Someone will be commanding their dog, “Sit… Sit! … SIT. Come on, Sit… I know you know this – SIT,” and then they will say “Oh, he knows this, he’s just being stubborn.” Chances are your dog does know “Sit,” but he is probably not being stubborn. You probably just haven’t done enough practice with Sit at even a moderate level of [...]
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Always make “come” a positive cue. You want your dog so conditioned to come that he is half way back to you before he even thinks about it. Start in the house then in the yard while close to your dog and under minimal distraction. Then move on to more and more distractions and distance from [...] Some dogs are natural retrievers, but if your dog isn’t and you would like to train a great retrieve for a competition or service dog, there are several ways of training this. I like to start by targeting an object. (See Clicker Lesson #3: Hand Touch). The following is a 6 week plan to start [...] For most dogs, loose leash walking can be a challenge to teach. There is always something exciting out there that your dog thinks he must get to in a hurry. Even dogs that are great at leash walking most of the time get excited and pull their owners sometimes! If you are getting frustrated with your [...] Everyone knows someone who has a lovable, well behaved, polite, thinking dog. And if your dog is rowdy, doesn’t respond to you, does his own thing, or gets into trouble you might think your dog is a lemon and your friends dog is a gem. While each dog has special traits or hard wiring prone to breed, experience [...] Sara’s Problem: Tucker a 1 year old Basset Hound won’t come into the house when called. Sara has to tell him she has a treat to get him. She would have to say, ” Come Tucker, I have a treat,” and Tucker would come running in. Sara is concerned about having to bribe Tucker with [...] A lot of people are very impatient with their dogs. They get annoyed when he doesn’t perform in public the same way he does at home. I hear, “but he knows this, he’s just being stubborn,” or, “He just doesn’t pay attention to me when other dogs are around.” So here are some tips on how to [...] Pick up a few tips on what you can use to motivate your dog and keep his attention when you are [...] |
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