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superkian
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Teaching dogs tricks can be great fun for you and your dog. When you think about it most obedience exercises are only a set of “Tricks”. When you are doing a lot of formal obedience work with your dog sometimes tricks can break up the training session and any type of work with your dog is building a bond between you both.

Keep teaching sessions short and above all have fun!!!

Getting Started . . . Beginning training sessions should be in a safe area with no distractions. After you and your dog have finished this "course" and he has the commands down pat every time, try moving the sessions to a park so he will eventually learn to follow commands despite any distractions.

You should only concentrate on one new command per week. Once you start your dog's training, you will need to practice the new command for at least fifteen minutes every day. After adding a second command, practice both every day. And so on. It won't take long for your dog to forget these new things if you don't keep practicing. Not all dogs learn at the same pace, so don't feel discouraged if you need to practice each command for two weeks instead of one.

Your dog wants to make you happy, and he will quickly do what you want once he knows what it is you want him to do. The way for him to know it is what you want is to praise him every time he does it - even if you had to put his body in the right position or he did the right thing on accident. In the beginning, your praise should sound hapy and excited and include lots of nice petting.

The commands you give should be said in a commanding voice - just slightly louder than normal, very authoritative and stern, and in a slightly deeper tone than normal. "Sit!" means sit down right where you are and do it immediately. Saying "sit?" means please sit - that is, if you feel like it - okay, when you get around to it - maybe?

When you say come in your most authoritative voice and he runs through the front yard of three neighbors before coming to you, do not say no, yell at him, or sound mean. He came, so praise him. The last action is the only one he will relate to your praise or lack of it - the only one that he will think made you happy or mad.

All commands must be enforced. Dog training is not for a lazy person. In the beginning, each command will be given at the same time that you literally put his body into the position that you want. When you think he knows the command, try it with the verbal command alone - once. If you have to give the command a second time, it should be done at the same time that you physically put him into position. Otherwise, he will think that he can either obey or not, or that he can take his own sweet time to obey.

Anything that you have been allowing a dog to do in the past that you want to change now will take longer than if you start with a new puppy that does not yet have any bad habits. A six-week old puppy can learn to sit, come, stay, get off, and heel in a matter of days. Stay takes longer with the really young ones because they are usually only not moving when they are sleeping or chewing on your good slippers. But, a dog of any age can and will learn all of these things if you are persistent, you sound authoritative when you give the commands, and you praise him as soon as he does it right.

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Teach You Dog To Heel

Heeling is when your dog walks calmly on your left with his head next to your left heel. Once trained, he will be at your heel whether you are walking, running or stopped. He will not be trying to run ahead or off to the side, and he will not be yanking as hard as he can at the leash to pull you along.

Let's get ready. . . Attach the leash to the choke chain collar, and put the collar on your dog. Give him a few minutes to relax and get used to the collar. When he tries to walk too far away, just stand firm and let him see that he can't go any farther. He may try this a few times. Don't yank on the leash but do talk to him and pet him, and he should soon figure out that the collar won't bother him if he stays near you.

While training your dog, your praise is his reward. Praise him every time he does the correct thing, even if you had to force the correct thing to happen. The more he hears good boy!, the more he will try to do the correct thing so he can hear even more praise. Your approval and praise are what he lives for!

Let's begin heeling . . . Hold the leash tightly with your right hand, and let it be loose in your left. With your dog on the left side of you, say heel, give the leash a quick tug as you start walking, and say good boy! as soon as he starts moving. Keep walking - different directions - different speeds - all the while saying heel with a quick tug of the leash and saying good boy! every time he stays with you. You might have to tug heel, tug heel, tug heel, three times or so before he gets near your heel area and you say good boy!. If his mind starts to wander, his attention will go back to you the first time you make a turn and he doesn't. Left turns are great - walk almost into his head, kind of pushing it and him with your leg while saying heel and good boy! It won't take long at all for him to realize that he has to pay attention to where you are at all times. This is the essence of heeling - paying attention. After he seems to be getting the hang of go straight and making left turns, throw in a right turn. Yeah, he will not be expecting this, and he will probably need to tug heel, tug heel, tug heel before he gets to hear good boy!

Keep this first session down to about 20 minutes of actual heeling. Finish up with an extra happy and excited good boy! and lots of petting and hugging. This is the signal that this session is over. And, now is when you healthy training treats on hand.

