Lilly Belle | German Shorthaired Pointer | Los Angeles, CA | In-Training
- Scott Hansen
- Apr 20
- 23 min read
Updated: May 4
Meet Lilly Belle! Lilly Belle is a ten-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer here for our Two-Week Board and Train Program. Lilly Belle is a lovable, young puppy; however, she does display several unwanted behaviors. Some of those behaviors include not being able to properly walk on the leash, eagerly or excessively greeting new people at home, excessively chewing on random items, and not staying calm at parks for sporting events. Lilly Belle can perform a command or two, however, she lacks structure and will perform the tasks inconsistently. Over the next fourteen days, Lilly Belle is going to learn to be an obedient pup through consistent, clear communication and balanced training at home and in discovering new people and places. Lilly Belle will learn to perform all these things on and off-leash through a positive and balanced training environment. Through structure and consistency, Lilly Belle will demonstrate how great a pup she can be! Stay tuned for Lilly Belle’s two-week transformation!
Pupdate 4/20/25
Today, Ms. Lilly Belle joined me for her two-week board and train program. Ms. Lilly Belle is a sweet and kind pup. We stayed at the park after you left to see what Ms. Lilly Belle could perform. She was not very interested in performing any commands! No big surprise - that's why she's here! She was distracted by everyone and everything other than me. We then did a quick photo shoot for her profile picture for her blog. Being a part-time dog photographer should go on my resume. Almost all dogs see a cell phone come out, and all of a sudden, you are invisible.
Ms. Lilly Belle did well on the drive home. No issues there. When we arrived at her temporary residence for the next two weeks, I let her sniff Ms. Toji through the outside fence. We went inside, and I introduced her to the family. She was able to meet Ms. Toji through the screen door. They both looked eager to meet each other, so that was good. My mini-trainer was excited to meet Ms. Lilly Belle and wanted to start training her immediately.
We went to the backyard and I let her meet Ms. Toji. Ms. Toji was indifferent as she is with most of the pups. Ms. Lilly Belle was interested in her, and they were fine being around each other.
Lastly, we then headed out for a walk around the block. This was probably the fastest trip around the block ever. My mini-trainer felt that Ms. Lilly Belle was trying to race her, so we quite literally raced around most of the block. This walk allows me to analyze Ms. Lilly Belle and observe her behavior. I see how distracted she is and her other nuanced behaviors. I let her be herself. She gets to acclimate to the sights, sounds, and scents of her new neighborhood. After the new block record was set, I gave her a chance to relax in the crate and have some water.
We'll see how she does with her food over the next few days. Most dogs don't eat all their food the first day or two as they get used to the new digs. I do monitor her weight and will give her plenty of opportunities to eat her food if she doesn't finish it when I give her a chance to eat it.
Attached is the e-collar familiarization video. Please review it a few times before Ms. Lilly Belle's turnover. We'll practice together to make sure you are comfortable with the system before using it with Ms. Lilly Belle.
Pupdate 4/22/25
Today, I introduced Ms. Lilly Belle to the e-collar and a few of her commands. Ms. Lilly Belle did ok with the e-collar. If you notice, she did have quite the overreaction to a few of the stimulations. She is experiencing something she has never felt before in her life. We never made it above 25. I am using the micro e-collar, which is 50% less powerful than the usual e-collar, so the numbers are slightly higher than normal. This is fine as it gives me more flexibility when working with her.
As you can see, I started by playing with her and just hanging out with her. She had no e-collar on and no stimulus other than seeing if she would play with the balls. I tied her to a post only because she kept wanting to run over to Ms. Toji's side. I eventually just went and got Ms. Toji since that was what she wanted. I try to make the e-collar introduction a fun and minimal experience. While playing with Ms. Toji, I put the e-collar receiver on her and let her go back to playing for a little bit. You can see her scratching at it as it's a new collar and she's not used to it. I was not pressing anything. I kept playing with both of them as if nothing had changed. I then show you that I started at 0. I worked my way up until I was able to see a physical response from Ms. Lilly Belle. I didn't get one until about 20-25. I thought that was weird since GSPs are quite sensitive. I went and checked the fit of the e-collar and found it to be a little too loose. I adjusted the fit and started over again at 0. This time, I was able to get a response at about 10 and a significant "what was that?" response about level 15. Then we went and played. I kept her on the post so she would stay in the video. As you can see, once I let her off the leash and let her run around, she went back to sniffing and checking stuff out. I pressed the button at 5,10,15,20,25 the first time, then 5,10,15 the second time. That's only 8 times in about 10 minutes of playing. This is how we keep the association positive. We keep the possible negative association low and ensure that Ms. Lilly gets a lot of positive association while wearing the e-collar so that she's not scared or finds it a negative experience. She will learn that when it is on, there are rules and boundaries in place, but we will not diminish or take away from her playful, happy puppy energy.
