Students of Picture Perfect Pets have sometimes told me the story of how they met one another out at a park one day while doing their homework for teaching their dogs "Come When Called" the Bette Yip way.
"We heard this other person saying 'pup, pup, pup, pup, pup' and asked if they attended dog training classes at Picture Perfect Pets."
In the clip below, Tatsu performs step three of what we've come to call the "Pup, Pup, Pup/Happy Sounds" method for teaching recalls (as opposed to the "DoggyTouch" method, for those of who've been in classes over the past year. We now teach both methods in our group dog training courses.)
As for young Tatsu's progress: with very basic distractions around, I'd give him an A- for this morning's work. Around the chaos of all dogs off leash at once during playtime, he gets a C+. That's not bad for a 14-week-old borzoi who's been home for about 2.5 weeks. There's much work to be done, but we're on our way!
