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Teaching your dog agility commands like how to “go out” from you is a lot more difficult than other obedience commands because you’re teaching your dog to go away from you instead of towards you. But you have to teach your dog this command because that’s what they need to know how to do when they go through a tunnel or into another obstacle in agility training.
When you teach the “go out” command, you’re going to reward your dog by tossing their favorite treat or toy away from you when they leave your side. I know this is hard to envision but imagine when you are playing “catch” with him to know what this training will look like.
Throw the treat away from you and click when the dog moves toward it. Let him get the treat, then call him with the “here” command, click and treat. Repeat this exercise but click before he gets to the treat. Once he gets the idea that you want him to go away from you, add the words “go out” when you toss the treat and click as he goes away from you. You want him to associate the command with going out (or away) from you. Next, you say “go out” and wait for a moment before tossing the treat and clicking. You want to see him move away from you before clicking and the treat.
To teach the “go over” command, you are finally getting in to some agility training. Use the simplest hurdle and set it at the lowest possible height. Put your dog on a leach and lead him over to the hurdle. If he steps over it, click and treat. Repeat until he learns that he will get a treat when he goes over it and then add the command, “go over”. Continue to click and treat. Once you feel that your dog has mastered this, you can raise the height of the jump by one notch.
The next post will focus on using hand signals in agility training and teaching your dog the difference between left and right.
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