Teach Your Dog to Alert With the Nose, Not the Feet

About the webinar

Want to train a freeze alert on a container? Do you have a box smasher, or do you just want a really clear indication? In this webinar, we reveal all of the different reasons why your dog might use their feet to alert on containers rather than their nose. For the truly destructive dogs, we work on a focused freeze response. We cover the steps and demonstrate proofing and progression. This webinar is focused on containers only, but you can use this foundation training for more "hunting style" indications. If you have a dog with a long history of container smashing, flinging, chewing, or other destruction, this webinar will get you on the right track and give you a tool to start managing those behaviors. This approach works for both food and toy reward dogs. Initial foundation training is most easily taught with food. Example videos show both food and toy reward (including using both to regulate arousal). This is the exact approach I used to retrain containers with my dog, Powder, and you will see actual training footage from that process. What you'll need: Metal switch boxes and sturdy Rubbermaid-type containers (a total of six). If you don't have metal switch boxes, you can do much of the foundation work with the Rubbermaids. I personally LOVE the Rubbermaid approach because the container is virtually indestructible. If it can hold up to and teach Powder, it can hold up to your dog! Links to suggested supplies are in the webinar replay! Includes a downloadable handout with a summary, checklist, training log and more, so you can follow each step of the freeze-alert progression and track your dog's container work session by session.