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superkian
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each Your Dog To SIT

Even with a puppy as young as five or six weeks old, he will learn to sit after only a day or two of you putting him into a sitting position while saying sit if he gets praise each time.

Sit training is easiest with the choke chain collar and leash.

Have your dog at your left side. Say sit as you pull up on the leash with your right hand, and gently "push" his rear end down with your left hand. With most dogs, the "push" needed will only be a gentle guiding. As soon as he is in the sitting position, say good boy!, good boy! Do this several times, and he will understand what sit means. If you have a very large dog that just grins at you when you try to push is rear end down, you will need to get a little tricky. You could (1) stand in front of him (facing him), say sit as you lift his face up with your hands and start to walk toward him (almost into him) and push his head back just an inch or so. The combination of his head going up and back and his body starting to go back to avoid you walking into him may "push" him right into a sit position. Good boy! Or (2), you could stand to the right of him and say sit as you really pull up on his leash with your both hands. His butt will "fall" to the ground. Good boy! This sounds mean, but this will all happen in a matter of seconds and he won't be hurt at all. In fact, it will be such a shock to him that you will probably never have to do it again.

You may help the sit command along by giving him a healthy treat and saying good boy! Treats are too distracting to use while heeling. For some great treats, click here.

From now on, you will begin each heeling session with the dog in a sitting position, and you will tell him to sit every time you stop. "Heel" said outside of going for a walk actually means for him to immediately come sit next to your left heel.

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Train Your Dog To Lay DOWN

Down is not to be used when he is jumping up on you - that is off (which we will get to later). Down will mean to lay down. And, don't say "go lay down," as that is another command still.

Get your dog to sit. If he is sitting next to you, reach over and push your arm from behind his front legs. As you say down, slowly and gently force his legs forward, and his body will go down to the ground. It should not take much effort on your part since it is a natural reflex for him to move his own legs once they are being botherred. As soon as he is in lying on the ground, say good boy!. He will probably pop right back up. That's fine because he did lay down. If you prefer, you can have him sit in front of you. Grab both of his front legs, down by the bottom, and gently pull them out toward you as you say down. Say good boy! as soon as he gets all the way down. Each time you give the down command, try to have your own body less stooped or bent over. If you continually are bent over when you give a command, he may not respond later when you give the command from a standing position.

After your dog does know what down means and he usually does it on command, you may have to get his attention sometimes if he is distracted. With him on your left (looking at that cute little poodle walking by a few yards away and not wanting to change position now while she's watching), bend down and give the leash a quick snap down and to the right. This should get him in the down position quickly.
When this session is over, you can give him a healthy treat.
Down is used for your dog to lay down right where he is when you say it - immediately - as part of the obedience training session. Go lay down is used outside of the obedience training, comfortably and relaxed around the house or yard. Go lay down means go pick a good spot yourself for yourself, take a little time if you need to, and eventually lay down.

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Teach Your Dog To Stay

Have your dog sit next to you in the heel position. Once he is not excited and is settled down into a relaxed sit, "push" your open hand directly in front of his face as you say stay, and take two or three steps to get right in front of him. Just the action of a hand seeming like it was going to hit him in the face (do not actually make contact!) will shock him and almost push his butt farther onto the ground long enough for him to actually stay put. Only make him stay for a few seconds - not giving him time to move, and say good boy!. He did it. Each time you do this, you can increase the time a little, but don't yet increase your distance. And, don't look him in the eye because it will make him want to leave the position.

After your dog is able to stay nicely for a minute or two, you will start to increase the distance. Stand a little farther back, next time going farther back, and farther still the next time.

Stay will become old hat to him, boring, and easy as pie. Then, put your hand in front of his face while saying stay and walk all the way around him. This one may cause him to try to get up and go with you. If he attempts to get up, say no, sit, and push your hand in front of him again while saying stay. After making him stay for just a short time, say good boy!

Walking around him while he is in the stay position does several things. It definitely makes him keep an eye on you - and you do want him to pay attention to you during the entire training session. Also, this lets him know that he is safe in the stay position - that he doesn't have to be afraid of someone that comes up from the front, side or back of him. Now, the down-stay. Have your dog sit on your left. Say down. Then, say stay! as you push your hand in front of his face. While still holding the leash, take a few steps around to stand in front of him. Don't forget to end with good boy!. Continue this as you did the sit-stay, getting farther and farther away. After he is doing really good at staying in the down position, walk around him while he is lying still. Later, you will even be able to walk over him, showing him he has nothing to fear in this vulnerable position.

