Tonight I decided to video Zane doing the Relaxation Protocol Day 1. And of course, I had his head chopped off on the video, so we had to film it again. Poor puppy. He was getting a bit tired and distracted the second time. That's a lot of work!
The Relaxation Protocol is a beautiful thing. Each day gets harder and harder. Within each day, it starts easy, gets harder, gets easy, gets harder, and ends easy. When working on a behavior, remember the 3 D's - Distance, Duration, Distractions. You can work on one at a time until it is fluent at that level. In the RP, if you add distance, the time is short. If you increase time, you stay close. If you add a distraction, it's short and you are close. As days go by, they do start combining, but Day 1 starts off easy.
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