Figure 19. Dog staked for timeout — standing. 



mine if the dog should be timed out for a short 

 period and worked again, or timed out until the 

 next day. In hot weather the dog will be staked 

 in the shade with water. Most timeouts should 

 not exceed 15 to 20 minutes. 



32. Concurrent Training 



Concurrent training is performed outside the 

 pen without the search chain. It should include 

 conditioning of "Good," MOVEOUT, COME, 

 HEEL, SIT, DOWN and STAY. 



a. Start on the 5-foot leash while conditioning 

 "Good," then advance to the 25-foot leash and 



to off leash as the dog becomes proficient at the 

 movements. Condition the dog to '"Good" in the 

 same manner as outlined in paragraph 26. The 

 difference being that the dog is on-leash instead 

 of in the pen. Conditioning of "Good" outside 

 of pen should progress at the same rate as inside. 

 When the dog is conditioned to "Good," the 

 handler can start shaping his dog to move away 

 from him as outlined under paragraph 27. He 

 should advance to the 25-foot leash at this time 

 and shape the dog to a minimum distance of 

 15 feet before starting recall training. 



b. Up to this point the dog has automatically 

 returned to the handler when the word "Good" 



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