Visitor Instructions

Your visitor is a trigger to your dog. Unlike some other triggers, we do have the ability to influence their…

The Initial Encounter

For dogs who feel really uncomfortable with people in their space and, if given the choice, would not want to…

The Environment

When dogs are excited or concerned by guests they are experiencing an emotional response, over which they have no control,…

Managing Visits

Management for ‘real-life’ visits needs to be maintained throughout any training process to remove or reduce practice of the unwanted…

Who’s There?

Welcome to Who’s There? This section of the course is dedicated to management, training and planning for visitors and greetings.…

Progression Sessions

The Three Ds (distance, distraction and duration) will look a little different for everyone depending on their plan for the…

Initial Sessions

In its simplest form, we’re training our dogs to go to a particular area on cue. Everything else that happens…

The Training Plan

We have the management in place, now to get to grips with the training plan! The aim of the training…

Management Options

Don’t forget that management for ‘real-life’ door activity needs to be maintained throughout the training process to remove or reduce…

Knock Knock!

Welcome to Knock Knock! This section of the course is dedicated to management and training for door reactions. Before cracking…