The Aussies 2019 - Members version

How to teach your Aussie to beg
Begging is a cute dog trick that is moderately easy to train.
What You Need
You'll need to have some uninterrupted Dme and paDence.
Make sure your choose somewhere to train your Aussie
where there are no distracDons. It is also a good idea to
choose a Dme once they have been clean and when their
body clock is not saying ‘it’s Dme for my meal!’ The next
important thing is to have a reward. This is where the term
‘high value’ treats comes in. You need the best treats, or f
treats are not your Aussie’s things. A toy that they love.
Then you can begin..
You'll start training a dog to do this dog trick by asking it to
sit. If your dog isn't able to sit on command, go back and
work on the sit command before teaching it to beg. Once
your dog is able to sit on command, proceed with the
training.
With your Aussie in the sit posiDon, hold a treat at its nose,
and give the command "beg." Or whatever word you choose
to use for this acDon.
Teaching a dog to spin
You can train a dog to simply spin in one direcDon or you can
train your dog to discriminate between lec and right.
Teach a Basic Spin
You need to start with your dog in a standing posiDon. If your
dog doesn't know how to stand on command, it ’s easier to learn
that first.
Once your dog is standing, hold a treat in front of your dog's
nose. Slowly move the treat towards the side of your dog's
head, so it turns its head to follow the treat.
Keep moving the treat in a circle all the way around your dog's
body making it spin to follow the treat.
Once your dog has followed the treat in a complete circle, mark
the fact by saying "yes" or "good" or click your clicker. Then
quickly give your dog the treat.
You need to repeat this 3 Dmes. Then stop. Rest your dog unDl
the next training session.
Once your dog seems to understand the acDon, add the
command word "spin”.
As your dog reaches to take the treat in its mouth, slowly
raise the treat over its head so that your dog will have to
reach up to get it.
Pull it up unDl the dog is sinng on its hind end with the front
paws off the floor and held in front n the begging posiDon.
As soon as your dog is in the begging posiDon, tell your dog
"good" or click your clicker, and give it a treat.
Repeat these steps several Dmes each day for short training
sessions. It won't be long unDl your dog is begging on
command.
It wont always happen immediately
Some dogs won't go into the begging posiDon during the very
first training session. If this is the case, you need to train a
dog to beg in smaller steps. For example, start with the sit.
Then as before hold the treat in front of your dog’s nose and
give the command ‘Beg’. Slowly move the treat up so your
dog will have to stretch their nose up in the air to reach it. As
soon as your dog lics its nose in the air, click your clicker or
tell it "good," and give it a treat. You conDnue each Dme just a
li2le higher unDl you get the proper beg.
You need to pracDce the beg command for a few minutes
several Dmes each day.
What to do if your Aussie doesn’t pick it up quickly
If your dog makes a mistake more than two or three Dmes in
a row at any stage in the training process, go back to an
earlier step. PracDce that step unDl your dog your dog is
always doing it correctly, and then begin moving slowly ahead
in the training once again. Once your dog has got the beg
command down, conDnue to pracDce and reinforce it. If you
don't keep consistent, your dog might lose its training. If that
happens, just start the training all over again.
You need to spend about five minutes several Dmes a day
pracDcing the spin. This will reinforce the training. And
remember lots of tasty treats.
How Add DirecBon
Once the dog twirls on command, you can begin training
direcDons.
Begin as you did above with a treat in front of your dog's nose.
This Dme, change the command to "right spin" or "lec spin."
Give the command, and pull the treat around your dog in the
direcDon you want it to spin.
You need to schedule several short training sessions each day.
Be sure to work on only one new command (right or lec spin) .
Then once your dog understands the first spin command, you
can then teach the other direcDon.
Once you get advanced you can ask it to spin in different
direcDons during one training session.
What to do if your Aussie doesn’t pick it up quickly
While some dogs will learn to spin in just a few training sessions,
others might get stuck or find it hard to complete a spin. In this is
the case, break the training into segments. This means you hold
a treat to one side of your dog's head. As soon as it turns its
head, give lots of praise and give a treat. Once it is consistently
turning its head, move the treat further round. Keep repeaDng
unDl your dog understands what you want.
SomeDmes a dog can forget what is wanted, so just start again
from scratch.
Dizzy
Dogs, like humans, can get dizzy. A common mistake is to train
for too long and can result in a dizzy and confused dog. Only
pracDce for limited Dmes, and if your dog really seems to dislike
the spinning sensaDon, there is no need to conDnue it. Focus on
other trick that your dog does well.