How to Build Focus in the Dog Sport Ring Using 'Control Unleashed' tools (clicker training) reactive

To prepare my reactive dog, Jessie for competing in dog sports such as Rally Obedience, agility etc, I want to teach her that the ring is a safe, fun place where she needs to focus on me at all times. With practice, I hope that the ring gates themselves will be her cue that we are going to work together and I need her undivided attention so we can have fun!

This is our first session. it takes place in our backayrd,a place safe from other dogs and with low distractions. She Jessie enters the ring, gets clicked for offering behaviors and leaves the ring with me. She worked for over 7 minutes and we both lost focus at times. That's too long, especially early in the training! Despite that, she was still eager to go back in after the session.

See our previous video on ring gates if you want to see how I desensitized her to working near them.

The sessions are based on using training tools from Leslie McDevitt's version of "Control Unleashed" Visit her channel http://www.youtube.com/user/LeslieMcDevitt

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[mydogkanskidrums]

Hi Donna. Love your videos...what clicker are you using here? Sorry, a very tech-y question!

[supernaturalbc2009]

@mydogkanskidrums My favorite for outdoors is the triple crown round blue with raised ornage button. My first one lasted me 5 years before it wore out. I also use the i-clicker for indoors. Have gone throguh several of those before I found one that kept working. I've been told to send the non-working ones back to KP. Donna

[karle216]

great video !

[cattledogagility101]

Awesome!! Thanks!! :D I'm definitely going to use this!!!

[db650]

Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. The desensitization/intro to ring gates was helpful too. -CU novice