FIFA World Cup 2010 Doggy Style
The entire world is currently transfixed by the World Cup games in South Africa. “The beautiful game,” as it is known, has created a new wave of interest in the sport all over the globe. It’s really no surprise that some dog owners have asked if they could teach their dogs to play soccer, or football (if you’re reading internationally).
The answer of course is a resounding “Yes!” Dogs can learn to play soccer. All it takes is a little bit of good “coaching” or training on your part.
The best way to teach your dog to play soccer is by using clicker training. Other forms of positive reinforcement can also be used but clicker training allows you to “mark” the moment of success very precisely. This means that the moment your dog does what you want him to do you can reward her with the click of the clicker, and then the treat.
To teach your dog to play soccer you’ll need to teach her to touch the soccer ball (or whatever ball you want to use) as a target. Using the clicker training approach works very well, especially if your dog has already had exposure to clickers and target training. But even if your dog is a novice with clickers he should be able to learn these lessons very quickly.
First of all, choose a sturdy soccer ball or other sports ball appropriate for your dog’s size that your dog won’t be able to pop with his teeth. The reason for this choice is obvious: if your dog pops the ball or chews it the game is over. Don’t allow your dog to misbehave with the ball.
You’ll also need something to stand in for the goal. One of the easiest things to use is a chair. You can simply drape a towel or blanket around the sides and back of the chair, leaving the front open, so your dog will know where the ball is supposed to go when she’s trying to score a goal.
How To Teach Your Dog The Game
Dogs will typically move the ball either with their paws or with their nose. Your job is to teach your dog to move the ball in a way that enables her to score with it. She can really move the ball any way she wants out in the field but when she’s close to the goal she will need to move the ball with the bridge of her nose to get it through the goal (the chair) by lifting the ball from underneath as though she’s kicking it.
Teach your dog to “kick” the ball this way by teaching her to target the ball with her nose. This is easy to do. You should have your clicker ready, along with a bag of tiny treats. Hold the soccer ball out for your dog and encourage him to touch it with his nose. Your dog may not know what you want at first so don’t be surprised if he doesn’t touch it.
However, your job is to click and treat absolutely any behavior your dog shows that even looks like she’s making a movement toward the ball with her nose. Reward her for any positive response. A positive response could be just a glance at the ball, a shift toward the ball, a nod at the ball, and so on.
Gradually your dog will be getting closer to the ball and touching it with her nose. It may take a little time but it will happen. Don’t lose patience. Just keep clicking and treating. (That’s why the treats need to be very tiny. You don’t want your dog to fill up.) Your dog may be very curious about the ball and he may start touching it very quickly. You should still continue to click and treat with the ball until your dog definitely associates the ball with the rewards.
After your dog has learned that you want him to touch the ball and good things happen when he does, you can put the ball on the ground and teach your dog to touch it with his nose there using the click and treat method.
Once your dog has learned to touch the ball on the ground with his nose, then you will want to get more precise. Start clicking and treating your dog for touching the bottom half of the ball. This is where your dog will need to touch the ball in order for him to score a goal. You can hold the ball steady in this position for your dog to practice (while clicking and treating) with your foot if you like.
Finally, you can move the ball close to the goal. Hold the ball in position for your dog and have him touch the bottom half of the ball as he’s been doing. This time you can start removing your foot before your dog touches the ball. If your dog is touching the ball with any force at all, the ball should go through the goal. Score!
Of course, you and your dog can keep practicing and you should continue to reward your dog and fine tune her performance. Set the ball up a few paces from the goal, then start clicking and treating as the ball goes into the goal instead of when your dog touches the ball. Your dog will quickly understand her new task. Once she’s succeeded a few times, you can start placing the ball farther and farther away from the goal as your dog gets better at playing soccer.
Playing soccer with your dog can be a lot of fun. It does take some effort on your part to train your dog, but it’s well worth it!
Why not find a ball and see what you can do on the field with your dog?
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I have 3 adorable dogs, one is a black Labrador called ‘Duke’ and the two westies are ‘Lauchie’ and ‘Murdoch’. As you can imagine, my household is very active and there is rarely a dull moment!
I recently noticed Duke had a nasty habit of eating my westies’ poop. Well, someone must have heard my cries of disgust because a week later I came across your advice.
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As fellow dog owners, you and I both know dogs rely on their owners, as their pack leader, to sort out any problems that come along. Well, this message is for all of us who love their pets and feel their dog deserves extra special care when it comes to their dogs’ health and wellbeing.
You have probably been looking for answers to your dog’s poop eating fetish, only to find well-meaning friends and other dog owners chiming in with their opinions; this advice can be overwhelming, short-lived and, frankly, ineffective.
I know you’re sick of settling for your dog’s poop eating, so I want to share something very important with you – poop eating can sometimes be a sign of deeper psychological or health issues, so do you really want to try a half-baked solution?
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Dear fellow dog owner,
Hi, my name is Mia Montagliani and I am a professional dog trainer from ‘Your Dog Needs You’, an online dog training and health resource for owners. I am also the proud owner of two Manchester Terriers, my little Frodo and my girl, Ziggy. (Manchester Terriers are not a common breed – if you don’t know what they look like, well, picture pint sized Dobermans!)
There was a time when I had to endure Frodo eating poop at every opportunity.
It started when he was only a puppy – at 8 weeks old I caught Frodo eating cat poop. I was terrified – I was sure he had caught some awful disease and in a panic I literally washed his mouth out with soap whilst holding him over the laundry basin. (I am not proud of that moment – I’m sure it traumatised my little boy). My reaction was that of a terrified mother – you see – Frodo was my first puppy and I was sickened to think he’d die of some disease because he hadn’t finished getting all his vaccinations.
