Relationship Centered Training

Appropriate for any age dog, Go Say Hi 1-2-3/People is a fun and easy to teach technique that works well in a class setting. Go Say Hi 1-2-3 is a win-win situation for the dog. The dog remains in connection with handler, learns self control, and receives the reward of social interaction plus rewards from handler for disengaging from the greeting.

For the dog who enjoys greeting people, it’s all good! For dogs that do not find social interactions rewarding, Go Say Hi 1-2-3 provides a clearly structured interaction that is brief, and where treats are used to make things enjoyable. Both the briefness of the structured greeting and the rewards help to raise the dog’s confidence about going forward to strangers.

Go Say Hi 1-2-3 provides handlers with specific actions to help their dog learn, and a way to structure greetings to be brief but satisfying – and successful! Handlers are surprised by and pleased with how quickly the dogs learn to sit on a loose leash, make voluntary eye contact and wait for explicit permission.