Train Dog to Obey at Distance
If you want your dog to perform an action at a distance you may prefer to use the yogurt container lid as a target. Follow these steps to teach your dog to target the lid:
- Put the lid in your hand and hold a food lure in the center with your thumb.
- When your dog noses at it or sniffs it, click and treat. Repeat six times.
- Now present the lid to your dog with no treat and click for sniffing or nose bumping.
- Label the behavior by saying, "Touch" just before your dog touches the lid with his nose.
- Put the lid on the floor close by and repeat the previous process.
- Click your dog at first for moving toward the lid and then for actually touching it with his nose. Timing is crucial when labeling an action.
- Vary the distances between your dog and the lid until you can send him across the room to bump his nose for a click and treat.
