Puppy Culture Potluck: Ep42 - Troubleshooting Free Stack Training

About this episode

This episode provides troubleshooting tips for training a Labrador puppy to stack without auto-sitting.

This episode’s question is from one of our Killer Free Stack show training students, but my answer is equally applicable to anyone training a dog: “Hi all, I have a 10-week-old Labrador puppy. I have the Killer Free Stacks video… when I try to get a moment of stillness to mark, she auto-sits. If I hold the food in front of her, she digs at it hard and will sit. Any tips for teaching a stack would be great!” In this podcast I cover: Tips for hand position to avoid cueing sits How to know if your puppy understands what you want him to do What to do it your puppy’s just not “getting it” Visit our website www.madcapradio.com for further reading.

People in this episode

Host: Madcap Radio

Topics covered

• dog training
• puppy training
• free stack training
• dog behavior
• training tips

Keywords

• puppy training
• free stack
• dog training tips
• Labrador
• auto-sit

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Places: Labrador

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