Eventually, you will be able to be any distance from him and he will stay for as long as you need him to.

Now that this session is over, you can give him a healthy treat.

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Train Your Dog To Stand

Stand is a necessary command for the show or obedience ring. And, it can also be quite useful around the house or yard, like for having him stay standing while you bathe him.

Have your dog sit on your left. As you say stand, pull his leash forward with your right hand and move your left foot forward like you are going to start heeling. Say good boy! as soon as he stands up.

Here is another way to have your dog stand. Have him start in a sit and bend down to him. As you say stand, pull his leash forward just a little while you push your entire left arm backward from just behind his front legs. Your pushing backward should make him stand up. Good boy!

When this session is over, you can give him a healthy treat.

In the show ring, your dog is required to stand while being touched all over for inspection. Once your dog stands on command, have a family member touch the dog so he can get use to it. The person's hand should start by going slowly toward the dog's face and stopping briefly in front of the nose so the dog can smell the hand. The person then rubs his hands down the dog's sides, down each leg, down the tail, and then goes back up to pet the dog's head. (In the ring, the judge would also open the lips to see the dog's teeth.)

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Train Your Dog To Come

This is a fun one, and possibly the most important command you can teach your dog.

"Come!" means to come immediately and sit right in front of you. ("Come here" in a loving, questioning voice means that he is allowed to come to get a hug in a minute or so - at his own pace - when he wants to. For this kind, you can even start down on your knees.) Before he is trained, you may find he is running all over the yard before he comes to you. Never, never, never tell him no or scold him when he DOES come to you or he will think that is what he did wrong!

Start with him sitting next to your left heel. Say stay while pushing your hand in front of his face, and go stand in front of him. Push your hand in front of his face again and say stay again. Now back up a few feet. Say come! as you give a little tug on his leash. If he is coming slowly, repeat come over and over excitedly. As soon as he gets an inch or so from you, loudly say sit!. Technically, he has not come until he is right in front of you and sits, so don't say good boy! until he sits. Practice this way for a week. If the sessions are going well, you can back up more and more each day until you are at the end of the leash.

Start with him sitting next to your left heel. Say stay while pushing your hand in front of his face, and go stand in front of him. Push your hand in front of his face again and say stay again. Now back up to the end of the leash and hold your arm out in front of you - making you 8 or so feet away. Say come! as you give a little tug on his leash. If he is coming slowly, repeat come over and over excitedly. You may even have to pull on the leash a few times to keep him coming quickly. As soon as he gets an inch or so from you, loudly say sit!. Good boy! when he sits. Practice this way for a week.

If he is not coming quickly enough or is not coming without extra pulls on the lead, change the pace with this next one.

Start with him sitting next to your left heel. Say stay while pushing your hand in front of his face, and go stand in front of him. Push your hand in front of his face again and say stay again. Now back up to the end of the leash. Say come! as you give a little tug on his leash. When he gets up and starts toward you, run backward as you excitedly repeat come. As soon as he gets an inch or so from you, loudly say sit!. Good boy! when he sits. Practice this way for a week.

Now you will need to extend your training lead. Either buy a 20- or 30-foot-long training lead, or tie a 15-foot-long rope onto the loop handle of your 6-foot-lead.

Start with him sitting next to your left heel. Say stay while pushing your hand in front of his face, and go stand in front of him. Push your hand in front of his face again and say stay again. Now back up to the end of the 20-foot-long training lead. Say come! as you give a little tug on his leash. This is a long way, you may have to keep repeating come excitedly - and you may also have to pull on the lead a few times to keep him coming quickly. When you stop and gets a few inches from you, loudly say sit!. Good boy! when he sits. Practice this way for a week.

Don't forget to give him a healthy treat.

In the end, he should be able to come directly to you immediately and sit in front of you no matter what he is doing or how far away he is.

