1. Positive & Negative reinforcement

2. Positive & Negative punishment 

 

Positive reinforcement:

Add something your dog enjoys to increase the likelihood a
behavior will occur again in the future. 

Ex: Give your dog a treat for sitting, You add the treat to
make the behavior of sitting more likely to occur again in the future

Negative reinforcement:

The Removal of something your dog views as unpleasant to
increase the likelihood a behavior will occur again in the future

Ex: You release tension on leash when your dog walks in your
direction, constant tension was unpleasant to your dog, the removal of the
implement feeling increases the likelihood your dog will follow the leash.

 

Positive punishment:

Add something your dog dislikes to decrease the likelihood a
behavior will occur again

Ex: your dog tries to jump on a person you pop on the leash,
you add of the pop on the leash to make the behavior of jumping up on people
less likely to occur in the future

Negative punishment:

The removal of something your dog enjoys to decrease the
likelihood of a behavior

Ex: your dog tries to jump on you for the treat in your
hand, you put the food behind your back or away. You remove the treats to make
the behavior of jumping up on you less likely to occur in the future.

 

We all want a well behaved dog, however obedience training goes much deeper than simply teaching our dog good manners.

Obedience training builds a bond between you and your dog, when your dogs trusts you they are much more likely to be relaxed and calm in most all situations. Given they have had plentiful socialization and exposure training.

In addition to building and maintaining a strong bond with our dog, obedience training allows us to properly communicate with our dog. When our dog has a clear understanding of what we are asking it enables us to assist and guide them through reactive behavior.

ex. your dog does not understand leash pressure - this will make it much harder to control a reactive situation if your dog has no idea what you are asking by applying pressure to leash

Obedience training is something we take serious at K9 Revamped. We always start with a strong foundation on core commands and basic fundamentals with leash work.

Routine, Routine, Routine

Dogs thrive on consistent schedules. 

By creating a routine together, they’ll know what to expect
from you and when which only serves to build their trust in you further. (Basic obedience - commands and cues are extremely important)

Additionally, they’ll learn what is expected from them and deliver, our dogs love making us proud!

Be consistent with your communication! Our dogs want to know exactly what we want from them.

We want to make your training experience as simple, straight forward, and convenient as possible, therefore we will come to your home and train.

Do we need to be home?

No, you do not need to be present during our training sessions. Many K9 Revamped clients have private training sessions scheduled for their dog during the day while they are working.

We provide videos and written homework to practice a minimum of 10-15 minutes 3X a day in between our training sessions.