After the video was over, I introduced sit, down, heel, and come-to-sit. I think I'll use the slip lead for her, as you started using the gentle leader with her, she should respond well to this tool. If you are too compulsive with a GSP, they will shut down, but if you are too loose and overly positive, they will take advantage of you. It is always a delicate balance of being consistent while being firm with GSPs. She will need clearly defined boundaries and consistency, but we will get there!
She didn't eat much of her breakfast, but we'll keep giving her chances to eat her food. She did eat the rest of it at lunchtime. She also ate all her dinner while hanging out with me last night. She's just getting comfortable, and with the extra training, I expect her to start eating more.
Pupdate 4/22/25
Ms. Lilly Belle and I headed over to Whittier Narrows in El Monte, CA, to meet up with other Off Leash trainers. As with most German Shorthaired Pointers and puppies, the biggest issue is impulse control. This was the main focus of my training today. We reinforced the "place", "sit", and "down" around the pups. I wanted her to simply stay there with all the other dogs and trainers. It sounds simple, but if you know your pup, that's a lot of enticement for her. She has to override her internal desires to go investigate everything and choose to follow the obedience commands. One of the other trainers had some freeze-dried treats, and I started giving those to her to reward her. She liked those, and I think I'll be using the ones you gave me as a topper for her primary treat reward going forward. Overall, I think it went well!
She did throw up on the way home, not really sure why that happened. It's ok. She had left plenty of breakfast, so she ate the rest of her breakfast when we got home. Her weight is still looking good, so nothing to worry about there.
I've been letting her hang out with Ms. Toji when we are home. Ms. Toji let her know that she wasn't going to put up with that puppy energy, and now they have a mutual understanding. That's how the dog world works. If you saw the video yesterday, Ms. Toji pays no real attention to the other pups, but she will bark at every single dog that walks by.
Pupdate 4/23/25
Today, Ms. Lilly Belle and I reviewed all the commands in the low-distraction environment of my backyard. We continued to reinforce the e-collar and slip lead pressure. We also continued to reinforce her impulse control and maintain the commands in low-stimulus environments. We have to work on each component, such as the "sit", the "place", the "down", the "come-to-sit", and the "heel", individually before we can link them all together in succession. We also need to review them in low-stimulus environments to optimize learning. Ms. Lilly Belle is coming along nicely. The training at the park paid off, and the consistency of holding her accountable for breaking the "sit" or "down" too early is paying off. The only issue with this training was that the slip lead is too short, so it's hard for me to build distance between me and her. I did drop it a few times to build space between us.
I am operating between 15-25 on the e-collar remote, depending on her distractedness. Remember, this is the micro unit, which is 50% less powerful than the regular unit, which means that this would be closer to a 10 on the regular unit, which is what most of my regular GSPs go home with. The micro gives us a little more wiggle room up and down in this range. Sometimes I can get a good response from her at level 10, which would be a 5 on the regular unit, and very few dogs give a response at 5 on the regular unit, so this is working out much better. You will notice that she paws at it occasionally. This is because it slides down to her "tickle" spot on her neck. Ms. Toji has the same spot where, if you scratch there, you get the automatic back leg shake. We want to avoid having the receiver there because then it causes the dog to do the involuntary shake and not the command.
After the training was over, we went for a much slower and not world record-setting walk around the block to reinforce the "heel". A much calmer and consistent "heel" from Ms. Lilly Belle. I was much more pleased with this "heel" and how well she responded to the e-collar and slip lead.
Pupdate 4/24/25
Ms. Lilly Belle and I loaded up and headed over to Rynerson Park in Lakewood, CA. Today was a good day of training for Ms. Lilly! I decided to retire the slip lead for now and see if she would respond to the flat collar and long lead. I sensed that she was responding well to the pressure yesterday, and I wanted to give her a chance to perform her commands with less pressure today. She didn't let me down! As you can see, we practiced our "heel", "extended sit", "extended place", and "extended down". There were a few more distractions at the park than in my backyard, but we operated the entire time at level 20 on the e-collar remote without any issues. Ms. Lilly was more than willing to ignore the distractions and perform the commands. This is exactly what we are looking for. I am not raising the levels to "correct" her for being distracted. I am keeping the levels the same throughout the entire session. When she is calm and performing everything very well, I will even lower the stimulation to as low as needed. I started at 10, and that was not enough to keep her attention on the task at hand. I went to 20, and that's where she needed to stay focused. You can see that I gave her lots of petting and attention for doing things well and gave her the "break" command between performing the extended "sit" and "down".
