Working a reactive dog training program

So the question was asked that was a great one on how best to work on the training in regards to the live zoom classes, the pacing and timing of the training with the live classes.

So first of all these starting reactive dog classes are broken into categories so that as we start we have spent more time going into details about how things differ whether you are working on dog reactivity, stranger danger, sound sensitivity or motion reactivity. So each class has had a focus on those to give you more clarity on those types of reactions. The zoom classes supplement the training modules as we cannot do all of those things in a live class setting. To really fix reactivity we need to do a thorough job understanding those nuances. And we will be working together all year long to work the program!

The link above is an example of how I would work a reactivity training plan where we blend our reactivity training along with the supportive exercises and decompression times. The plan is an ideal version but can be adapted to what your schedule allows if you cannot go out and work around trigger 3 times in a week, which you would not want to do if your dog gets trigger stacked.

So the answer is these are our starting classes to give you the information and understanding for how to handle situations, how to set up training and exercises to work on to prepare for your reactivity training. Your first step is that CC/engage-disenage game, and that usually takes several weeks to months to work just that first step. So do that as we work on these classes getting you all started. Then we will keep advancing our training together as you work through the modules on your own, or as you come with me through the live classes where we keep advancing all of your training skills, while we work on those reactivity exercises.

After these first 4 classes this is not the end of the reactivity training classes, it’s just we will also focus on other stuff, like cooperative care, etc while we keep working on reactivity 🙂.