Challenge: Take Those Paws for a Spin

Challenge: Take Those Paws for a Spin

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Welcome to Our First Challenge!

  • Intro: What is the Tails of Connection Challenge?
  • The Spirit of This Challenge 1
  • Link and Password for Private Facebook Group6

Day One: How to Communicate With Your Dog

  • Intro: What Are Markers? 9
  • How-To: Condition Your Marker4
  • #ShakeItUp: More Fun With Markers2
  • Perks: Why Markers Rock 3
  • Challenge: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!15

Day Two: Nose Targeting

  • Intro: What Is Targeting?
  • How-To: Learn Targeting #SullyStyle19
  • #ShakeItUp: Take a Selfie Like Otis4
  • Perks: It’s More Than a Cute Boop
  • Challenge: Reach Your Target 2

Day Three: How to Get Your Dog to Respond to You

  • Intro: What Are Attention Games?
  • How-To: Use Games to Get Your Dog’s Attention
  • #ShakeItUp: The Ultimate Staring Contest2
  • Perks: Your Dog Only Has Eyes For You
  • Challenge: Pay Attention to This One!4

Day Four: How to Get Your Dog to Fall in Love With You Even More

  • Intro: What Is Engagement?
  • How-To: Win Your Dog Over Through Praise and Pets 2
  • How-To: Make Food Even More Fun
  • How-To: Make Yourself the Fun Part of Play
  • #ShakeItUp: Are You Still Interesting with Others Around?
  • Perks: No Diamond Ring Required
  • Challenge: Here’s Our Proposal2

Day Five: When Resting Your Head Becomes a Powerful Tool

  • Intro: What’s a Chin Rest?
  • How-To: Lure a Chin Rest 5
  • How-To: Shape a Chin Rest 10
  • #ShakeItUp: A Little R&R on Different Objects3
  • Perks: Rest Assured During Care 2
  • Challenge: The (Chin) Rest Is History!

Day Six: How to Walk Comfortably with Your Dog

  • Intro: What Is Loose Leash Walking?
  • How-To: Loose Leash Walking Inside3
  • #ShakeItUp: A Walk on the Wild Side 5
  • Perks: A Parade of Puppy Eyes
  • Challenge: Walk the Line 2

Day Seven: How to Get Your Dog to Stay in Distracting Settings

  • Intro: Why I Revisit Stay with Sully and Otis
  • How-To: Learn the Basics of Stay
  • How-To: Learn to Stay with Food Distractions4
  • #ShakeItUp: When the Going Gets Tough, Stay Put
  • Perks: The Stay is Implied
  • Challenge: Stay the Course

Day Eight: How to Walk Comfortably Outside on a Leash

  • Intro: Loose Leash Walking (Outside Edition)
  • How-To: Loose Leash Walking (Outside Edition)
  • #ShakeItUp: Not Just a Walk in the Park
  • Perks: Hit Your Stride Outside
  • Challenge: A Step in the Right Direction1

Day Nine: Help Build Your Dog's Confidence

  • Intro: What Is Paws Up?
  • How-To: Teach Paws Up With a Lure #SullyStyle
  • How-To: Shape Paws Up Like Otis
  • #ShakeItUp: Have a “Paw-ty” like Otis
  • Perks: A Step in the Right Direction
  • Challenge: Put Your Best Paw Forward!

Day Ten: How to Help Your Dog Prevent an Injury

  • Intro: What’s a Pivot?
  • How-To: Teach Your Dog to Pivot
  • #ShakeItUp: Pivot Like a Pro
  • Perks: It’s More Than Just a Dance Move
  • Challenge: Take Those Paws for a Spin

Day 11: A Fun Indoor Activity for When It's Cold or Rainy Outside

  • Intro: What Is the 'Go Find It Game?'
  • How-To: Learn 'Go Find It' #SullyStyle
  • How-To: Play 'Go Find It' #SullyStyle (Next Steps)
  • How-To: Play a More Advanced Version of 'Go Find It' Like Otis
  • How-To: Play the Ultimate Game of Hide and Seek2
  • #ShakeItUp: Send out the Search Party!
  • Perks: More Than a Game of Cat and Mouse
  • Challenge: The Thrill is in the Hunt

Day 12: How to Get Your Dog to Pass a Ball

  • Intro: Pass the Ball
  • How-To: Pass the Ball #SullyStyle
  • How-To: Pass the Ball Like Otis
  • #ShakeItUp: Bend It Like Otis!
  • Perks: A Soccer Star Could Be in Your Family
  • Challenge: Goooallll!

Day 13: How to Teach Your Dog to Treat You Like Royalty

  • Intro: Take a Bow
  • How-To: Bow Like Otis
  • #ShakeItUp: Bow for the Entire Royal Family!
  • Perks: You’re a Real-Life Royal Now!1
  • Challenge: A Star Is Born

Day 14: How to Create Daily Training Sessions

  • Intro: Training for Five Minutes a Day
  • How-To: Create Your Own Five Minute Training Sessions
  • Behind the Scenes: A Real-Life Daily Training Session With Otis
  • #ShakeItUp: Kick Those Five Minute Routines up a Notch
  • Perks: The Best Five Minutes of Your Day
  • Challenge: Fill Your Life With Joy

Bonus Videos

  • Day One Bonus: How I Got My Dog to Come Back to Me at the Park
  • Day One Bonus: Teach Your Dog to Tap Dance Using Markers
  • Day Two Bonus: Teach Your Dog to Target and Follow a Stick
  • Day Three Bonus: How to Capture Your Dog's Attention in Real Life
  • Day Four Bonus: How Running Away From Your Dog Can Be a Powerful Tool
  • Day Five Bonus: Use the Chin Rest To Get Started With Cooperative Care
  • Day Six Bonus: Practicing Loose Leash Walking in a Distracting Setting
  • Day Seven Bonus: Practicing Stay in a Distracting Setting
  • Day Seven: How I Use ‘Good’ as a Marker
  • Day Eight Bonus: How I Use Forward Movement as a Reward for Otis
  • Day Nine Bonus: How I Use Paws up for Basic Conditioning
  • Day Nine Bonus: Paws Up Montage
  • Day Nine Bonus: How to Teach Your Dog "Off"
  • Day Ten Bonus: Why I’m Teaching Otis to Back Onto Objects
  • Day 11 Bonus: Why I Taught My Dog to ‘Go Sniff’
  • Day 12 Bonus: Playing Pass with Otis
  • Day 13 Bonus: Yoga With Your Dog
  • Day 14 Bonus: Why I Dance With My Dogs