After the video, we practiced her "come-to-sit" several times. This one is going to be a work in progress for a while. It is by far the most complicated task, and without a ball or even taking the food as a lure, it can only be accomplished with gentle pressure. It's just practice, practice, practice from here on out!
We need to work on her car manners - loading into and out of the car. Currently, she will not load into the car unless I pick her up. This will be an entire pupdate as I have a process for introducing and working on this. Also, we will be working on her door manners. We have been working on one type, but I will also make a video demonstrating the two types. Still lots of work to do, but we're making good progress!
Pupdate 4/25/25
Today, I demonstrated the two types of door manners for Ms. Lilly Belle. The first type is the most frequently used type of door manner and the one we practice every day. We have Ms. Lilly Belle sit at the door, and we go through the door first. And then we let her follow us through the door next. I am waiting for her to make eye contact with me. Right now, she is avoiding me and looking at everything else. I want her attention on me. Once she looks at me, I say "ok" in a happy tone and allow her to come with me. If she breaks the "sit" before then, we reset. Performing the door manners this way will be critical when you take Ms. Lilly Belle home as to establish that the new foundation that I have been working on is in place at your house as well.
The second version is where Ms. Lilly Belle is put into a "down" or "place", then "down" at the door, while you go outside and check your mail or bring in the groceries. As you can see, I had one of my daughters go in and out, I was going inside and outside, and Ms. Lilly Belle was to remain in the "place" for the entirety of that process. You can also have Ms. Lilly Belle perform this task while people come in the door. You may greet them with a handshake or hug, they may give Ms. Lilly Belle a small greeting, not an overpowering one, or even ignore her.
These door manners do not mean that she will not bolt out of an open door. These are structured tasks that are basic, foundational obedience tasks.
She is doing well and responding well to the training. We have been hanging out together in my office in the evenings, no e-collar, just letting her be a puppy. She hangs out in the crate even when I leave the door open. She has destroyed the stuffed animal you sent. The squeaker has been removed, and the stuffing is everywhere. We'll probably make a trip to the pet store this weekend to try to find her a new friend or two for the remainder of her time here.
Pupdate 4/26/25
A rainy and gloomy day in So Cal. I was under the impression it was only going to drizzle for a few hours in the morning. That was incorrect. It rained quite a bit today and for several hours. This prevented us from conducting a significant amount of outdoor training. I decided to let's go to Petco and work around all the stuff in there and pick out her toy! She was stimulated by all the distractions to include other animals, toys, scents, and food, in there. I made sure to walk by all of it while she was in a "heel". To get her attention initially, we were about a level 20 on the remote. This was a perfect number for her throughout our time there. Once I had her attention, we went to the toy aisle and I pulled a bunch of stuffed animals and squeaker toys off the shelf to see which ones she would like. She decided that she liked the squeaky cow!
We went to the treat aisle, but she wasn't overly excited about that aisle. We went to the birds to see how the bird dog would behave. I wanted to see if she would point, but she wanted to leave. I had her "sit" there and hang out around something she's genetically bred to look for. This was a big test for her impulse control. She had no problem hanging out there for a few minutes.
We then headed over to where the cats are up for adoption and Ms. Lilly Belle had the most interest in the cat that was there. The cat didn't seem to like Ms. Lilly Belle much. I had Ms. Lilly Belle perform a "down" and hang out there for a few minutes, also. Once again, Ms. Lilly Belle had to overcome her impulses and hang out there around the cat and near the door and do nothing while all that was going on. Good job!
When we were checking out with her new toy, I grabbed her a puppy ice cream treat(frozen peanut butter) for doing so well. I got one for Ms. Toji, too. The people in line complimented Ms. Lilly Belle for being cute and well behaved as she sat by me waiting for us to check out.
Tomorrow we will knock out the car manners and get Ms. Lilly Belle to load into the car as well as review everything like we usually do, and start reinforcing the "come-to-sit" dozens of times a day. You can look for Ms. Lilly Belle to perform the commands with the leash dragging early in the week, and be off-leash by Wednesday or Thursday.
