How to train your dog to jump over your arms

Here is a quick video I made of how to teach this very cool Canine Freestyle trick- hurdles. I dont actually know what the trick is called by freestylers, so I made up the name 'hurdles' .

I didnt use a clicker during this exercise as is quite hard to hold the clicker and it clicks right under the dog which can make them confused. If possible you can get a friend to help mark the behavior.

Good luck! And let me know if you have any questions!

p.s. I did some sloppy training in this video! I give multiple cues such as 'jump' 'hup' and 'jump through' ! and am sloppy with the reward. Which makes me have to say, if you are really into training, make sure to film yourself to assess what you think you are doing to what you are actually doing! :)

Note: For Splash the word 'yes' is a conditioned reinforcer like some people use 'good girl' so you will see me say 'yes' and not give a treat afterwards. For Splash and Kiko the click means a treat always follows. Any other word means they might get one, they might not.

Clicker training works!

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[Hyberpsycrow]

Fenton !!! Jesus crist...Feeentooon !!!!

[Hunter00Jumper]

gonna try that now! (: thanks!

[Krisse91]

I started teaching this today:D /watch?v=-dy6pJRgls0 Thanks for your inspiring video!

[JJJasmine198]

I use a hoop... when me and my bestie were kids, we trained her dog sit, lie and jump through! It's a hard thing to do!

[VigliantiArt]

why should you not do repititive jumping witha dog under two? is this okay only during training?...cuz i know how to prevent jumping as a bad behaviour if thats the case...

[SuperJuicycat]

she makes it look so easy

[DarkxSpirit2014]

then after that i moved to a new area and she doesn't understand how to jump overmy arm suddenly. how do I get her to jump now?

[DarkxSpirit2014]

okay so for my border collie i set up a temporary jump (she does agility so she understands what jump means) and I put my arm across the bar. she got comforatble with it after a few jumps and rewards. I took the bar away after several successful tries. then i put my arm across where the bar was was she got used to jumping it. then after rehersing this for a bit i moved my arm away from where the stantions were and had her jump but we were in the same 2 foot range. She got that too. (cont.)

[TardisTeen]

my dog just walks over it

[1001virus1001]

idk how but... my cat does it now XD