At OneMind Dogs, we think that each training session with a puppy or beginner dog should feel like being on a playground or an amusement park, instead of an army boot camp. Some of our coaches have actually started calling OneMind Dogs foundation “FUNdation”! In this demonstration video, you’ll see what we mean by that!

After this brief introduction, you and our dog will start learning together. During the first few sessions, you’ll build up his attitude for having fun with you. If you show your dog how genuinely happy you are about doing this fun stuff with him, he’ll feel the same way!

In each exercise you do, the main thing is that you both have fun and that your dog learns to confidently try new things. Instead of having the exercises go entirely correctly, focus more on having your dog give it his best shot, and move at the best possible speed in each situation.

This is how the course works

• Check out the quick instructional videos in each lesson
• Have fun practicing with your dog!
• Review and troubleshoot with our coaches through the chat bubble
• Mark the lesson complete (super important to track your progress!)

When we do foundation training with puppies or young dogs, most exercises are done just once. For example, the jump offering exercise usually only takes 2–4 short sessions. Practicing it too much can actually backfire—you may end up with a dog who takes any obstacle they see, even when not cued.

If a dog succeeds at the Following the Handling exercise on the first try, we don’t repeat it. That success tells us the dog understands it—there’s no need to keep going.

We only repeat exercises that the dog doesn’t succeed at on the first attempt without training aids. Later on, we might revisit foundation or technique training if the dog develops a specific issue that can be solved by going back to the teaching phase.

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