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Learning impulse control

Impulse control concerns the ability to resist the immediate desires. A dog that demands attention by barking or whining or dog that comes running to see something interesting, have little impulse control. Dogs must learn to not always be getting what they want when they want and not get what they want to be annoying. The goal is to teach the dog to have self-control to be able to inhibit their own and meet our rules, the dog will learn to be calm to get what they want and will increase your safety and that of others. For example, a dog that responds to the call or wait before passing through a door, you can avoid dangers like getting lost or being hit, or a dog that knows how to sit for hello, do not jump on people being able to harm them.
There are several exercises and games that help the dog to have self control. We should always begin with an attainable level of demand for the dog and we are gradually increasing the challenge.
- "Stop!" This exercise is to teach the dog to ignore a stimulus attractive to him and pay attention to the individual. Can be taught first with food so the dog learns to avoid picking up food from the floor, but can also be used, for example, that the dog does not chase the cat. Susan Garrett teaches exercise called "It's yer choice."
- Wait for food: the ideal is to get your plate with food on the floor and teach your dog that you can only eat when you are calm and when prompted.
- wait before crossing a door you teach the dog to wait for an order to exit. You can practice with the front door, the door of the car (if your dog will travel with us by car), the door of his cage or his pen, etc.
- On and off: It teaches the dog to start, pause and stop the play sessions. If we play tug a toy, the dog should learn to let the order and run some quiet exercise (such as sit or lie) to restart the game.
- Wait for find a toy dog \u200b\u200b sit still waiting the signal to bring the toy.
- Watch: to a stimulus that interests you, the dog owner looks to get what they want. If we have a toy or food in hand, ask the dog to see us and let you win the prize.
- Wait before crossing the street: the dog learns to stop when facing a ditch. The following video
can see Jazz learning some of these exercises:

Here you can see the Juliet, who at 3 months old and knew to stop at the corners: