This video goes over how to teach your dog to drop on recall or in other words go into the down position when they are running toward you after you after you have called them.
Here is a link to all of my videos on teaching your dog to stay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0fWfSAvan8
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Hello everyone and welcome to kiko pups Dog training tip of the day for today Yesterday’s tip was about teaching your Dog to down from the heel position on The move and today’s tip is down on a Recall or in other words down while the Dog is running to you after you’ve Called them this can be a useful safety Tip say for example your dog’s running At you and then a car suddenly appears Out of nowhere and you want your dog to Stop but it’s also a fun way to build Your relationship with your dog and Build clarity to the recall and the stay Behaviors Are you ready so it’s a very simple game It’s just a matter of practicing and Using the environment to set the dog up For success so the mat is going to be The signal area of where the dog is Going to lay down when you ask them to Down so it’s going to be very obvious to The dog to not lay in front of you Because without any visual cues If you’ve always worked on down in front Of you and at your side when you say Down the dog might want to get into that Normal picture of where they usually Down so they’ll go to the area that You’ve trained down the most which is in Front of you or at your side so if you Start working on go to the mat and down That’s going to be the new area where Your dog’s going to learn to down and
It’s going to make it so much easier for The dog to understand the concept of you Asking for the behavior when they’re not Near you hi there so let’s get started Free Just gonna get some more treats Okay And I’m gonna ask her to sit And take some steps away from her now This is something we need to work on Anyway so it’s a great way to proof your Your stay in a sit position if you want To work on that or you could just have The dog stand or down or have a Different mat For them to first sit on if you want to Cheat and you don’t want to work on your Stay and you just want to work on the The down on the recall You can use a mat for the dog to wait on Can you see that yeah Okay So now i’m going to call her Epic come Down good Come Awesome And then we’ll repeat that go to the mat And you can see it’s much easier now That i have this platform for her to Wait on i could make my oh I could make another video on what i Really need to work with her on is
Teaching her to stay in a sit position As i walk away which i’ve not worked on So that’s why i’m utilizing that Platform to break the steps up to make Them easier okay And that’s why she looks well trained if I take that mat away you’ll see she Can’t stay in the sit position i’ll have To keep working on that while i also try To teach her a new behavior so if you Notice your training sessions are Turning into where you’re working on Multiple behaviors pick one and just Work on that one so for me i’m going to Work on the down on the recall because That’s what i feel like working on and i Think she’ll enjoy it And then i really need to make a mental Note to work on this part of the Behavior without the mat are you ready Okay So i’m going to call her epic come down Good and then i’m going to reinforce Multiple times for being on the mat And then call her again come And i haven’t gotten far away and i’m Working in a room of no distraction so Once she’s gotten this behavior down i Can practice without the mat in here and Then i can go into the yard or some Outdoor space that’s less distracting Than just general public areas and then Work on this behavior using the Platforms so that’s going to help her
Understand that it applies outside and Then i can fade the platforms outside Are you ready Okay hold on i need more treats Here we go Are you ready Free so i’m going to tell her to go out There and sit Because she did it on her own So i like to if they’re doing the Behavior i want already i usually like To tell them to do it so they understand It is a stay a stay behavior Good job So now I’m going to work on going back over Here and her staying on that uh What is it a platform good job Because what she’s doing now is Anticipating Good Girl So i talk about behaviors as yin and Yang A recall and a stay are those yin-yang Behaviors so when you see one of them Deteriorate like the stay you go back And reinforce that In your training session Otherwise if you just keep working on The one they find easy the come part Then the stay is going to deteriorate And then if you work on the Stay too much then your recall
Deteriorates so it’s a it’s like a Balance train you’re always training so You’re always uh going back and Reinforcing things so that they They’re equal Hey pepsi okay Now i’m gonna call her come and click Her for coming and then i’m going to ask Her to down on the mat Good job Come Awesome Epic go to the go to the platform good Job Ready come down Awesome Free Good girl Here we go Go platform Good girl Come dim That was very nice very fast Come Awesome Okay let’s see if you can do it without The mat You’re not probably ready for that but Let’s do it anyway Ready yuppy Here we go Here we go what was under the mat huh go To the mat uh platform Okay ready
Come down Nice Good Good girl Go platform Good girl Good girl Good girl You can also practice calling your dog And then actually Not asking them to stop Sometimes come down Good girl Ready Sit Wait Come Down Nice Good girl Good girl Come Good girl I hope you guys enjoy trying out the Drop on recall with your own dogs if You’d like to support my work don’t Forget to like this video and leave me a Comment let me know how it goes when you Do try this out with your own dog and You can also subscribe to my channel to Show your support see you later