5 - 11 months - Teenager
Oh those teenage years😀!!! Luckily, for dogs it is teenage months... This is when your puppy realizes he is growing up and developing and getting wiser and stronger and starts to question if he really needs you to survive, and whether or not you are the authority. Besides, her world is full of so many interesting distractions, she hears you calling, but takes her time to come...
This is the age to proof the manners and to continue with reliable off leash obedience all while continuing building a relationship with fair leadership, trust, mutual respect and quality time spent together...
House Training
- Crate Training Goal– to sleep in a crate at night for up to 8-10 hours
- Potty Training Goal– to hold their restroom for 5 hours during the day without an accident
- Chew Training Goal– to not be chewing things they shouldn’t
- Bite Trained Goal– to never bite on hands
- Jump Trained Goal– to never jump up
Obedience Training
- “Sit” Goals– to immediately go into a “sit” with a verbal command or hand command only, and to be able to execute that with anyone
- “Stay“Goals – to “stay” for a duration of 45 seconds from a distance of 45 feet
- “Down” Goals-to go into a “down” with a verbal command only, hand command only and to do so with anybody
- “Come” Goals– to respond to a “come” command with a low key voice even when they don’t want to
- “Off“Goals– to never jump up
- Stair Trained Goals– to go up and down stairs at a normal pace as people
- “Place“Goals– to go to their dog cot and stay there for at least 2 minutes or longer when commanded to “place” even with distractions
Socialization Training
- Stranger Trained Goals– Neutral to people even in high distraction environments with crowds of people.
- Dog Trained Goals– Neutral to other dogs, being able to stay focused on their own task, such as walking or staying
- Vet Trained Goals– Be able to behave during the vet visits.
- Noise Trained Goals– Pups are consistently surrounded by noises from typical household items and are either neutral or being able to settle down easily. Watchful alarm barking is acceptable as long as they calm down when told to be quiet on commmand.
- Grooming Trained Goals– To be used to getting a bath and being groomed without great complaint.
Outside Training
- Leash Trained Goals– they will immediately “auto-sit” whenever we stop walking. They won’t pull and will look to us for direction. They will also begin walking with other people besides trainers and not lose any of that when they go home. Being older they will also be able to keep up with their owner’s normal pace
- Reliable Off Leash Recalls even with major distractions
- Car Trained Goals– to have them not get car sick and feel very comfortable riding.
- Thunderstorm Trained Goals– to never had any issues with thunderstorms
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