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Dog Obedience Training Guide

Dog Obedience training is necessary to teach your dog the behavior that is acceptable to you and what is unacceptable.

There are 5 basic commands in dog obedience training that you should first teach your dog.

"Sit!"

"Stay!"

"Down!"

"Heel!"

"Come!"

Dog Obedience Training Tip - When you are teaching your dog these commands remember to praise him along the way when he displays the correct responses.

Dog Obedience Training - "Sit!"

The "sit!" command can be taught by first positioning your dog lengthways in front of you. Keeping the lead in your right hand, use your left hand to apply slow pressure just above the knee joint of your dog's hind legs. Give him the "sit!" command while you do this.

Dog Obedience Training - "Stay!"

You can teach your dog to "stay!" in the sitting position, down position and standing position. With this command use both your voice and a hand signal teach him the correct response to "stay!".

Dog Obedience Training - "Down!"

For the "down!" command your dog's starting position is "sit". Slide his legs forward into the "down" position while saying "down!". If your dog tries to get up give him the "stay!" command and repeat "down!".

Dog Obedience Training - "Heel!"

"Heel!" involves teaching your dog to walk alongside you.

With your dog on your left side, and the lead in your right hand walk along slowly with your dog saying "heel!".

When your dog understands and obeys the "heel!" command teach him right and left turns to avoid collisions.

To turn right first get your dog's attention by patting your left side and moving off in that direction saying "Heel!".

To avoid walking into your dog while teaching him the left turn do it slowly at first. Get his attention as before and turn towards your dog and move off saying "Heel!".

Dog Obedience Training - "Come!"

Give your dog the "sit and stay" commands. Then moving the distance of the lead (this should be six-foot) in front of him, call him using his name followed by the "Come!" command. While doing this reel in the lead.

That's it for this basic dog obedience guide. I hope it's helpful for you and your dog.

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