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Kitchen Dog Training In My Slippers | Responsible Pet Owners Month

2/1/2014

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"Sit"
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"Down"
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"Stand"
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"Front"
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"Finish"
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January's National Train Your Dog Month has ended and February brings us Responsible Pet Owners month. While it is always a good idea to have months, weeks or days that bring human's attention and focus to a certain topic, some things should be a regular part of our lives no matter what month it is. Being responsible for a pet, for the entire life of that pet, is part of sharing your home with a pet. Of course, training is only part of responsible pet ownership but it is an extremely important part. Every pet deserves to use their brain each and every day- human's do too! So, like I did in early January, I want to continue to share with you ideas about how to fit training into everyday life.

Earlier this week I was cleaning up the kitchen and I noticed Wilhelm sitting nicely near the dishwasher. The dogs are not usually allowed in the kitchen but instead of turning this moment into practicing the "out" command, I praised* Wilhelm for his "good sit" (and grabbed my camera phone from the counter!) Then I asked him for a "down" and raved* about his compliance. Next Wilhelm practiced a "stand." "Stand" is often hard for him but he was very focused on me. (He is a dachshund and we were in a kitchen...) After his success with the "stand" I got really brave and told Wilhelm "front." It was beautiful! I complimented* him again before instructing his "finish" to heel position. I directed an "around" (a finish to my right) because the side of the refrigerator was in the way to my left. By this time Brychwyn had come into the kitchen and offered a "down" in front of the fridge. (I love my smart dogs!) Wilhelm remained in his finished heel while I praised Brychwyn and released** him. Finally I released** Wilhelm. Both dogs got lots and lots of praise* and a few food rewards as quickly as I could get to the treat jar. (In case you were wondering, Huxley was outside with Jason.)

So we had a completely unplanned, very fun and totally successful training session in the kitchen while I was wearing my slippers. It was simple and impromptu but so very important. And while I wish all training sessions yielded such good feelings (and adorable photos) I know that any time spent stimulating my pets brains is time spent being a responsible pet owner, no matter what month it is!

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Kitchen Dog Training In My Slippers
Have you ever had kitchen dog training in your slippers time? Or an even more spontaneous training moment? Please share!
* Because I did not have treats near-by, I did not click/mark these behaviors but praised with other high-pitch voiced words and petting that I knew would not change the asked positions.
**My dogs are expected to remain in a command until they hear their trained release words- each dog has a different release and I also have a group release. That's all the space I have to type about release from commands in this post. I hope to have another post about it soon or please contact me; I'd be happy discuss release words with you.
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You knew there had to be a 12th dog photo in this post, right? The Super Bowl is tomorrow and... Go Seahawks!
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Molly The Wally link
1/31/2014 06:00:34 pm

A bit of kitchen training sounds good to us but we would be well gutted if we did not get foodables. Have a super Saturday.
Best wishes Molly

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Bethany
2/11/2014 09:59:12 am

Oh, there was a jackpot of treats at the end of our training session. It's great practice to do more than one trick before getting a treat.

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Rebecca link
1/31/2014 10:52:09 pm

We do lots of kitchen training and its always fun. Teach loves to go sit by the treat area of the counter and lift his paw up to shake. Looks so adorable that we normally cave ... LOL! But I always ask for the other paw before he gets something (you have to work for it). Love the idea of a release word!!

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Bethany
2/11/2014 10:01:44 am

Some forms of kitchen begging are okay! I'll have to do a post about release words...

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Alex link
2/1/2014 07:44:10 pm

Good article, thanks. But I did not like photo quality.
http://www.pinterest.com/gornoz/recipes-for-homemade-dog-treats-cookies-and-bones/

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Bethany
2/2/2014 06:59:47 am

Thank you, Alex, and you're right, these photos are very low quality since they were taken in my kitchen during the training session I describe in this post. We rarely post such poor photos on this blog but this time it was all about the authentic story!

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Leigh link
2/3/2014 02:46:42 pm

As always I enjoy the light yet informative voice of your blog. I think what you touched on is the most important thing I've learned from my animal owners, and that is they are always in the moment and constantly trying to get me to be there with them. I love that you pulled yourself out of what is always a busy time, the morning routine, to be present with Wilhelm, and by focusing your attention on him rather than shooing him away both of you were rewarded for it!

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Bethany
2/11/2014 10:00:32 am

Thanks, Leigh, I didn't even think about what an awesome lesson in canine spontaneity this training session was!

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Harley link
4/16/2014 10:56:08 am

Great reading, I think spontaneous training should happen in every room in the house, after all each room has different rules for our dogs.

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