That night it seemed my worst fears had come true – Frodo had diarrhoea. I then found myself in the embarrassing predicament of being scolded by a vet for ringing him at 11.30pm at night on his emergency number for such a trivial matter.
People told me Frodo would grow out of it because he was just a curious puppy, but he didn’t. Instead, he ate poop every day. Frodo would eat Ziggy’s poop and poop he had found in public areas. It scared me to think that the poop he was eating could have been infested with anything, after all not all dog owners worm their dogs properly.
Frodo, bless his little soul, would even eat his own poop once he had finished eliminating – whilst it was still steaming hot! That made me sick to my stomach.
Sometimes, I’d spy him through my back window sniffing poop and I could tell he was about to eat it – so I’d yell out in anger and he would stop. Only later would I find the poop scattered and half eaten in the garden and his breath smelling of that awful tell-tale stink. And – *sigh* – I just knew he’d stolen a chance to eat the poop when my head was turned.
So, what could I do? I listened to other dog owners who said I should put stuff in his food that was supposed to make him stop, but it only worked for a short time. A fellow dog trainer advised me to teach Frodo to ‘leave it’ but that only worked sometimes as the lure of poop was almost intoxicating to him.
I started to do some research and dug around for some real solutions. All I wanted to know was how I could fix these problems that were gnawing away at me:
GRRROWL # 1
I couldn’t stop my dog from eating poop FOR GOOD
No matter what I tried, the problem would come up again. It got to the point where I thought I’d have to fight my dog’s addiction at every turn, but every time I thought I’d won a battle, I was still losing the war.
GRRROWL # 2
My dog would only sometimes listen when I told him to ‘leave it’
It was easier to get Frodo to leave poop when he was on a lead and if all else failed I’d just yank him away from the poop. But it was a different story when he was off-lead; Frodo would gobble it up before I could reach him and I knew I had to cop the stares of disgust from other dog owners walking their dogs nearby. I was simply embarrassed because, not only was my dog eating poop, but it was clear I could not control my dog.
GRRROWL # 3
My dog would eat poop when he knew I wasn’t looking
I would love coming home to my dog, but I’d never allow him to come near my face and lick me because I just knew, with one whiff of his foul breath that he’d eaten poop that day. If Frodo was on my lap and he yawned, I would turn away because that’s when I‘d always get a whiff of his stinky breath.
GRRROWL # 4
Poop was utterly addictive and intoxicating to my dog
Frodo would go nuts for poop, like most people love sugar. He would just go for it. Have you ever dealt with an addict? They’re tough to persuade! I didn’t know how to make him not even want the poop anymore, let alone force him to stop.
GRRROWL # 5
My dog’s addiction was a result of deeper psychological or health issues that I couldn’t put my finger on
Like I said before, people would tell me to put stuff in Frodo’s food to stop him gobbling poop. But I knew deep down that as a responsible dog owner, I owed it to my dog to ensure any problems he was experiencing that was compelling him to eat poop, should be dealt with properly. I wanted him actually not even want to eat poop anymore, rather than me yelling at him to stop or merely suppressing his urge temporarily.
GRRROWL # 6
I didn’t know how to protect me, my family and all my dogs from poop related diseases
Parasites, worms and other nasties can live in poop. But they’re only a fraction of the invisible killers that can infest poop. I knew my dog would be in danger of picking up all manner of diseases and that he could possibly pass them onto me and my family (including my other precious furkid, Ziggy).
Let’s face it – this habit is:
IRRITATING DISGUSTING REVOLTING UNHEALTHY
And on top of all that, I was exhausted by the endless cycle of my dog’s poop eating, followed by punishment and then feeling like a failure when things didn’t change. This endless cycle churned like a well-oiled wheel …and I felt like I was that crazy mouse running in that wheel getting nowhere because there was nothing I could do.
If you feel the same way, then you’re probably asking – how could I possibly stop this quickly?
Well, thanks to the many hours spent thoroughly researching this problem and three thousand dollars I spent in pursuing an accreditation in dog training, I was able to stop Frodo eating poop forever…and I mean this – FOREVER! It’s been 4 years since Frodo has eaten poop and – thank goodness – I don’t even smell it on his breath anymore.
Despite spending hundreds on so-called remedies and staying up late reading tonnes of stuff in books and on the net, I was able to win that war with only a few grey hairs to show for it (look closely at my picture – those greys are still there!)
As you can imagine, there are many like me out there, and maybe even yourself, who would benefit from my experience and make their life easier by having all the information they’ll ever need in one easy to read ebook. And – voila! – all this time later and with dog training experience behind me I put together this resource for people like us.
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Let your mind wander for a small moment and imagine this…
It’s 10:37am on a fine and lazy Sunday morning…you’re enjoying another walk in a nearby park with your dog. In the corner of your eye you spy some dog poop that a careless dog owner has left behind. For just a fleeting moment you feel that familiar dread – but instead you smile ear to ear. Why? Because your dog walks past the poop with only a cursory sniff…your dog’s indifference to what would have previously been a yummy doggy snack astounds and pleases you. You walk on with your dog, feeling pleased that your little angel is obedient, happy and healthy – and feel joyous disbelief at how easy and convenient this is. And best of all…No matter what type of poop your dog spies, you feel reassured your dog no longer feels the urge to splurge on poop!
Okay…snap out of it….now you’re probably wondering…
What’s special about this ebook about, anyway?
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GEM # 2
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GEM # 7
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