How to prevent barking at the Doorbell: Training for dogs: My Award Winning APDT Video 2010

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Hi all my YouTube subscribers and friends.

Here is my award winning APDT NewTrix video. The theme was how to solve a behavior problem by teaching a trick instead.

So, I took the behavior problem of Barking at the doorbell and made it the trigger for the dog to go to his crate and close the crate door. There are other levels of the trick in case some dog owners were not able to teach that one. They could train the dog to just go to a crate or a dog bed instead.

I will be heading to the APDT conference in Atlanta to receive my award. I hope to meet many of my YouTube subscribers there and hopefully spread the word about my YouTube channel.

As many of you know I train dogs and cats using clicker training and positive reinforcement. I do not use positive punishment.

If one does not use force or intimidation with killer whales, elephants, and other wild animals, then why would we need to use force or intimidation on our dogs???

I hope you enjoy this video!

Have fun with your dog today!

Have a great day!

Pam, Isabelle, Bandit, & Twix

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[Alexin1derland]

This is all very useful, thanks so much! Maybe it's me, however, but i seem to be missing a step. My dog will pull on a rope, but I can't imagine why he would without me on the other end of it. It seems to me that this jump would be a whole other thing to train. Can you comment, pls?

[pamelamarxsen]

@Alexin1derland If your dog will play tug and knows the term take it, use that term when your dog is inside the crate. If that does not work, click and treat him for touching the tug when inside the crate, then for taking the tug in his mouth, then for pulling on it slightly, until you can get him to pull it with enough force to close the crate door a small amount. Keep building on that... I show the steps a little, but for the contest it had to be 5 mins or less. It ended up at 5 mins. :)

[easyitsashley]

so many trainers have borders. They are sooo easy to train.

[pamelamarxsen]

@easyitsashley Well, they may learn quickly, but they tend to have issues that can be difficult to train such as shyness around people, dogs, places, things and can be reactive with people, places, things, dogs. Those issues take a lot of time to train and isn't easy. Trust me, my BC had ALL of that and is now 3 years old and pretty normal (whatever normal is). He will have an episode of reactivity from time to time and I have to be in constant look out and always setting him up to succeed.

[imgaston]

4:04

K I'M DONE.

?

*tilts head sideways*

O LOL RIGHT, ALMOST FORGOT

*closes crate*

[pamelamarxsen]

@imgaston Yes, he is a character and loves to tilt his head as if to try to understand what I am asking him to do, or when I talk to him. If I tilt my head he will also tilt his head. I call it tic-toc. :)

[melissa2ea]

Love this video Pam!! You inspired me to work on a behavior I've been avoiding for awhile. ;-) I don't use a crate with Teri, but I use a pet bed instead. I've attached a video. Thanks Pam, for your dedication and excellent instruction!

[MrXica]

Cool

[jessiemane]

make him make a sandwich

[Rucca6184]

So true.. While BCs are extremely intelligent.. they still need to be trained, and training any dogs takes effort and time. These videos are great. Thank you so much for sharing!