Ewa Mantaj explains snake avoidance training for your dog - and how it could save the lives of people you love the most.
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00:00 So hi, my name is Eva, I'm the owner and founder of Wollongong Canine Academy, and today we've
00:05 been teaching one of our daycare dogs, Loki, some basic three skills that are required
00:13 for, or would be helpful for people who would wish to start a snake avoidance course.
00:19 The first one is what we call a marker, which is when I say yes, when he does the right
00:24 behaviour and I reward him.
00:26 The second is what we call a recall, which is when we call their name, we ask them to
00:30 come to us and they stop what they're doing and they run to us and they accept their reward.
00:37 And the third one is what we call a target touch.
00:40 So we use two fingers, but it could be anything, and I just put the two fingers out, his job
00:45 is to touch his nose on there, I say yes, I give him a treat.
00:49 And that's as simple as it is.
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