Review of using sound!

To review:
first request, "go in the other room, good boy";
second request; “go in the other ROOM good boy";
third request "go in the other room, good boy"; Let's say he accomplished the request properly.
When he violates the command, your next request to send him back in there would be, in actuality, his fourth request, requiring sound on this command.
If you are not thoroughly confused at this point, I'm surprised.

Here's the rest of the secret: The sequence of events never starts over again, but always continues from the last instance in which the sound was used. It is imperative to try to remember the last occasion in which your dog was given a command. Example: let's say, he's out in the back yard.

You call him in, and he fails to respond. So you reach for the can, and repeat your request accompanied with one hard downward shake to create sound. Naturally, your dog will respond on this occasion. Next time that he is out in the yard, -even if it's the next day, and he fails to respond when you ask him to come in, you've got to try to remember when it was, that you last needed to re-enforce the command, using sound. So you might stop for a moment to think, "gee, wasn't it just last night, that I asked him to come inside, and failing that, needed to create the sound on my second request for him to come in?"

Did the sound come from my hand, or did the can need to be tossed beyond him. Follow through thinking this out, and make the right decision. If you can't remember the last instance, that's O.K. Simply do your best, and set yourself an appointment to do the Family Pack Leadership exercise when you plan to re-install the conditioned reflex to "come". It'll take about ten minutes. .