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Loose Leash 3 - Training the Companion Dog 3 – Walking & Heeling

As your dog learns to maintain a loose leash you can start stringing more and more steps together.  Keep praising the appropriate behavior, and correcting the bad behavior and soon you’ll be walking your dog happily on leash

 
Training:  Sit-Stay and Walk On-Leash Heel On-Leash Pulling on Leash
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Praise Practice - Training the Companion Dog 1 – Socialization & Training

Dogs can’t speak English, so effective praise must be in an enthusiastic & energetic tone of voice.  If you can’t praise your dog, you’ll never be able to train them.

 
Training:  Your Education about Puppy Education Lure/Reward Training
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Following - Dog Training for Children

If you want your dog to follow you have to walk away from it.  If your puppy slows down, you should speed up and get more energetic.  Puppies love to chase!

 
Training:  Stay, Come & Follow Heel
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Building Attention - Training Dogs with Dunbar

If you want to have focused attention on-command, you need to let them know when the “Watch Me” is over.  Telling them to “Relax” then becomes a reward for their good attention.  Feel free to use a lure to get them focused, so long as you phase it out.

 
Training:  Attention
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Positions Practice- SIRIUS Puppy Training Redux

Sit, Stand & Down.  Mix them up so that you’re dog can’t anticipate which position you’re going to ask for next.

 
Training:  Puppy Classes Sit, Stand & Down
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Instructive Reprimand – SIRIUS Adult Dog Training

You can’t fully train a dog with positive methods alone.  You need to be able to tell your dog when it’s misbehaving, but there’s no need to be nasty about it.  Simply make them sit.

 
Training:  Preventing Adolescent Problems
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Come Here & Go To - SIRIUS Puppy Training Classic

With two people it’s easy to practice lots of recalls but it takes three people to truly teach the dog “Go to.”  Otherwise they’re just learning to run back and forth.

 
Training:  Stay, Come & Follow
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Don’t Force the Dog - Training the Companion Dog 4 – Recalls & Stays

Physically forcing your dog into position is ultimately going to slow-down training.  It usually isn’t very fun and it quickly becomes a crutch that stands in the way of real control, whether your distracted or at a distance.

 
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Loose Leash 2 - Training the Companion Dog 3 – Walking & Heeling

After taking a single step, the dog is likely to get excited and may start pulling on the leash again.  Keep praising the loose leash and gently jerking the tightened leash until they leave it loose for several seconds.

 
Training:  Sit-Stay and Walk On-Leash Heel On-Leash Pulling on Leash

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