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Week 3 Videos

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 In week 3, we have taken everything that you are working on and brought it outside to increase distractions.  So all the same homework, but now pick a low-key outdoor area to practice in, weather permitting. Other than increasing these distractions, your homework remains in the same format as Week 2 . Practicing "let's go" outside: This video is inside, but we are also practicing outside (raining this day): Downs are still inside, but now we are practicing them from standing: Circle sit stays you should still practice inside, but still sit stays you can practice outside; just decrease the time to start as low as 5 seconds if you have to. 

Week 2 (1) Lured Down (Changed) (2) Stays (New) (3) Let's Go Work (New) (4) Leave It (Changed) (5) Look (Same) (6) Send to Place (Changed) (7) Circle Place (Changed) (8) Long Place (Changed) (9) Sit on The Dog (Same) (10) Relax for Exam (Same)

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NOTE 1:  YOUR TRAINING SESSIONS FOR THE FIRST 6 EXERCISES IN TOTAL SHOULD BE 10-15 MINUTES IN TOTAL.   A TRAINING SESSION COULD EVEN BE LESS THAN 5 MINUTES.   YOU WANT TO GET TWO OR THREE TRAINING SESSIONS IN A DAY.  NOTE 2:  IF YOU DON'T GET TO AN EXERCISE ON A DAY, JUST BE SURE TO DO THAT EXERCISE THE NEXT DAY. NOTE 3:  ALL EXERCISES  SHOULD BE DONE ON LEASH AND IN VERY LOW DISTRACTION AREAS IN THE FIRST WEEK.  LONG PLACE AND CIRCLE PLACE ARE NOW DONE WITH THE LEASH DRAGGING INSTEAD OF HELD NOTE 4:  YOU CAN WORK THESE EXERCISES ALONE EACH, OR YOU CAN ROTATE THROUGH THESE EXERCISES (EXCEPT THE PLACE EXERCISES SINCE THEY ARE NOT LURED AT THIS POINT).  I SOMETIMES ROTATE THROUGH THE EXERCISES SO THAT THE PUPPY DOES NOT GET BORED.   NOTE 5:  IF YOU ARE DOING THE EXERCISES INDIVIDUALLY, WE ARE WORKING SO THAT YOU START TO GET 4 IN A ROW WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT.  THE 4 IN A ROW IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN RUSHING T...