Intro: We’re Having Some Fun With Teaching Your Dog To Go around Things Today

Intro: We’re Having Some Fun With Teaching Your Dog To Go around Things Today

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Challenge 2.0

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Welcome to Challenge 2.0!

  • Intro: What Is Challenge 2.0?!
  • Challenge 2.0 Glossary

Day 1: Relax on a Mat

  • Intro: We're Working on Stationing on a Mat Today
  • How-To: Place/Go to Mat
  • Shake It Up: Try a Mini Relaxation Protocol
  • Perks: A Super Helpful Foundation
  • Challenge: Day 1 Assignment Recap

Day 2: Creating a Start Button

  • Intro: We’re Creating a Start Button Behavior for Cooperative Care Today
  • How-To: Creating a Start Button
  • Shake It Up: Let a Start Button Behavior Evolve Naturally
  • Perks: Build Skills & a Reinforcement History With a Framework You’ll Be Able To Use Later
  • Challenge: Day 2 Assignment Recap

Day 3: Figure 8s & Out & Arounds

  • Intro: We’re Having Some Fun With Teaching Your Dog To Go around Things Today
  • How To: Figure 8s
  • Shake It Up: Send Your Dog Out & Around Something
  • Perks: Movement Is Our Friend
  • Challenge: Day 3 Assignment Recap

Day 4: Up-Down Pattern Game

  • Intro: We’re Working on Offered Attention Today
  • How To: Practice the Up-Down Pattern Game
  • Shake It Up: Add Distractions to the Pattern
  • Perks: This Is the Foundation for So Many Other Behaviors & Can Help You Navigate Everyday Life
  • Challenge: Day 4 Assignment Recap

Day 5: Creating a Pattern for Your Dog To Stand in Front of You

  • Intro: We’re Going To Work on a Pattern Where You Dog Stands in Front of You (Sounds Simple - Just Wait!)
  • How To: Build the Pattern Using a Variety of Reinforcement Strategies
  • Shake It Up: Introduce Another Reinforcement Strategy With Treats off Your Person
  • Perks: This Is a Super Helpful Framework for Cooperative Care
  • Challenge: Day 5 Assignment Recap

Day 6: Auto Check-In & Recall Pattern Game

  • Intro: We’re Going To Build a Pattern To Work on Auto Check-Ins & Recall
  • How To: Turn the Up-Down Pattern Game Into Something That Helps With Auto Check-Ins & Recall
  • Shake It Up: Add Distractions to the Pattern
  • Perks: Provide a Framework for Working Through Distractions & Build Reinforcement History for Coming to You
  • Challenge: Day 6 Assignment Recap
  • Bonus: Recall Game Option That Doesn’t Require You To Move Around

Day 7: Use Cooperative Care to Put a Hat on Your Dog or Work Towards a Real Life Goal

  • Intro: We’re Going To Have Some Conversations With Our Dogs About Hats or Around Whatever Goals You’re Working Towards
  • How To: Use a Start Button Behavior To Put a Hat on Your Dog
  • Shake It Up: Work on a Cooperative Care Goal of Your Choosing
  • Perks: Build Skills and a Reinforcement History in a Low-Risk Framework That You Can Use After the Challenge
  • Challenge: Day 7 Assignment Recap

Day 8: Back up to a Target

  • Intro: We’re Going To Have Our Dogs Back up to a Target Today
  • How To: Teach Your Dog To Walk Backwards & Put Their Back Two Feet on a Target
  • Shake It Up: Introduce New Targets for Your Dog to Back Up Onto
  • Perks: Great for Hind End Awareness, Good for Their Physical Health, & Useful When You Need a Little Extra Space
  • Challenge: Day 8 Assignment Recap

Day 9: Enrichment Scavenger Hunt

  • Intro: We’re Going To Have Our Dogs To Search for Hidden Food or Toys
  • How To: Teach Your Dog To Find Items or Food That You've Hidden When You Cue Them To Search
  • Shake It Up: Have Fun With a More Difficult Search
  • Perks: Great Opportunity for Your Dog To Sniff, Forage, & Move Around
  • Challenge: Day 9 Assignment Recap

Day 10: Turn the Pattern Where You Dog Stands in Front of You Into a Cooperative Care Framework

  • Intro: We’re Going To Turn the Pattern From Day 5 Into a Cooperative Care Framework
  • How To: Cooperatively & Conversationally Break Down the Event of Touching Your Dog With Your Hand
  • Shake It Up: Cooperatively & Conversationally Break Down the Event of Touching Your Dog With an Object
  • Perks: Practice Errorless Teaching & Hone Your Cooperative Care Skills in a Low Stakes Setting
  • Challenge: Day 10 Assignment Recap

Day 11: Nose Bridge Target

  • Intro: We’re Going To Work on Your Dog Placing the Bridge of Their Nose Into the Palm of Your Hand
  • How To: Teach the Nose Target
  • Shake It Up: Turn the Nose Target Into a Start Button Behavior for Cooperative Oral Care Like Tooth Brushing
  • Perks: Make Oral Exams and Care Less Stressful for You & Your Dog
  • Challenge: Day 11 Assignment Recap

Day 12: Fun With Cue Transfers

  • Intro: We’re Going To Play with Cue Transfers Today To Talk About Solving Real Life Problems & Learning Party Tricks
  • How To: Have the Environment Cue Your Dog To Go To Bed
  • Shake It Up: Teach Your Dog to Chin Rest on Your Lap When You Ask Them "Who’s Your Favorite"
  • Perks: Learn About Cue Transfers & Practice Thinking About What You Want Your Dog To Do
  • Challenge: Day 12 Assignment Recap

Day 13: Lie Flat on Side (Lateral Recumbency)

  • Intro: We’re Going To Put Lateral Recumbency on Cue & Use It for Some Cooperative Care Today
  • How To: Teach Your Dog To Lie Flat on Their Side on Cue
  • Shake It Up: Turn That Lateral Recumbency Into an Opt in Behavior for Cooperative Care
  • Perks: A Useful Cooperative Care Behavior & a Possible Barometer for Your Dog’s Level of Comfort in a Situation
  • Challenge: Day 13 Assignment Recap

Day 14: Switch Sides

  • Intro: We’re Going To Teach Our Dogs to Switch Sides While Walking With You When Cued
  • How To: Teach Them to Switch While You Are Standing Still
  • Shake It Up: Teach Them to Switch While You Are on the Move
  • Perks: Have Fun & Learn a Useful Behavior for Walks
  • Challenge: Day 14 Assignment Recap