Dog Training Tutorial: Building Eye Contact & Attention!

Teaching a dog to make eye contact is extremely useful with a variety of applications. It is a good habit to encourage especially in puppies who often have the tendency to be rambunctious, particularly in the presence of delicious food/treats. Use this exercise to help build their focus & attention while demonstrating that rewards in their environment are unlocked through you. Ideally, we should always establish eye contact before giving them any obedience cue.

This is also a great exercise for anybody that is new to clicker training. It can be a little challenging at first to time your clicks and deliver the food rewards perfectly, so this is a good place to start and develop your skill.
Be sure to repeat each step outlined in this video several times before raising the criteria and moving on to the next one. Some dogs are more persistent and require extra patience before they start to offer eye contact. This is where clicker training is awesome because it allows us to mark the exact millisecond when the desired behavior happens thus making it very easy for the dog to understand & learn. Always use high-value food rewards & always reward after each click so that it does not lose value.

Finally, food rewards should be understood as a stepping stone to teaching something. This means that eventually, there is no need to reward your dog with food every time as they learn to offer the behavior by default.

Thank you for watching!

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[lurifaksguten]

my dog is very hyper when we are going out and wen i let him go ournd  its takes ouers to catch him. tips?

[tab289]

@lurifaksguten 20-30 foot training leash. A must have until your dog reliably comes when called.

[BaByDiMpPlEsZ]

where do you buy one of those clickers

[CountrySolitude]

Great work! Thank you!

[Vakrian]

@BaByDiMpPlEsZ at any pet shop were you buy the food or online

[stalins23]

Hi, i have a 10 weeks old english bulldog female. We have her for over 1week now . She is teething but we got her lots of special toys for it. The problem i have with her is that she is becoming agressive and biting my arms or feet instead of her toys. By her side is toys but she jumps to bite me and doesnt let go, then she gets angry and bites and jumps at me in agression. What should I do with her please.? Thank you so much

[catNamedSueshe]

i have a GSD dog and she was really trainned and then got out of pratic because i was being lazy with her. now she thinks that she is much smarter than me and no longer looks to me for my approvel long story short her Tunnle Vison is awful if she sees a squrril or whatever i have littlery no contorl! she stops listeing help!!!!!!

[vidform]

I always thought it was a bad thing to make eye contact with a dog. I thought it was being confrontational and the dog might attack you. I've always avoided looking dogs in the eyes.

[chinoyfaby2011]

i just got a 1 year old german sherpherd do u think i can still train him becuz when he sees me he get excited and starts to jump on me. what kind of treats do you give your dog

[SuperMano2003]

German Shepherd like mine

[fallout3mrman]

did you call it "Puppy" or "Babby" or what?

[USFA45LC]

I've done this successfully because of your video! Only difference is, I say 'look', instead of his name.

[kiethstone101]

After searching dozens of training videos I found yours. Great job on them

Thank you