Education: How to teach your dog to back off?
Teaching your dog to take a step back will allow you to better manage him if he is the invasive type and strengthen your understanding.
Dogs love to learn new things and please their masters. Walking backwards is a fun, fun, and easy-to-teach exercise. Plus, it has more than one use. How is it done...
Learning to step back: what is it for dogs?
Any form of learning is good for the dog and his relationship with his owner. No matter what exercise you teach your dog, once learned it will make the transition to another dog easier. Each trick instilled in an animal makes it more receptive and more integrated with others.
In addition, most of the exercises taught to a dog challenge his mental and physical abilities, which greatly improve his abilities.
Of course, these education sessions strengthen the bond and the complicity between the dog and its owner, which has a positive effect on their daily communication.
This is useful for at least two reasons when teaching your dog to back off.
The first is that this trick allows you to channel it and control it if it proves to be a little too intrusive. It is often more effective than a simple "sitting" or "laying down" plan.
The second concerns obedience, agility or dog sports in general. Different exercises or phases of the course require the dog to take a few steps back.
Finally, in some cases, backing up can be a life-saving maneuver, especially when the dog enters a tight space and has no choice but to back up and walk away.
This is the kind of misfortune that terrier owners can experience, as they tend to "snoop around" and chase small animals into the most inaccessible corners.
Method 1: barrier-free
In your living room or garden, face your dog with treats in hand. Put it at its muzzle, then stick it on it and slowly move forward while giving the command "back" or "back" a few times. This will force him back. Ask him to take 3 or 4 steps back like this, then praise him and treat him.
Start again by touching his muzzle less and less, then, for the rest of the session, increase the distance between you and your dog. Guide it with the hand holding the treat.
Remember to praise your dog and reward him every time.
This exercise will be taken for granted when your dog walks away after hearing your command.
Method 2: Corridor
Arrange a sort of narrow corridor by positioning the boards, for example, parallel to the sofa.
Put your dog at the entrance to this hallway with his head facing you and his hind legs in the hallway. With a snack in hand, hand it to him and nudge him forward so he walks backwards through that tight space while giving him the command "return" or "return."
When he's done, praise him and offer him a reward as a reward.
The next lessons will gradually remove obstacles.
Whichever method you choose, be patient with your dog. His intelligence, his rewards and his work will eventually pay off.
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