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LEVEL FOUR 

Step 1    - Dog stays off treat on coffee table 1 min 

              - CA - Chair seat, car floor, kitchen counter Zen

Step 2    - Off coffee table treat, you in & Out Of Sight x3

              - CA - Coffee table Zen with your eyes closed

Step 3    - Off coffee table treat, you OOS for 1 min

              - CA - Car Zen - take-out bags & boxes, groceries

Step 4    - Off treat you drop before giving off Q

              - CA - Pill bottles, toast, peanut butter spoons

Step 5    - Personal nightmare Zen situation

Step 1    - Dog looks at treat on ground in front of her

              - CA - Dog anticipates, you add Q

Step 2    - Dog looks at 6 inch jump, goes over it

              - CA - Look, Hup. Look, Go. Look, Get it.

Step 3    - Dog looks at treat on floor, makes eye contact

              - CA - Look at many good & scary things, then Watch.

Step 4    - Dog looks at 1 of 2 things on floor, goes correct

              - CA - Send to different mats, people, toys, jumps

Step 5    - Focus challenges

Step 1    - Comes from eye contact with another person     

              - CA - Work with "strangers" - beards, turbans, teens      

Step 2    - Comes from another person petting her

              - CA - Change body language - turn back, lie down

Step 3    - Comes from another person feeding her

              - CA - Use different people & treats

Step 4    - Comes to a whistle cue

              - CA - Work 1 Step of Come in each Level with whistle

Step 5    - Comes to find you hiding outside

Step 1    - Teach another person to pass L3 Step 3

              - CA - Tech takes dog into vet's, brings her back on LL  

Step 2    - Dog maintains LL 1 minute, normal walking

              - CA - Wide world - go for a drive, stop and walk

Step 3    - LL 1 minute, dogs & people in area

              - CA - New places, tougher distractions

Step 4    - LL 3 minutes, dogs & people in area

              - CA - Practise really hard to get ready for Step 5

Step 5    - LL during normal walk

Step 1    - Dog goes to 3 floor articles- wood, metal, cloth

              - CA - Many, many more articles - large, small, hard, soft

Step 2    - Put her mouth over the 3 articles on floor

              - CA - Move around house & yard, continue L3 Step 4

Step 3    - Lifts the 3 articles

              - CA - Same articles in different rooms or other articles

Step 4    - Retrieves the 3 articles

              - CA - Different articles, distances, places - some new Qs

Step 5    - Really neat trick

Step 1    - Dog goes 2 feet, paws up on vertical surface

              - CA - New surfaces

Step 2    - 5 feet, paws up on new vertical surface

              - CA - Work to reliability

Step 3    - 10 feet, paws up on another new vertical surface

              - CA - Chain link, stairs, scary stuff - skateboard, vacuum

Step 4    - Paws up on narrow vertical surface

              - CA - Use Look and get some real distance

Step 5    - Dog runs 10 feet away from trainer

Step 1    - Dog calm in crate 5 mins, you step OOS & in    

              - CA - Inside, outside, in car, at vet's.

Step 2    - Dog calm 5 mins, you step out & in x3

              - CA - Different crates, locations until routine

Step 3    - Calm 10 mins, close door, OOS, 2 distractions

              - CA - Add new distractions

Step 4    - Calm 15 mins, door closed, OOS, 2 distractions

              - CA - In crate in car while approaching good place

Step 5    - Strange place, 5 minutes, door closed, you work

Step 1    - Lazy Leash in sight of own worst distraction

              - CA - Work similar distractions

Step 2    - Downs in sight of own worst distraction

              - CA - Work less awesome situations as well

Step 3    - Settles 1 min in sight of own worst distraction

              - CA - Meet the distraction differently - drive, walk

Step 4    - Settles 3 min in sight of own worst distraction

              - CA - Speed up the settling response

Step 5    - Settles in new difficult area

Step 1    - Dog goes around standing person 5 feet away            

              - CA - Work with many people

Step 2    - Around seat person 5 feet away, no treats

              - CA - Different chairs, people, positions (stand on chair?)

Step 3    - Around seated person 15 feet away

              - CA - Work previous objects up to 15 feet - trees, stools

Step 4    - Around large object 5 feet away

              - CA - Different large objects. Cars?

Step 5    - Totally new object 5 feet away

Step 1    - Dog goes 2 feet to down on common un-mat    

              - CA - More places, many distractions

Step 2    - 5 feet to new un-mat, down 2 mins, no treats

              - CA - Goes to mat on Post-It note or tape on floor

Step 3    - 15 feet to personal object, 10 mins, you talk

              - CA - Add Relax

Step 4    - 10 feet, 20 mins, you do chores

              - CA - Work in car, barn, garden

Step 5    - Doorbell rings, dog GTM, you entertain briefly

Step 1    - Dog eliminates on lead                           

              - CA - Family and/or friends get behaviour

Step 2    - Dog eliminates on lead away from home

              - CA - Different locations

Step 3    - Dog eliminates on lead within 30 seconds

              - CA - More different people

Step 4    - Within 30 seconds away from home

              - CA - In vet's parking lot

Step 5    - On new surface within 30 seconds

Step 1    - Dog nose-targets hands Left & Right on Q

              - CA - Dog facing away from you

Step 2    - Paw-targets your feet L & R on Q

              - CA - You handle while dog touches someone else's feet

Step 3    - Goes to objects L & R on floor on Q

              - CA - L & R Punch 3 bigger & 3 smaller objects

Step 4    - Jumps L & R on cue

              - CA - Toward AND away from you, different distances

Step 5    - Dog spins L & R on cue

Describe the 4 worst behaviours or problems of your own dog and write out a plan for solving each.