A Quick Training Tip for Improving 2 On 2 Off Contact Performance

Does your dog slowly creep down the dogwalk? One of our young border collies has been slow at trials, sometimes stopping before he reaches the 2 on 2 off position he’s been taught. This usually happens because the dog is not 100% clear on the end behavior you want from them. Watch Sarah work on improving Venture’s dogwalk in this short, high-energy session below. We’ve included additional thoughts in this FREE QUICK TIP DOWNLOAD: 1. Release on a verbal cue only--vary your body position and motion, still vs moving, crouched vs standing, etc. 2. Do several end contact behaviors for every one attempt of the entire dogwalk. 3. An excellent 2 on2 off dogwalk time is 2.0 seconds or less, so Venture still has some work to do but he’s making progress!