Pupdate 4/27/25
Today, we finally took a few minutes to stop and break down the "load up" command for Ms. Lilly Belle. She has been reluctant to "load up" into the vehicle, and I've had to pick her up. I probably would have addressed this earlier in the week if she were any bigger. I started the training by introducing her to my ramp. I lay the ramp down on the ground so she can get comfortable with how it feels on her paws. Once she seems comfortable with that, I transition to going up onto my front porch. This simulates the feeling of the ramp, followed by going up onto something. I'll then have her go up by herself onto the porch without me going with her. Then I use the ramp and go with her. Then we want her to go up by herself. Once she can do that without my assistance or leadership, we move on to the car training.
I back my car up to the porch and have the ramp even with it. This way, it's just a straight walk across the ramp into the crate. She gave me a little bit of resistance, but I just used leash pressure and kept saying "load up". I had the door off of the crate, and as soon as she went in, I would say "break" and let her right back out. We did this several times until she was going with little resistance. Then I moved the car up and practiced with the ramp leaning against the car. She did well with this as she was understanding the game. I brought the e-collar back out to start using low-level stimulation to pair the e-collar with the command "load up". I also reduced the leash pressure to start having her decide on her own to go up without me assisting her. I felt that she was doing it on her own, so I decided to remove the ramp and see how she would do without the ramp. She did great! I'll keep the ramp handy in case she needs a reminder, but from now on, I will expect her to "load up" into the car without any assistance from me.
I can feel that she is good with the e-collar and not trying to run off on me, so we will be conducting a lot of leash dragging over the next few days and only using the leash as needed to guide her into the proper place when she is over-stimulated or confused.
Pupdate 4/28/25
Today, Ms. Lilly Belle and I headed to Whittier Narrows in El Monte, CA, to meet up with our fellow Off Leash trainers and their pups. We focused on leash dragging and letting Ms. Lilly Belle make decisions, and using the e-collar to guide her back to the correct location. She was guessing and was trying to do random things to avoid the stimulation of the e-collar. This is the point of the training at which the pups usually regress. I expect her to be like this. After the video, we were practicing the come-to-sit, and she would even try to jump on me. She hasn't jumped on me this entire week. We have to be consistent and persistent with our training. I didn't change the stimulation levels or overreact to what I am asking of her. I changed nothing of what I was asking of her. This is her being highly reactive. As a reminder, I am using the micro e-collar system, which is 50% less strong than the usual system. I show you that the remote is at 15, which is what we have been working on all week. We need to just make sure that she understands what we are asking of her. The way we make sure is to keep practicing and keep making things clear.
After the video, we practiced her come-to-sit about two dozen more times and a heel around the park with the leash dragging several more times. As long as there aren't too many distractions, she can perform the heel just fine. We will slowly increase the distractions and keep working on the leash dragging. I am not too worried about her running off at this point, as I feel the e-collar at the right level will be enough to get her attention to recall. I don't want to go very high on the stimulus, but it's good to know that if we need to, we can go up to a certain level to get her attention to bring her back.
Pupdate 4/29/25
Last night, Ms. Lilly Belle and I headed over to Bloomfield Park in Lakewood, CA, to see how she would perform hanging around sports practice. We went to my son's soccer practice. Several soccer practices were happening simultaneously, and I wanted to see how Ms. Lilly Belle would perform with all the distractions. She did great! As you can see, Ms. Lilly Belle let my mini-trainer practice with her in the "heel" and several other commands while on the leash. Although I was holding the remote control, I wasn't using it very much as the leash pressure was enough to get Ms. Lilly Belle to perform most commands. This is fine for most of your daily activities; however, we need to get Ms. Lilly Belle off-leash, so I had to take over at some point and rely on the stimulation of the e-collar. I'll let you know more about this soon. She is doing well with most of her commands with little stimulation and sometimes no stimulation. I think using the micro was the right choice for her.
Ok - here's the quirky thing about working with German Shorthaired Pointers. If you hurt their feelings, they stop working for you. If you overstimulate them, they shut down. Ms. Lilly Belle is in a weird place where she is getting quickly overstimulated and can shut down quickly. With leash pressure, she can perform everything adequately. I am keeping the levels low and not want to overstimulate her. I don't have a current reward or motivation system for her because she doesn't want to work for the ball or food, but solely relying on the pressure is bad for business, as she will shut down. So we have to be very careful. So sometimes, I may not press the stimulation button when asking her to perform certain tasks. If she is willing to perform them without me needing to press the button, then I will refrain from pushing it. The good news is that if she gets overly distracted or tries to run off, I don't have to go too high to get her attention to come back.
