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Using a place board as a target training mat in your practice cuts out confusion by allowing us to break down behaviours such as ‘sit’ and ‘stay’ in dog obedience as well as more complex exercises found in gundog and agility work, into smaller steps making it easier to communicate what we want to our dogs.

How to use Place Boards to improve your agility start line wait What is an agility start line wait? In agility, you want a dog to sit at the start line and remain sitting until given their release cue.   What is the idea behind using a Place Board? In foundation training, you encourage your dog onto the Place Board and into a sit and remain sitting until they hear they hear us say “OK” as a release cue. This builds positive associations being on the board by rewarding them for their behaviour. Because your dog feels positive about being...

Using a place board in sit-stay training to teach dogs to be steady and stay seated as their handler walks away 5 paces.

Using a place board in sit-stay training to teach dogs to be steady and stay seated for 30 seconds until they hear their release cue "OK".

Guide 2: How to teach your dog ‘Place’ using a Place Board Our earlier post covers the first three stages of introducing the Place Board to your dogs' training. Check out the blog series by Clicking Here. In this article, we cover how to teach the dog what we want them to do when we say “place” so that we can send them to their target from a distance.    You will need: Place Board. Lead and collar or harness. High-value food rewards cut into pea-sized pieces.  Treats Pouch. Clicker (if using).   TIP: high-value food rewards include chicken/sausage/cheese/pate. It is advantageous...