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Positively Puppies

Thank you so much for welcoming a foster animal into your home! While your foster is with you, it is a great time to get them started with some basic training. Puppies are learning all the time, so they are never too young to get started with training. Please take a look at the videos below and get ready to have fun with your foster!

If you have any questions while training your foster, please contact the foster team ONLY.

There may be alternative contact info given in these videos, but please DO NOT USE THIS INFO. Only contact foster@kyhumane.org with questions about your foster.

This info is for KHS fosters ONLY. Please do not share with people outside of the Kentucky Humane Society foster system. Thank you!

We have the lessons set up in 2 ways: by week or by skill.

If you'd like a methodical training plan that gets progressively more challenging as the weeks go on, the you'll want to go through the classes by week.
If you'd prefer to pick and choose the skills you work on (leash manners, sit, down, stay, housetraining, etc), then you'll want to go through the lessons by skill.

Lessons By Week

Lessons By Skill

Lessons By Week

Positively Puppies, Week 1

Part 1: Introduction and Supplies ~3 minutes long

Part 2: What is clicker training? ~1 minute long

Part 3: The Name Game (or a marker word such as "Yes!") ~1 minute long

Part 4: The collar grab (you can gently grab/touch neck if no collar). ~2 minutes long

Part 5: Capturing desired behavior ~2.5 minutes long

Part 6: Potty Training ~4 minutes long

Positively Puppies, Week 2

Part 1: Nose Touch ~3 minutes long

Part 2: Whiplash Turn (beginnings of the recall cue). ~2 minutes long

Part 3: Teaching "Sit" with a Lure. ~3 minutes long.

Part 4: Socialization. ~3 minutes long

Positively Puppies, Week 3

Part 1: Teaching "Down" with a Lure ~2 minutes long

Part 2: Adding Cues to "Sit" and "Down". ~1 minute long

Part 3: Teaching "Come" - Adding Distractions. ~2 minutes long

Part 4: Puppy Nipping & Mouthing. ~2 minutes long

Positively Puppies, Week 4

Part 1: Fading Treats from "Sit" and "Down" ~2 minutes long

Part 2: Teaching "Stay" - step 1. ~2 minutes long

Part 3: Teaching "Come" - Adding Difficulty ~1 minutes long

Part 4: Handling for Vet Care & Grooming ~3 minutes long

Positively Puppies, Week 5

Part 1: Teaching "Stay" - step 2: Adding Duration ~2 minutes long

Part 2: "Go to Place/Bed" - step 1. ~2 minutes long

Part 3: Aggression Prevention. ~5 minutes long

Part 4: Preventing Separation Anxiety. ~3 minutes long

Positively Puppies, Week 6

Part 1: Puppy Leash Manners ~3 minutes long

Part 2: "Stay" - step 3. ~2 minutes long

Part 3: "Go to Place/Bed" - step 2. ~1 minutes long

Part 4: Advancing Your Training ~4 minutes long

Part 5: Managing Behavior Problems ~5 minutes long

Lessons By Skill

Getting Started

Intro and supplies needed. (We can provide some of this, contact us!) ~3 minutes long

What is clicker training? This video is VITAL to the rest of your training. ~1 minute long

The Name Game ~1 minute long

The collar grab (you can gently grab/touch neck if no collar). ~2 minutes long

Capturing desired behavior ~2.5 minutes long

Nose Touch ~3 minutes long

Key Things for Fosters to Work On

Potty Training ~4 minutes long

Socialization (most socialization for young puppies needs to happen at home)~3 minutes long

Puppy Nipping & Mouthing. ~2 minutes long

Preventing Separation Anxiety. ~3 minutes long

Handling for Vet Care & Grooming ~3 minutes long

Aggression Prevention. ~5 minutes long

Sit & Down

Teaching "Sit" - step 1 (using a lure) ~3 minutes long.

Teaching "Down" - step 1 (using a lure) ~2 minutes long

Adding Cues to "Sit" and "Down". ~1 minute long

Fading Treats from "Sit" and "Down" ~2 minutes long

Stay

Teaching "Stay" - step 1. ~2 minutes long

Teaching "Stay" - step 2: Adding Duration ~2 minutes long

Teaching "Stay" - step 3. ~2 minutes long

Come

Whiplash Turn (teaching "come" step 1). ~2 minutes long

Teaching "Come" - Adding Distractions. ~2 minutes long

Teaching "Come" - Adding Difficulty ~1 minutes long

Miscellaneous

Puppy Leash Manners ~3 minutes long

"Go to Place/Bed" - step 1. ~2 minutes long

"Go to Place/Bed" - step 2. ~1 minutes long

Advancing Your Training ~4 minutes long

Managing Behavior Problems ~5 minutes long

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