What are the 3 D's of dog training?
Afton Moore
2025-06-25 01:51:38
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The Three D’s are Duration, Distance, and Distraction.
Duration refers to how long a puppy is asked to maintain a behavior.
Distance refers to how close the puppy can be to a distraction or novel object -OR- how far the puppy can be from the handler to maintain a behavior.
Distraction refers to how challenging a distraction is.
Consider these three aspects of the pup’s environment to better set them up for success during training.
Don’t forget the Three D’s when deciding how to increase difficulty.
Only increase one of the Three D’s at a time.
As you increase the difficulty of one, you may need to decrease another.
Nathaniel Greenfelder
2025-06-25 01:40:50
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The 3 D's of dog training refer to Distraction, Duration, and Distance.
These are one way to categorize the difficulties or challenges in dog training.
Distraction refers to both the environment and things in the environment that are distracting.
Duration is how long the dog is performing the behavior.
Distance can mean a couple of different things.
Distance between the dog and the handler is one part.
The other is distance from a distraction(s).
The farther the dog is away from a distraction, the easier it will be for the dog to perform behaviors.
Brendon Deckow
2025-06-25 00:29:56
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The 3Ds of Dog Training are Distance, Duration, Distraction.
Distance: How far your dog can be from you without breaking the cue.
Duration: How long your dog will remain in the cue.
Distraction: How well your dog performs the cue with things going on around him.
When you start training a behaviour with your dog, keep all 3Ds low.
So, if you’re teaching your pup to sit, have him close to you, for a short time and practise somewhere quiet.
Only increase ONE of the 3D’s at a time.
Look for 80% reliability before increasing any of the 3Ds.
Lower the distractions and you’ll find it easier it is to increase duration or distance.
If you raise the distraction level – increase your rate of reward/reinforcement.
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