Niveau 4

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LEVEL FOUR 
ZEN 4
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
FOCUS 4
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
COME 4
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
LAZY LEASH 4
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
RETRIEVE 4
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
TARGET 4
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
CRATE 4
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
RELAX 4
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
DISTANCE 4
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
GO TO MAT 4
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
HANDLING 4
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
COMMUNICATION 4
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
HOMEWORK 4
Describe the 4 worst behaviours or problems of your own dog and write out a plan for solving each.