How to Teach your Dog

Teaching your dog to leave objects or food is a very important part of your dog’s training. It is many times a matter of safety

Teaching your dog to take a few steps back can be very helpful when you are entering your house with groceries and your dog comes

Stand is a good cue to teach when you need to get going. Some dogs like the down or sit position once they are settled

Although this cue has no real obedience benefit, it is cute and fun for both dog and owner. In addition, every new cue your dog

Dogs that take their owners to a walk and pull them around have a problem. The owner hates the walk, and hence he/she shortens it.

There is no other cue more important to dog owners than this one. Any dog owner would love to have a dog that leaves everything

Down is a great cue that teaches the dog to relax even in stressful situations. Combing this cue with the ‘stay’ cue provides for a

Sitting is a behavior most dogs do anyway. Hence, it is fairly simple to have this behavior on cue. All we have to do is

The ‘touch’ cue is easy to teach and it is a great tool to learn the clicker training method. It is also very useful for

This cue can come after any other stationary cue – usually, we use it with ‘sit’ and ‘down’. The cue ‘stay’ tells the dog to