Dog training tricks - 3 essential tips
Posted on September 19, 2007
Filed Under Dog Tricks
Once you’ve gotten the hang of having your own dog, it’s time to learn some dog training tricks. This article will go into 3 essential, powerful tips to make this easier, so if you’re interested in having a dog that can sit, high-five, and come on command without beating yourself over the head in frustration, continue reading this article carefully.
Tip #1 - Start Young
If you can, start training your dog when he’s still young. You can begin training your dog at as young as three months old. Some more physically strenuous dog training tricks, such as the “beg” command, shouldn’t be attempted until your dog is eight months old. Apart from physical restrictions, however, generally training from when your dog is young is far easier.
Tip #2 - The Essential Tricks
Here are several essential dog training tricks to consider:
Come - Get your dog to come to you. This is useful both at home when you want to cuddle, or when he’s disturbing other people or dogs outside the house.
Off - Tell your dog to get off whatever furniture, animal, or person he’s on. This is useful for preserving your expensive furniture, or getting him off your relatives when he’s a little too friendly.
Sit - One of the most well known commands, sit will tell your dog to sit down. This is useful to keep your dog still while you’re preparing his food. This command can also be used to prevent your dog from chasing after other animals or people.
Tip #3 - Go With Your Dog’s Tendencies
Dogs have tendencies to like certain tricks more than others. It is far easier to train a dog to do what he naturally wants to do anyway, than it is to try and communicate a foreign concept that he doesn’t understand.
For example, some dogs will naturally chase after moving objects. If this is your dog, the dog training trick “fetch” will be much easier to teach than a high-five.
Another example is if your dog likes raising his paws up, teaching him the “paw” trick (raise your paw up) would be far easier than teaching him to fetch, if he doesn’t have the tendency to run after objects already.
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Learn what the top 3 mistakes of dog owners are and how to avoid them, plus other powerful tips for training your dog, at: http://find-out-inside.com/dog-training/
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I really like the look of this website. It’s very clean and well organized, with some great pictures and tips. Almost makes me wish I had a dog of my own, just so I could try some of this stuff.
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Great post! I’m always looking for new things that I can do with my dogs. So will be teaching them a few tricks now I’ve read this.
Those are some great tips on training.I have just found a website that has lots of tips on obedience training and agility training.
Hi. Thats a great video to have on your site. I bet there are thousands of dog owners who wish their dog could do half as much as that cat. It just goes to show the power of positive reinforcement works.
Tip #1 - Start Young isn’t so important. I started training my dog when it was 5 years old and everything was perfect. Of course there were some problems however it is possible to train dog even if it is very old.
The problem I have is more the fact that my dog’s hearing and sight isn’t anywhere as good as it used to be. She easily gets disorientated and runs in the wrong direction.
Good tips. I really like your tip about going with your dog’s natural tendencies when picking tricks to teach. Makes perfect sense, but most novice owners don’t think of that.
Thanks for the great dog training tips. Yes, it is possible to teach an old dog new tricks too.
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wow, that was an amazing cat, I wish my dog would listen that well LOL.
Great site you have here, thanks for shring it with all of us.
Great post and great advice… especially about going with your dogs instincts.
Keep up the good work!