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encouraging. If it is given out much

later, he could be led to believe that you

are rewarding him for the next thing he

does.

6 - Canine training guide

1- Basic training

The reinforcement of basic commands

("Heel", "Sit", "Down", etc.) can be

undertaken using MasterPlus

PRO

from the age of 4 months. If your

puppy is the right size, he can

become accustomed to wearing the

MasterPlus

PRO collar in a short space

of time. This will allow you to interrupt

him whenever he is in the process of

making a mistake and point him in the

right direction, rather than your having

to keep punishing him. In this way, your

companion will learn to obey you in a

co-operative spirit rather than as a

result of fear.

Cleanliness

A normal puppy learns the basics of

cleanliness very quickly if he is trained

properly.

Keep an eye on your puppy after meals

and waking up when he will be on the

lookout for somewhere to answer the

call of nature.

When he starts to look around and sniff

at the ground or even squat down

inside the house, immediately trigger

the collar. Take him straight out and put

him wherever you want him to defecate

and urinate. Give him time to

reconcentrate and then enthusiastically

congratulate him once he has finished

in the right spot. The first few times,

you can give him a treat while

congratulating him. This strategy

should avoid any problems but, if they

persist, consult your veterinarian.

Heel

Your puppy is discovering the world

around him. Any moving object or new

smell attracts his attention and

sometimes when you call him he

ignores you because he finds what he

is doing more interesting; perhaps he is

so absorbed that he does not even hear

you. MasterPlus

PRO can be used to

distract him so that he pays attention to

you. Immediately after pressing the

button, provide something that will

attract him; crouch down, call him

cheerfully, open your arms and, most

importantly, give him an enthusiastic

cuddle to reward him for coming back

because, otherwise, he might think that

you tricked him. Always remember to

let him go quickly so that coming back

to heel is a pleasure rather than a trap.

Walking to heel

Training a dog to walk at heel works in

the same way as that for coming to

heel but requires more concentration

on the part of the dog and it is therefore

recommended not to undertake it

within the first few months.

During the training, MasterPlus

PRO

can be used to reattract the attention of

the dog whenever he is distracted by

anything e.g. every time he sees a bird.

The safest strategy is to start the

training with a leather or synthetic leash

of about 1 metre in length or an

adjustable leash locked in position. Thus

your dog will learn that it is easier for

him to walk along close to your leg than

to go wandering off. Congratulate him

verbally or by petting when he walks by

your side as he is supposed to.

Whenever he goes beyond your knee,

give him a firm verbal "No" and, at the

same time, give the leash a brief twitch.

The leash should be slack when the dog

is behaving well and should be allowed

to slacken immediately following the

twitch. Once the dog has begun to walk

at heel, his education can be reinforced

with MasterPlus

PRO. The spray should

be set off if the command "No" is not

obeyed i.e. if the dog pretends not to

have heard it. This affords more

flexibility than does using a leash and as

soon as you are away from traffic you

can let him run around with other dogs.

Do not jump

What is more irritating than a dog who

jumps all over people to greet them? If

this is to be avoided, prevention is

easier than cure and puppies have to

be taught when very young that there

are other ways of welcoming humans.

Ask friends to come in and as soon as

the puppy takes to his rear paws,

trigger the collar and tell him to sit.

When he is obedient, ask your friends to

congratulate the dog.

If you need to retrain your dog i.e. get

rid of an already established bad habit,

proceed in the same way but training

may take longer.

2 - Particular problems:

retraining adult dogs

Not to stray off property

or into traffic

MasterPlus

PRO provides the ideal

stimulus to stop him.

Using MasterPlus

PRO you can even

create boundaries for your dog such as

not to leave the kerb or stray onto the

vegetable garden.

Do not chase

Chasing vehicles, joggers, cats or

wildlife is dangerous and should be

interrupted the moment a dog begins to

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run. This type of training requires good

instincts and reflexes in you the owner

and, if possible, the collaboration of

friends driving cars, bikes or jogging. If

the bad behaviour can be provoked by

stooges, the training will be achieved

more quickly.

Preventing aggressive behaviour

Dogs act aggressively to defend

their territory, status, food or their

favourite companion. In such cases,

MasterPlus

PRO can be an essential re-

educative tool, but cannot be relied upon

to stop a dog known to be dangerously

aggressive. It is essential that advice be

sought from your veterinarian or from a

suitably qualified training professional

before a treatment strategy with the

MasterPlus

PRO begins.

Under

veterinary

supervision,

MasterPlus

PRO has been tested in the

treatment of dogs that have attacked

other dogs in public places. In

combination with a course of drugs, it

worked well in 90% of cases within

5 weeks whereas traditional behavioural

therapy with the same drugs was only

effective in 20% of cases.

Do not pick things up,

do not steal

Some dogs want to pick up and trophy

objects and edibles. This can be

discouraged by setting off the collar at

the moment he starts to sniff the object,

even before he picks it up.

study

was

recently

carried

out to measure the efficacy of

MasterPlus

PRO in training dogs to

ignore pieces of potentially dangerous

bait. After 5 weeks with two training

sessions per week, 90% of the dogs ate

less than 15% of the bait and 80% ate