dogs have satisfied by the time they leave us.
It has to be enough to make the dog appealing enough in the promo video that people want to adopt it and KEEP it i.e. put in place a good foundation so that if they go to obedience they won't be frustrated as hell and leave.
It can't be too much, though, because then it will be too time consuming, I will get too emotionally invested and also people need to train their own dogs for bonding and to get a sense of achievement.
So here is my preliminary progress table. I have no doubt that there will be some dogs who will leave with little more than mealtime manners or maybe a sit, but it's a goal anyway :)
Progress Table
| Behaviour | Arrival into care | Update |
| House-training | Toileting on command optional - just as long as they don't go in the house would be great. | Update |
| Doorway etiquette | Humans through doorways first | Update |
| Car travel | OK with wearing a harness and travelling in a car | Update |
| Mealtime manners | Wait before eating - ideally they should look at you before you release them to eat i.e. stare at human not at the food | Update |
| Basic focus work (Watch), sit and drop | If I can get it to learn these three, then it will lessen frustration levels and be a good base for the people to go to obedience classes | Update |
| Go to your mat/crate/bed | Train to sleep in a crate. As mentioned, while not essential, it would be good to try to get them to sleep on their bed or crate at night time - probably depends on the dog | Update |
| 1-2 camera-friendly tricks | Needs to be something basic like shake hands/beg/spin | Update |
| Assess friendliness/neutrality | Other dogs and strangers. Will also need to find cats and small children as test subjects :) | Update |
| Assess other behaviours | Fence jumping, nuisance barker, serial marker, mouthing, jumping on people. How is the dog around washing machine, electric mixer/other noisy appliances. Need to cross off as much as we can from the Socialisation Checklist | Update |
Optional:
| Behaviour | Arrival into care | Update |
| Sit-Stay | Useful and nice to have | Update |
| Drop-stay | Useful and nice to have | Update |
| Recall | Emma says people are likely to ask about off-leash recall | Update |
| Loose leash walking | Hard given that this is still a work in progress for my two! | Update |
| Slightly more complex trick | Rollover, speak, dead, wave, are you shy etc | Update |