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superkian
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Off

Off is the correct command when a dog is jumping up on you or the couch. If your dog has jumped up on the couch, literally push him off while saying off. If he is small enough, you can just pick him up and put him on the floor. As soon as he is off the couch, say good boy!. If you have allowed him to get away with this in the past, it may take many tries before he learns it. And, once he learns that he can't jump onto the couch without being told to get off, he might stay on the floor and put his front legs on the couch. It's up to you if this will be acceptable or if you want him to keep his paws off the couch also. If so, take both his paws in your hands, push them gently toward the floor while saying off, and say good boy! as soon as his feet are off the couch.

Your dog likes to jump up on your dress with muddy paws just before you leave for the office. But, he is only trying to give you a hug or get some attention, but he has to learn that this is not acceptable. As he is jumping up, turn your body away from him while saying off! He should then simply sit down, at which time you immediately pet him on the head and tell him he is a good boy! He wants your attention, not your back! Even if he has already jumped on you, turn away.

Or, since you already know that he will jump up on you, you can try to beat him to the punch. As he starts to jump up, put your hand out quickly and pet him on the head and start to bend over. This action would encourage him to stay off or to sit. This is an acceptable position for him to be in when he first sees you in the morning or when you get home at night. If he is sitting patiently waiting for you to pet him each time, go greet him quickly with by petting his head (while saying good boy! or hello!) or bending down to take his paw and saying good boy! or shake. He won't see the need to jump on you to receive a greeting if you greet him first.

A third method is to stick your knee out and say down! if you see him starting to jump up. Jumping up into your knee is not comfortable. If he is really large, you might have to push him off you. When he is off you, say good boy!.

Continue either of these actions until he actually stays off, then give him extra praise and some petting and saying good boy!. This may start him jumping up again because he may get excited, so you continue the same method until he really gets the idea. Eventually, you will be able to tell him to get off anything or anybody from any distance.

To reinforce all of this, it is best to always have your dog sit before you greet him or give him a treat or anything else. This way he will soon learn that he won't get any of these things unless he does sit nicely and calmly.

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Hi there! All my three dogs have already mastered these commands. I don't really call them tricks, but they are more like OB commands. Sit is the most easiest command to teach. ALL dogs can do it! Down is the hardest of all the commands. Heel is not that easy too but if the dog is in love with food or toy like my Amber dear, all I do is just hold the leash in my right hand & the chicken neck or her squeaky ball in my left hand on my waist. She will 'watch' my hand while heeling.

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u train them by urself or u send it to obediance class?? Frown

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Started training her at OB classes but all the other things like tricks & dance, I teach her by myself.

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Just one question, what is the meaning of heel?

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Heel- Dog walks on your left side. The dogs shoulder must be aligned to your leg as you walk forward. Dog must not lag behind or forge forward. Dog must only walk on your left side. Heeling is just a command. You don't really have to use that command, any command will do just as long as your dog is doing what it's supposed to do & do it correctly.

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Ok!

Thanks for telling me.

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hi there,already been training my dog since last week,currently i train him heel,it very hard to do that command.already been 1 week to do this,but my dog still blur....lolz

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Sure this is not an easy command to teach. Is your dog pulling on the leash? Does he lag(walk behind you) or forge forward? Is he walking all over the place like to your right side & so on? You tell me exactly what your dog does during heeling exercise & I'll see how I can help you here...

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my dog is pulling the leash and he forge forward all the time,so i drag him to walk beside my leg.and i dont understand the 3rd question u ask. Tongue

im bad in english.he seem like pulling me all the way when heeling.one thing i didnt gv him a treat,but i do praise him very very much.

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Oh this is easy to overcome! The 3rd question I meant was does your dog walk on your right side instead on your left. heeling must be on the left mah... Anyway, when you do the heeling exercise, the moment your dog forges forward & wants to go to the direction he wants to, do not allow him. He does it, immediately about turn whilst saying "NO! Close!" & walk the opposite direction & when he's back on your side, praise him. If he does it again, do the about turn again & again & again until he stops forging forward & pulling on the leash. The whole idea is you want him on your side. No matter what, he must not be in front of you & must NOT strain on the leash. Do you know how to jerk your dog? When you about turn, jerk the leash. But as your heeling losen it again. Make sure th leash is always in a U-shape meaning, you're not pulling it upwards & chocking your dog. Leash should always be lose & the whole idea of it is you want the dog to go to another direction so that you can correct it. Also keep talking to your dog, "Good boy, stay close, that's right, good boy!" in a high pitch voice. Let your feminine side come out of you if you're a guy. Use your voice as a leash. The leash in your hand is just a back up.

