Here! Teach Your Dog To Come When Called

This lecture discusses how to select and utilise your dog's preferred motivators, whether food, toy or petting.

This lecture explains three forms of feedback we can give the dog - a Reward Marker, Verbal Praise, or a No (incorrect) signal.

This lecture discusses safe and suitable training equipment including long leads (long lines), short training leads, plus collars and harnesses.

This lecture describes and demonstrates how the long line (long lead) is used as an aid in teaching the recall

This lecture explains why we reward the dog immediately, and don't get the dog to sit, in the early stages of training

This lecture explains and demonstrates how to teach your dog to respond to their name, as a separate signal to the recall.

This lecture discusses and demonstrates how to teach the dog the meaning of the recall signal by using food to lure the dog towards the handler

This lecture discusses and demonstrates how to play a recall game to build motivation and teach the dog to come when called, by throwing a piece of food for the dog to chase and eat, then immediately calling the dog back and rewarding with several food pieces.

This lecture describes and demonstrates how to distract the dog by dropping a piece of food, moving away while the dog is eating the food, then calling the dog once the dog has finished eating, so as to create a greater distance from which to practice recalling the dog.

This lecture discusses and demonstrates how to start introducing the recall randomly, when the dog is not expecting to be called.

This lecture explains why it is important to start to hide the reward from the dog, and demonstrates how to do this

This lecture describes and demonstrates a motivation recall game in which the handler calls the dog and then runs away so the dog has to chase after them

This lecture describes and demonstrates the Ping Pong Recall game, in which the dog is called back and forth between two or more people.

This lecture describes and demonstrates calling the dog and then asking the dog to do an additional behaviour (such as sit, lie down, or heel) before being rewarded

This lecture explains how important it is to teach the dog to be comfortable with our hand reaching out and holding their collar, and demonstrates some training exercises to aid with this

This lecture discusses the use of a Hand Target (Touch) as an alternative to using the recall signal and demonstrates how to teach it

This lecture discusses using toys as rewards and shows examples of how to do this

This lecture describes and demonstrates how to "be a magician" by hiding treats or toys and "magically" finding them to give to your dog as a reward for coming when called.

This lecture describes and demonstrates Dick Russell's Paper Plate Recall exercise

This lecture describes and demonstrates how to teach a formal recall for obedience competition

This lecture discusses and demonstrates an exercise where the dog is called to the handler past a food distraction

This lecture describes and demonstrates a recall game in which the dog is recalled, and runs between two lines of distractions (temptations) which could be food or toys.

This lecture discusses and demonstrates recalling a dog back from a bowl of food that they are moving towards, as a way to practice calling a dog away from a distraction

This lecture describes and demonstrates how to begin teaching a dog to "Call Off" meaning to recall when running after a thrown toy

This lecture discusses and demonstrates how to start introducing new types of distraction into the recall training process.

This lecture shows examples of the different types of whistle that could be used when training a whistle recall

This lecture discusses why teaching a whistle recall can be beneficial, and demonstrates training techniques for teaching the dog to recall in response to a whistle signal.

This lecture discusses and demonstrates how to reduce the number of rewards the dog is given, while still maintaining the dog's motivation

This lecture discusses the benefits of teaching the dog to change direction and follow the handler, and demonstrates a number of different dogs learning this signal.

This lecture explains why it is important to teach your dog the recall signal at thresholds such as doors, gates, or when exiting a vehicle, and demonstrates how to train this.

This lecture discusses some of the main reasons why dogs don't come when called

This lecture describes and demonstrates some ways to teach a sit or a down position from a distance, as an alternative to recalling the dog, in situations where it is safer to tell the dog to stay rather than recalling them

This lecture concludes the course