Labrador Training: Using A Set Of Keys To Your Advantage

If you haven’t already noticed how your Labrador reacts to the sound of jingling keys, it isn’t long before you realize how this everyday item can be of great help throughout labrador training. All you will need to get started is a key chain with about 6 keys placed in a brass key, steel key sequence. This is important, as the right pitch and volume are necessary to succeed.

Keys are an easy way to get your Lab’s attention

The way a set of keys work in training is by conditioning your Labrador dog to the sound. Much like a whistle, a keychain also causes a natural response in dogs because the distinct sound grabs their attention and in a way enchants them. Unlike your voice, the sound of the set of keys does not vary in pitch.  This makes it makes them more recognizable for your Lab. However, proper conditioning is still required to enforce the key’s role in training and ensure that your Lab obeys.

Train your Labrador to respond to keys in just a few steps

Here are the steps

• Introduce your Labrador Retriever to the sound of the keys before the day’s first meal. Jingle the keychain for a couple of seconds without letting your dog see the keys, and then continue with feeding.


• Do the same thing for about 14 days, including each meal that is given throughout the day. During this time, avoid using the keys for other reasons until your Lab is further along with training.


• If you feel a little more enforcement is necessary, you can also try jingling the set of keys when arriving at home. While you’re still inside of your car with the door ajar, shake the keys and call your Lab by his or her name using a positive tone of voice.


• Next, practice calling your puppy, shaking the keychain, and rewarding your dog when he or she comes in a timely manner. Make sure you receive your dog with open arms so that he or she associates the event as a positive experience and continues obeying.


• Now, you’ll need to practice shaking the keys first, and then calling your Labrador because the main goal is to get your dog to obey to the sound of the keys alone.


• Lastly, dedicate a week or so of training to getting your dog to respond to just the sound of the keys. Reward your dog each time he or she obeys.

Once your dog is conditioned to respond to the set of keys, you can use this new power as an alternative to the “come” command or to stop your Lab from undesirable behavior such as chewing, barking, and more.

 How true it is that dogs reflect the character of their masters! A noisy, blustering windbag of a man inevitably has a dog that rushes out to roar at everything that will give ground to him. The dour chap possesses a sullen beast of kind, and your hail fellow sort of person usually owns a merry member of the tail-waggers that considers all passers-by friends. – Paul A. Curtis

 

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