I'll be working on her off-leash commands today, and you can look forward to that video tomorrow to see how that session went.
Pupdate 4/30/25
In today's video, I review quite a few things that are going on with Ms. Lilly Belle. I spent the first few minutes actually talking - no music. I went over some things that are going on with the training with Ms. Lilly Belle. A few of the issues are that she is very young, she is not motivated by very much, and she is a GSP. This makes her training very delicate. I feel like over time, she is going to be perfectly fine with all her commands as she grows up and matures. She has made amazing progress over the past two weeks. The best part about her is that she is not trying to perform lots of unwanted behavior; she wants to be a good pup and do the right thing, she just overanticipates.
I was trying to think of a good way to explain where she is in her training. The best analogy I could think of relates to learning addition. When teaching it, you learn 1+1=2, then 1+2=3, and so on. At some point, you have to let them solve the problem for themselves. The teacher will give them 1+?=2 or 1+1=? And most kids will fill in the gaps. Think of putting the leash on as giving them the answer to those blank spaces. If I keep putting the leash on to fill in those spaces, she will never learn the correct answer. I already showed Ms. Lilly Belle how to do 1+1 all last week. When she gets the answer correct, I pet her and praise her as I have been when she is on the leash. When she becomes overly dependent on me, she isn't using her puppy brain power to think, and she's relying on me to make the decisions for her. We don't want that. The BIG HOWEVER is that if a kid or puppy, in this case, is not figuring it out, we do need to take a step or two back and give them some extra help to teach them. I don't have unlimited time with Ms. Lilly Belle to go back to Step 1, so we have to work a little bit harder to get her through the next few days. We have to be extra patient, be willing to help her out a little more, but also ask her to try more.
So what you'll see in the second part of the video is Ms. Lilly Belle looking confused a lot. She's putting me in a place where if I use the leash, she can do the commands fine, but if I don't use the leash, she falls apart. I have to fade out the leash a little more slowly so that she doesn't realize it's not there. I'll be trying that again today. Just more consistency and persistence on my part until she gets it. I am not changing my temperament, the stimulus levels, or the leash pressure; we just need Ms. Lilly Belle to understand that she's got to be on board and that this is the way. Nothing bad is happening to her; we're just asking her to perform some simple obedience tasks and putting structure into her life.
This is also a good time to remind you that just because I might be able to get Ms. Lilly Belle to perform Off-Leash doesn't mean that you should. The safest and best thing for all pups is to be leashed. We can't control other pups and the environment around us. I always recommend following all leash laws, regulations, and ordinances. You will also have to practice with Ms. Lilly Belle before letting her off-leash.
Pupdate 5/1/25
Ms. Lilly Belle and I headed over to Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos, CA to work around distractions. She was a little nervous at first. I made sure to give her a lot of reassurance and comfort, and she calmed down and performed well. The extra work we have been putting in is paying off! The consistency is starting to register, and I am happy with the progress. While we were practicing her extended sit in the middle of the mall, I had a nice couple compliment her on her behavior and temperament. After she successfully held her extended sit without me holding the leash, I let her say hi to her new friends. She likes people a lot. Sometimes a little bit too much, as she will break off the heel to go up to strangers or try to get away from me to avoid the obedience. Once again, she's not doing this to be a bad pup, but she's like, "Oh, here's a guy sitting on a bench, I want to hang out here." I was very pleased with how well she did here. I conducted the training on my smallest, lightest leash and let it drag at times. I am happy with this progress, and I think we're going to make it fully off-leash after all!
Pupdate 5/2/25
Today, Ms. Lily Belle and I headed to the Santa Monica Pier. We reviewed all her commands on leash and off-leash, around a lot of distractions. Overall, Ms. Lily Bell did well. We were there for about 90 minutes. Ms. Lily Belle got overstimulated towards the end and struggled to perform her commands. Which is understandable, as she is still a young puppy. Once again, she wasn't trying to perform any unwanted behavior; however, she was not performing her commands adequately.
Miss Lily Belle did sit politely while strangers greeted her. The Santa Monica Pier is going to be the highest stimulus environment that Miss Lily Belle will probably ever experience. I think she handled it extremely well.
