Dog Puppy Behavior Training Help

Puppy or Dog Obedience Training First Steps – Condition a Marker, Capture Sit, Teach “Look”

Want to start an obedience program for your puppy or dog? You can start as soon as you bring your dog into your family. The first two commands all dogs should learn are “Look”, and “Sit”. Before you begin teaching, it’s helpful to learn a bit about rewards and reward systems. Please visit the START HERE category of posts before you begin. Conditioning a Reward Marker The...

FREE – Dog Won’t Come? Teach Your Dog to Come Bump Your Target

Please read Start Here AA-1 through AA-5 before you teach your dog to target. Crisco, the turbo Jack Russell Terrier in the picture, will almost always come when called. Crisco has been very well trained by her owner via the use of targets! Here are some thoughts about targets introduced to me by Kayce Cover, B.S., M.A. Targets give the dog critical information about where success will take place....

How to Teach your Dog to Come when you Blow a Whistle

Amazon.com Widgets Whistle Come There are many different methods to teach dogs to come when called. Here is an easy way to teach your dog to come when you blow a whistle. You may be creative with your whistle signal. For example, you could blow a short toot followed by a long toot. Get a whistle.  Any type of whistle will do. Sporting goods stores stock a selection of whistles. Walmart and Target...