Aug 27, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
In todays episode we take your questions from the Dog People Podcast facebook group! We handle some issues with a Kelpie who's decided that the bedroom is the only place to train and we tackle the…
Max O'NeilHostJack LaurenceHostShe says she's got a five-month-old Kelpie, and she's really struggling at basic training anywhere else besides the bedroom.
From Day Dot, she said, we did small training sessions in our bedroom with him, and then we slowly moved it outside, but he became less interested.
And now at five months, he basically refuses to do the training anywhere else besides our room.
but I've noticed using a toy outside helps, but we can't heal, middle or roll over with the toy.
I was really stoked when this one came through because there's heaps of little nuggets to unpack there.
So right off the top, we look at environmental conditioning, right? That dog sees the bedroom as his classroom and the outside as a play area.
But the second thing, if we go into things that are a little more deeper, is where our dog's value lies.
when we're in the bedroom and there's not a lot to do, training becomes the most exciting option.
The moment you go outside, the environment is clearly more valuable than the training and versus end more valuable than what's an offer, notably the food.
And we do want to continue to persist with the food because like you said, toys are great to add in later to training.
She says she's got a five-month-old Kelpie, and she's really struggling at basic training anywhere else besides the bedroom.
From Day Dot, she said, we did small training sessions in our bedroom with him, and then we slowly moved it outside, but he became less interested.
And now at five months, he basically refuses to do the training anywhere else besides our room.
but I've noticed using a toy outside helps, but we can't heal, middle or roll over with the toy.
I was really stoked when this one came through because there's heaps of little nuggets to unpack there.
So right off the top, we look at environmental conditioning, right? That dog sees the bedroom as his classroom and the outside as a play area.
But the second thing, if we go into things that are a little more deeper, is where our dog's value lies.
when we're in the bedroom and there's not a lot to do, training becomes the most exciting option.
The moment you go outside, the environment is clearly more valuable than the training and versus end more valuable than what's an offer, notably the food.
And we do want to continue to persist with the food because like you said, toys are great to add in later to training.
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