We will be returning to the pier tomorrow to refine some of her off-leash work and work around the distractions, but overall, I'm very pleased with how she did today.
Pupdate 5/3/25
Today, Ms. Lilly Belle and I headed to the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, CA, for Round 2 of our leash work around high-level distractions. Unfortunately, there weren't too many distractions as it was quite drizzly. This was a little bit better to gauge where Ms. Lilly Belle was with her training as it is still quite a stimulating environment with birds coming and going, people walking their dogs, plenty of tourists still meandering, the scents of the ocean, the sounds of the arcade, the vibrations of the waves crashing and the rollercoasters going, and the wet weather. Not a regular day by any means. Unfortunately, all this added up to be a little too much for Ms. Lilly Belle to handle by herself. I tried to get her to perform all her commands off-leash and clean everything up from yesterday, and she still could not perform the commands as consistently as I would like.
We practiced before we left just to make sure that she could still perform everything as needed. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't asking her to perform something that she could not do. You have seen the pupdates where she can perform the tasks in low-stimulus environments. Once again, her impulse control and her desire to be close to me due to the skittishness make it difficult for her to hold the extended sit or down. I could barely take two steps away from her before she would break those commands and come to me. Her "heel" was phenomenal as she considers me a safe place. She considers me so safe that she keeps trying to go between my legs to find comfort from the things that I am asking her to do.
We tried for about forty-five minutes or a few different strategies to see if she could get comfortable out there without the leash, but she wasn't feeling it. Even on the leash, she was just getting more and more clingy as I kept petting her and reassuring her. I would pet her and let her know it was okay. Then, as I stepped away, she would say, "Wait, where are you going?" and then would break the command and come right to me. These are puppy behaviors associated with impulse control, but are also highly prevalent in GSPs with a lack of structure and impulse control. We have to stay consistent and persistent with them. We have to be extremely patient and reset them. As I said, sometimes we have to show you that 1+1=2 in a different way than the rest of the students so that you can understand. Ms. Lilly Belle requires a different way of learning. Her way of learning requires a lot of patience and a lot of resetting. We ask the pups to perform a lot of tasks in quick succession in high-stimulus areas. Unfortunately, not all pups are at the right stage in their life, nor are they emotionally able to perform the task. It's fine. I still always recommend and suggest that keeping your pup on a leash is the safest thing for them. Just because you can do something doesn't always mean you should.
I do believe that, based on what you were looking for when we spoke two weeks ago and your intake form, Ms. Lilly Belle will be able to do all those things. She will have no problem hanging out at a kids sports game, she will have no problem going on walks with you, she understands "off" so that you can teach her to stop chewing on things at your house, and you could let her roam around at the park and then call her back to you.
Attached are the pictures of the e-collar unit you will be receiving tomorrow. This is the unit that I have been using with Ms. Lilly Belle for the past two weeks. Please review the e-collar video that I posted on Day 1. This is a micro e-collar, which is 50% less powerful than the standard e-collar. The only difference is the receiver. The remote is the same. I have attached the hypoallergenic titanium contact points for you. You will also receive the 15' training lead to practice your commands with Ms. Lilly Belle.
As a reminder, here are the obedience commands that she has learned while with me:
Sit/Extended Sit: Press the black "S" button + say "Sit".
Down/Extended Down: Press the black "S" button + say "Down".
Place/Extended Place: Press the black "S" button + say "Place".
Come-To-Sit: Press the black "S" button + say "Come" + use your hands to guide into place. Use your spirit fingers.
Heel: Press the black "S" button + say "Heel".
Food Manners/Refusal: The pup must patiently wait in either a "sit" or "down" while you prepare the food, and then say "break," allowing the pup to access the food.
Car Manners: Press the black "S" button + say "Load up!"
Greeting Manners: Have the pup "sit," then allow for new person to say hi
Door Manners: Place the pup in a "sit," open the door and then allow the pup to go through with you or say "ok" and let the pup inside or place pup in a "place/down" at the door while you go outside and check the mail or get your groceries then release with a "break" or "ok"
Off: Press the black button "S" + say "Off" to stop the pup from performing unwanted behavior. Always press the black "S" when using this command. NO FREEBIES!
"Break!" - no stimulation and the pup can freely sniff or go potty.
We will review how to perform all these tomorrow during the turnover! We can't wait to show you how much she has learned and how great of a pup she will be in the future!
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