Action! Train Your Dog To Be A Movie Star

Have fun training your dog to be an Animal Actor! Tips, tricks and techniques from a professional animal trainer

What you'll learn

Prepare your dog for photo shoots, film roles, stage work and TV appearances

Train your dog to perform a variety of skills and tricks needed for working in the movie industry

Maximise your dog's potential and develop a strong partnership

Have fun training your dog using reward-based methods

Requirements

No previous experience in training animals for films and TV is required

Description

“Action! Train Your Dog To Be A Movie Star” contains over 6 hours of video, with 60 lectures, covering basic training to advanced skills including stay, come, go to a mark, fetch and carry an item, pull on an item, go to sleep, speak (bark), wave, get in a box, follow a person, “puppy dog eyes”, prick up ears, paw at someone to get attention, jump through an opening, and much more. Examples of training equipment including target sticks, platforms and target mats, the movie trainer’s “Look Stick”, and how to use these in training.Training principles are woven through the course lectures, including the 3 D's of training (Distance, Duration and Distraction) and how to apply them in your training, the use of reward signals to communicate with your dog when it has responded correctly, and how to train silent cues.Get tips, tricks and techniques from a professional animal trainer. What is an A to B? What sort of dog do you need? What kind of work do Dog Actors do? The lectures use real examples from films, TV shows and commercials that my dog, or dogs I have trained, have appeared in, to illustrate the professional methods that you can use to teach the acting skills to your dog.But - guess what - even if your dog isn’t called up for an acting job, you will still have tons and tons of fun training your dog to perform these skills!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction To The Course

Lecture 2 Meet Your Instructor

Lecture 3 Meet My Dogs

Section 2: Is Your Dog Suitable For Dog Acting Work?

Lecture 4 What Type Of Dog Do You Need?

Lecture 5 Handling, Socialisation and Environmental Exposure

Section 3: Obedience Basics

Lecture 6 Using Reward Signals Including A Clicker

Lecture 7 Basic Positions - Sit, Stand, Down and Settle

Lecture 8 The Importance of Stay, and How To Train It

Lecture 9 Name For Attention

Lecture 10 Come When Called

Lecture 11 Take Treats Gently

Section 4: Target Training - Equipment And Training Steps

Lecture 12 Target Sticks

Lecture 13 How To Teach Your Dog A Nose Target

Lecture 14 How To Train With A Follow Stick

Lecture 15 How To Teach Your Dog A Paw Target

Lecture 16 Chin Target

Lecture 17 Platforms

Lecture 18 How To Use A Platform To Anchor Your Dog

Lecture 19 Target Mats

Lecture 20 Look Stick

Lecture 21 How To Teach Your Dog To Look At A “Look Stick”

Section 5: Movie Skills

Lecture 22 The 3 D's - Distance, Duration And Distraction

Lecture 23 Cued Release To Take Food

Lecture 24 How To Teach Your Dog To “Mark” - Go To A Target Mat or Cone

Lecture 25 Silent Signals

Lecture 26 Advanced Recall Skills

Lecture 27 Go - To Send The Dog

Lecture 28 Walk Back

Lecture 29 Wag Your Tail

Lecture 30 "A To B" Behaviours

Lecture 31 Hold Item In Mouth

Lecture 32 Eyeline - Watch Me, Look At That, Disengage

Lecture 33 Give To Hand

Lecture 34 Pick Up Item

Lecture 35 Fetch

Lecture 36 Carry Item

Lecture 37 Add The Hold Cue With Another Behaviour

Lecture 38 Drop It Or Spit Out Item

Lecture 39 Put Item In Box or Bucket

Lecture 40 Put Item On Table

Lecture 41 Pull On Clothing

Lecture 42 Shake Item

Lecture 43 Pricked Ears - Look Alert

Lecture 44 Puppy Dog Eyes

Lecture 45 Head Tilt

Lecture 46 Mouth Closed

Lecture 47 Sleep Or Play Dead

Lecture 48 Head Down - Head Up

Lecture 49 Crawl

Lecture 50 Speak - Bark On Cue

Lecture 51 Be Carried

Lecture 52 Paws Up

Lecture 53 Jump Over

Lecture 54 Jump Up

Lecture 55 Jump Through

Lecture 56 Wave

Lecture 57 Get In A Box Or Basket

Lecture 58 Nose Nudge A Person And Nose Push An Object

Lecture 59 Paw For Attention

Lecture 60 Follow An Object Or Person

Lecture 61 Scratch For Fleas

Lecture 62 "Go With" And “Go To” An Actor

Lecture 63 Wear Clothing, Protective Gear Or Other Items

Section 6: Conclusion

Lecture 64 Different Types Of Dog Actor Work, Plus How To Find Jobs And Get Experience

Lecture 65 End Of Course Message

For anyone wanting to learn how to turn their pet dog into a professional animal actor,For anyone wanting to have a well trained dog that can respond to cues in a variety of different places