Posted on 01/17/2015 8:21:39 AM PST by lafroste
Single word commands only......I hate it when people talk in sentences to their barky little dogs that don’t pay attention to them anyway.
Yes signals are important and who is Alpha is the most important.
The absolute best command is NO
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Dogs, kids, and wives. The veto and TV control are MINE.
Also for dog, GIVE (doubles as fetch, heel), DOWN (stay is automatic), FIND (eyes and nose work), GO (coupled with pointy finger for near and whole hand arm for distant work).
NEVER command what is not enforceable so start with a good lead and long lines until pub is Solid.
$0.02, YMMV
Forgot, KENNEL (point if designating a place or the dog’s normal/usual staging or private space).
Pub=pup
How about when they preface it with Please.
Please to a dog??
Same idiots that say please to their 2 year old out of control brat.....
Yea Please,Please don’t make me puke....
NO!
for later
Seven week old Rottie male pup at 9# went to 30#-3 months, 90#-9months, 110#-12 months and 151# of muscle by 24 months. Smarter than a German Shepherd.
Train him to be nice to cats. Not only will it preserve domestic harmony, but it could save an eye.
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Good morning. You are welcome.
Not necessarly a command, but get him comfortable with having his nails clipped/dremmeled, teeth inspected, etc. If he knows come, you might want to teach him to away. If you have a lot of visitors you might want to teach him ‘place’ so when the doorbell rings he goes to his place instead of rushing the door. If he knows ‘speak’ you might want to teach him ‘quiet’.
Very expensive walk in the park.
Petting the sniffer dog in the immigration line.
*It`s a Federal offence...*
*No it`s not, it`s a Dog!*
Yes, some traditional German Rotts aren’t huge monsters anyway. I’d be surprised if the dog weighs over 80.....if he is in fighting trim. Let him get fat and lazy, and he’ll weigh more.
Well last I heard was they had sent out some ground personnel to deal with it, and they radioed back that the dog had gone beyond some fence-line and was no longer an issue...whoever’s dog that was should be renamed...FOD.
My dog trainer favored the word "front" to call the dog. In conjunction with saying "front" in a commanding voice, the handler would hold thhhhhir arm straight out to the side and then snap it to his/her chest with a closed fist. The dog was expected to bolt forward and stop at the handler's feet in a sit waiting for the next command.
The next command was "finish" which involved the dog circling the handler's feet once and sitting again -- this time facing forward.
In my dog's case (Golden Retriever) he would sometimes wander a bit instead of coming right to me. I solved that with the use of a special ball which he was never allowed to have on other occasions. Instead of my closed fist, I held a ball and thumped my chest with it. He was then allowed to have it for just a minute, and then I'd take it away from him, praising him all the way.
He never wandered again, even when I wasn't using the ball. The reason he couldn't have the ball (one that he'd found himself) was that it was a squishy, foam type ball -- not one that I wanted him to chew because he would have shredded it in minutes. But, he really wanted that ball. He would do anything if I showed him that particular ball.
My dog trainer wass paranoid about dogs chasing deer and wanted them to stop on command. She recommended the use of a shock collar. I really did not like the effect that had on my gentle Golden, but I used to wear a flash drive on a cord around my neck. I found that I could get my Golden to stop whatever he was doing by raising the flash drive like you would raise a cross to a vampire and sternly saying "leave it" or "stop".
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