You learned in class this week how to ‘sit’ your puppy by directing his head with a treat. ‘Trainer speak’ for this teaching method is “Luring”. It’s called that because your puppy wound up sitting while his nose was following the treat or the ‘lure’. He didn’t make a decision to sit, it happened by [...]
Dogs don’t have spoken language capability. They naturally read body language. They can tell if we’ve had a bad day, if we’re stressed, happy or anxious by looking at our faces or the set of our shoulders. I expect they can read tiny changes in our expressions that even other people miss. But we train [...]
Train you dog to fetch the paper
#1 Take it slow when teaching your dog new behaviors.
#2 Teach your dog to fetch the paper in 5 steps.
#3 Link several behaviors to teach your dog new tricks.
Teach your dog faster with Play
#1 Dogs learn fastest and best when playing.
#2 Have fun and enjoy your dog training, you’ll [...]