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PUPPY PING PONG

A fun training game for your dog to practice sitting on approach!

One person:

 

  • Call your dogs name and ask for a sit as they approach. Toss a treat away from you once your dog sits, then call them again to come back. After a few repetitions, do not ask for a sit, just wait until they do it on their own. Once your dog sits, toss a treat away from you. Repeat. 

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2+ people

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  • One person calls dogs name and asks for sit as they approach. Toss treat away from you once your dog sits. Second person calls dogs name to approach, but don't ask for a sit, wait for the dog to do it on their own. Once your dog sits, they toss a treat away from them. Repeat.

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What if he jumps?

Say "too bad" and turn away, do not toss treat. Let the next person call them. If you are doing it alone, move to a different area and call your dog again to retry.

 

What if they half-jump, then sit?

Say "too bad" and do not toss treat. Let the next person call them. If you are doing it alone, move to a different area and call your dog again to retry.

 

Difficulty levels

  1. Easy: Call your dogs name in your usual tone.

  2. Medium: Call your dogs name excitedly, in a higher pitched voice.

  3. Hard: Call your dogs name excitedly, pat your legs, jump up and down.

HIDE AND SEEK WITH FOOD

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  1. Show your dog the food being hidden from a short distance away.
     

  2. Encourage your dog to go get the food. 
     

  3. Repeat step 1 further away from your dog.
     

  4. Hide the food while your dog is out of the room, then help them find it.
     

  5. Repeat step 4 three times on different occasions, providing your dog less help finding the food each time.
     

  6. On another occasion, repeat step 4. Don’t help your dog find it, and do not show them where it was hidden. Encourage them to "find it," stand back and let them search.
     

  7. Repeat step 6 and gradually increase difficulty.

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