hey guys Chelsea Murray here with positive futures dog training and behavior here with my friend Bao
and we're going to talk to you about teaching your dog how to settle on a bed on cue this is
a fabulous behavior that really everybody should work with their dog it teaches them how to relax
and can prevent all kinds of nuisance behaviors like counter surfing begging at the table jumping
on guests and attention-seeking behaviors when we're trying to relax also remember that once
you start reinforcing a behavior they start to offer it so when we start to teach dogs how to
settle you'll see them demonstrate this behavior on their own more and more giving us more of an
opportunity to reinforce good quiet call me I also take this skill on the road with me and use it if
I'm traveling in a new hotel or space to help the dogs to figure out where they're supposed
to relax I also bring it to cafes or bars with me so that my dog knows that when I'm camped
out they're supposed to chill as well so what we're gonna do today we're gonna start teaching
veo this behavior I've got a bed he's hollering he's sitting on it I'm reinforcing it we're gonna
start from square one alright I'm gonna get him off the bed and reward any decision he makes to
interact with the bed so this could be looking at it could be putting two feet on it could be
sitting on it eventually we want it down so that's my end goal is to get that down from
him and once I get that I can begin to put it on cue beyo free way so I'm gonna stand next to the
bed and I'm gonna look at it any decision he makes to interact with the bed I will click and treat
now I am strategically placing my reinforcement on the bed to help encourage more behavior from
him when he looks at me I'm gonna make sure I'm not looking at him I'm looking down at his bed
oh I very nice job and now that I have a down I'm gonna go ahead and release them and we're
gonna start over free oh what a smart boy you are oh good boy yes that up boy all right babe
free snack it might take your dogs a little little longer to get to this stage good boy
this is his second session with this behavior boy freak now he offered it three times in a
row so he's ready for his cue so I'm gonna give the cue just before I get the final behavior from
him set up nice and free set up good boy what a smart boy free settles yes nice job and free
now we had a little bit of trouble and showed a little bit of frustration there so I waited
him out he still didn't get to the right answer so I helped him get to the right
answer I don't want my dog to get frustrated during training sessions and if they need
a little bit of help that's okay I'm gonna help them get to the right answer so I can
reinforce it now when you're beginning this on cue we want to get to the point where we
can stand right next to the bed they're walking towards us we can cue settle and
they'll offer a down position once you get there then you can start working on the 3ds
distance distraction and duration but remember you only want to work on one at a time so in
your training session of three to five minutes pick your behavior and then pick which one of
the three DS you're going to develop all right guys happy clicking let's get some settled dogs