Slipped Your Collar

This is an advanced version of the collar/harness touch game, so be sure to play that game first and that your dog is okay with you touching their collar/harness. This game pairs putting on and taking off their collar/harness with a positive reward under higher arousal conditions and also incorporates your dog giving you permission to handle their collar/harness if they choice to interact with the reward you have offered them. If they don’t interact or stop interacting, you simply stop touching their collar/harness, and go back to play the Collar touch game before attempting this game on another day.

Being able to get a hold of your dog’s collar/harness under high arousal real-life situations such as when wildlife is around or other dogs is critical, so this game is also part of the predation substitute training and recall programs.