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Hi!

I need some help with these basic training. My family and I have absolutely NO experience with dogs(or trained dogs at least) but we got one practically pushed into our hands.

The dog is probably almost 1 year old now, definitely more than 6 months. She keeps jumping up at us all the time and that scares my little sister a lot. Besides it makes it impossible to train it as it is too hyperactive. I tried to get it to do some exercise to "release the pent up energy" but it's hell to go out for walks because the lack of control.

How should we start the training? With which command? Sit? Is it advisable to "send" it to obedience training or something? I live in melaka and I don't think there's a training centre here.

We have totally no idea how to proceed. The other problem is our family speaks diff language (dad: english, mum: Chinese) and I think the whole family just confuses the dog with different commands and all.

PS: the dog is a mixed breed.

(This post was edited by Kaurin on Jan 17, 2008, 8:28 PM)

Amanda85
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Jan 29, 2008, 1:12 AM

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Re: [Kaurin] TEACHING YOUR DOG TRICKS:HEEL - SIT - DOWN - STAY - STAND - COME - OFF [In reply to]	Can't Post

whenever u dog try to jump on people, u can either lift of you leg to block her or held a roll up newspaper to scare her off, while at the same time shout 'no' in a harsh manner and ignore her....

teach your dog that 'sit' politely will be rewarding...before her meal time, u can have snack session with her...constantly ask her to 'sit' for the reward...

hyperactive dogs is a sign of under exercise dogs....bring your dog for walks or play fetch to burn up her excessive energy....a tired dog is an obedient dog...

if you think your dog behaves out of control during her walk, do not give up.... the reason she's pulling all over might because she seldom got the chance to go out and she got really excited about it... or u can opt for a 'head halter'.... this prove very useful and effective for dogs that tends to pull on leash... it is also more mild manner of correction instead of using choke chain or prong collar....i suppose u can get it in the local petshop

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(This post was edited by Amanda85 on Jan 29, 2008, 1:18 AM)

khengchuan87
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Apr 25, 2008, 11:40 PM

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Re: [Amanda85] TEACHING YOUR DOG TRICKS:HEEL - SIT - DOWN - STAY - STAND - COME - OFF [In reply to]	Can't Post

thanks, u guys really teach me alot here :)

S@llY88
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Jun 13, 2008, 10:34 PM

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hi,

My dog just came here 2 weeks ago given by my friend. Her age should be about 3-4 months now. I am surprised that she is quite obedience compared with the previous dogs I had. Take your dog out often might prevent she forges ahead (being too excited). Say "No" when she tries to do that. After a few days my Mico has used to it Smile

. Except when she saw another dog walking around. Hope she will learn all these commands well. The problem I found is hardly to call her come without food. Any idea to make her comes immediately without running away? Sometimes after she reached me immediately turn away before I got her Laugh

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Amanda85
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Jun 18, 2008, 12:39 PM

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part of the tactic to teach a puppy recall is to ensure that you have treats with u all the time. call your dog at random time when she least expected it and give her to treat, release her back to let her regain freedom.

say if u repeat this 'recall an treat' over 100 times, i'm sure on the 101th time u try to call your dog, she will come automatically no matter u have treats of not. The point is to reward very frequently, so that your dog will come anticipating for a treat, whether u have it or not.

still remember during the time when i'm raising my pup, my mum always complaint of food crumbs and dog treats in the laundry.

as for your dog running away when u trying to catch her, she's just being playful. during recall, try not to manhandle her. Initially just offer the treat without touching her, after she's getting more comfortable of receiving the treat, you can with-hold the treat and try to give her a pat before offering.

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S@llY88
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Jun 19, 2008, 4:00 AM

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hi thanks for ur information...I am still lack of skills in training little puppies, but I would like to learn more.

lol I was expecting too high to ask Mico coem without treats haha, I gave but not frequently. It is not easy to get her attention coz she is curious about many many things.

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loves Mico as my daughter ^^

acsyen
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Jun 20, 2008, 3:40 PM

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As a first time dog owner I would encourage you to go for training classes. Good ones too don't go to those uncertified trainers. If you need a contact let me know. It is important to train them the right way to avoid unwanted behavior problems in future.

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