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1. Put the DogWatch receiver collar on your dog at least 20 minutes before going

outside to train.

2. Clip on the green DogWatch training lead and take your dog outside and play

a few minutes in the Safety Zone.

3. Walk around the complete perimeter, remaining inside the Safety Zone. Pause

a few times along the way to slap a flag and yell, “Watch out!” or “Careful!”

4. Select a new location to teach your dog today. Allow your dog to walk into the

Avoidance Zone while saying the negative command. If your dog retreats out

of the Avoidance Zone when he hears the warning “beep”, praise him for a few

minutes in the Safety Zone.

5. Select another location and repeat the exercise.

Remember: Keep the training sessions to no longer than 20 minutes, once or

twice a day.

6. After training, praise your dog and play with him in the Safety Zone for a few

minutes, bring your dog into the house and remove the DogWatch collar after

about 20 minutes.

Note: It is important not to remove the receiver collar immediately following the train-

ing as you do not want your dog to associate the receiver collar with the correction.

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1. Put the DogWatch receiver collar on your dog at least 20 minutes before going

outside to train.

2. Clip on the green DogWatch training lead and take your dog outside and play a

few minutes in the Safety Zone.

3. Walk around the Safety Zone and have an

assistant (friend or family member) appear

outside the Safety Zone at least 10 to 15 feet

back from the flags. Walk past your assistant

without speaking, but remain in the Safety

Zone.(Figure 10.)

4. If your dog approaches your assistant and

enters the Avoidance Zone, allow your dog

to receive a correction. Yell, “Watch out!”

and tug him back into the Safety Zone.

5. Let your assistant leave, walk your dog around

the perimeter again, and let your assistant

appear again. Your assistant can call out the

dog’s name, but do not allow your assistant to

ask the dog to “Come”.

6. If your dog attempts to go over to your assistant, reinforce the flags and yell.

“Watch out!” Repeat the exercise for no more than a total of 20 minutes.

7. If your dog makes no attempt to go over to your assistant, reinforce the flags,

Figure 10.

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end the exercise and praise your dog in the Safety Zone.

8. Repeat the exercise for 2 to 5 days. Then move to Phase 4.

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1. Put the DogWatch receiver collar on your dog at least 20 minutes before going

outside to train.

2. Clip on the green DogWatch training lead to your dog’s regular collar and take him

outside. Play a few minutes in the Safety Zone.

3. Reinforce the flags.

4. Introduce “real life” distractions to your dog.

Have a friend drop by or start training

when the letter carrier or school bus is

scheduled. Take extra care if you use a

vehicle as a distraction. (Figure 11.)

5. Keep the dog on leash when you first intro-

duce the distraction. If your dog attempts to

run past the flags and receives a correction,

he should retreat to the Safety Zone. Praise

and play with your dog.

6. If your dog is afraid to move, tug him back

into the Safety Zone. Continue to train with

distractions for 2 to 5 days.

Remember: Play and praise at the end of

each training session.

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1. Put the DogWatch receiver collar on your dog at least 20 minutes before going

outside to train.

2. Clip on the green DogWatch training lead to your dog’s regular collar and take

him outside and play a few minutes in the Safety Zone. Remove the training

leash and let him run freely in the yard. Shake the flags to reinforce where his

boundary is.

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Your dog will expand his comfort level over a period of time. Your

dog should remain about 6 feet way from the flags when he is first let off the

leash. Gradually your dog’s safety zone will increase to his individual level of

comfort. Remove the flags, every other one, every other day.

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1. Your dog will run toward the flags, see them and stop.

2. Your dog will run into the system, hear the “beep” warning and retreat.

3. Your dog will run into the system, hear the “beep” warning, receive a correc-

tion, and retreat.

Figure 11.

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