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Before you confine your dog in their crate, make sure they want to go in. Easy to do if you stuff a chewtoy and put it inside, with the dog stuck outside!

The dog park is a wonderful place to practice training.  If you recall your dog for short training sessions every couple of minutes, then tell them to go play again, you are using the other dogs as both a powerful distraction and reward.

The best way to teach a dog to be quiet on command is to teach them to speak on command.   That’s the only way you can practice telling them to be quiet.

Lunging, growling dogs can be helped, but they need positive interactions with other dogs.  Don’t stop socializing your dog because they’ve begun to act anti-social.  That’s when you need to focus on extra socialization.

When we’re heeling, we use a lure to maintain their attention, and reward them for accurate body-positioning.

Bite-inhibition is a very important step-by-step process.  When you play active games with your dog, it’s important to enforce strict rules.  Otherwise, your dog’s our of control play will get them in trouble some day.

Good dogs are fun to be around.  A dog that’s well-behaved and always under control will get to go out into the world and meet lots of people.  They’ll be happier and you’ll be happier.

Meeting new people is very exciting, so it can be a difficult time to control your dog.  If you want to train your dog to meet people in a calm manner you have to practice it.

Polite greetings take practice.  It’s a good idea to train your dog to automatically sit when you meet another person, especially if they’re with another dog.

Play like a puppy: when your pup bites you, yelp and stop playing with them for a moment to let them know you didn’t like it.

Crawling, jumping and clapping are all likely to make your dog break a stay, so proof for them.  Occasionally give a new position command, to make sure they’re still listening to you.

There’s nothing like a little competition to motivate people and dogs.  Competing against others and your own personal bests will drive you and your dog to really excel.

Proofing your dog’s stay is a never ending process, but you want to start as simply as possible.

Ian describes the well-worn path from cute and cuddly puppy to abandoned shelter dog.  If you get a puppy, it’s your responsibility to train it!

If you teach your dog to always sit before and after crossing the road, you’ll greatly reduce their risk of being hit by a car.  First practice at home, then hit the streets.

Putting a behavior on command requires repetition.  The only way to practice shushing is to practice barking.  Use an accomplice and an appropriate stimuli to train the dog to bark on command.

You don’t want to have to yell at your dog.  Issue your first reprimand in a quiet voice and reward them if they do it the first time.  If they don’t listen, then use your harsh voice or a hand signal.

By slowly increasing the level of distraction and distance from your dog, you can create a super-effective verbal sit command that works anywhere, anytime.

Dogs love food and so it’s a great idea to have them do a little obedience training to earn their dinner.  It’s also a great time for handling exercises.

Walking around, skipping, getting down on the ground; all of these things will tempt a dog to break their stay.  Practice with your dog or they won’t stand a chance.

Gizzy gets the better part of Ian on the following course, but with his persistence and a skilled two handed grab Ian finally crosses the finish line.

If you don’t want your dog to chew your slippers, you have to show them what to chew.  A treat-filled chewtoy will be much more appealing to a dog then any slippers.

A dog that enjoys being handled and examined by strangers will make your next trip to the vet a breeze.  Don’t wait until your dog is injured or sick before you teach them to enjoy handling.

A rock solid, lightening quick “Down” (or “Sit” for that matter) solves just about every problem in dog training, and also happens to be very useful in agility competition.  Just practice it!

With a combination of enthusiastic praise and timely reprimands, it’s easy to maintain your dog’s attention during a sit stay.