How to TRAIN A Dog To Actually LISTEN To Obedience Commands
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- Do you want your dog to listen to their obedience commands every time? Do you want your dog to be truly obedient? It is a lot of work, but we are here to help! In this video, we will show you how to make sure your dog listens to every command every time!
If you want your dog to listen every time you give a command, you need a system to both praise and correct them. The level of praise and corrections depend on your dog. In the early phases of teaching, we use a ton of praise to reinforce the command words to make sure your dog truly knows what we are asking of them. In this video we are working with a dog who knows his commands which means we are reinforcing commands not teaching commands! Consistency is key, no matter what stage you are at in your dog's training.
Before we start on any obedience commands, the first thing we teach our dogs is the heel command on leash. When we are teaching our commands at the start, everything is done in the heel position. Heel for us means eyes and ears at our heel facing forward. We want to make sure they are not too focused on other things. This step should be true no matter what distractions are present. Heel turns are used to help get a dog's attention! Remember to hold the leash and collar loosely.
For all of our obedience commands, we follow the same rules if your dog knows the command already. First we say your dog's name, and whatever command we want. We only say the command once. If they listen, we praise them, generally with soft verbal and physical praise. If they do not, we will give a correction. The firmness of the correction depends on what command we are doing, and we get into more detail in the video. Remember to not praise if they make a mistake or do not listen, and we only ask once!
For the sit command, we expect our dog to sit at our side in the heel position if we are heeling and using the leash. If they listen, praise them, if they make a mistake, use a verbal no, and a tug up for sit. One command, one correction!
Sit stay is a useful command for a variety of reasons. We typically use this at the front door or for meet and greets! If your dog does well, praise them! For our stay commands, we use 3 release words. Those are heel, free, and come! If your dog breaks this command, tell them no, walk then back to the stop, and give them 2 tugs. One for sit, and one for stay! We tell clients to work on the 3 D’s, or Distance, Duration and Distractions. Start off with easy distractions and eventually we will make this harder! The goal is to make sure your dog can listen in any environment or situation you take them in.
The down command is one of our favorite command! Make sure you are giving the command with a finger point at first to help encourage a dog. If they do not listen the first time, flag it with a verbal no, and give a direction tug down. Make sure our dog is not leaning on you! When this happens, make sure you reposition them to how you want. It is best to address this early on when your dog is off leash.
Down stay is the exact same thing as sit stay in terms of rules, but has an additional step. We call the down stay the “mom and dad command” as it is a more long term command. Dogs can easily hold this for 30-60 minutes at a time, meaning you can train and do something else! If your dog breaks this command, flag it with a verbal no, walk them back to their spot and give 3 tugs. One for sit, one for down and one for stay.
The come command is the most difficult command for a dog to master, but one of the most important commands when it comes to off leash control. For a complete breakdown of our come command, please watch our video here! • STEP By STEP Guide To ...
The key to all of this is to be 100% constant! Corrections alone are not enough for your dog to listen all the time. Your dog needs to learn that every time they make a mistake, you will be there to correct them. If you have not done so already, please check out our awesome video on proofing your dogs obedience! • Proofing Your Dog's Ob...
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Heel Command
02:12 Sit Command
04:40 Sit Stay Command
09:54 Down Command
15:06 Down Stay Command
18:33 Come Command
29:29 Be 100% Consistent
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Not all dog trainers are alike in their training methods...this guy, however, is so easy to understand. I was lucky, I adopted a 4 year old German Shepherd who was already trained and a perfect gentleman. Well, almost. He just couldn't help himself around food that became unguarded for a minute. Turn your back to grab your phone - food, gone! So, I'm anxious to try the Stop Your Dog From Stealing Food. I'll post later to let you know how it worked with Max. Kudos to this dog trainer. He's the best I've seen.
Thanks for the kind words Jim! Let us know how it goes with the food stealing issue.
I’m in love with Bruce ❤ I’m looking at the space behind you guys and how my boy would be in heaven given a chance to let some built up energy go…lol.
Love this video. Thank you Liliana Caprano for sharing with us 😊 She is the reason my boy Ace and I have the relationship we have today ❤
Bruce is pretty cute right? Glad to hear that you have gotten to work with Liliana. She is an awesome trainer!
Yes she is. Without her our lives would be a disaster lol
Bruce is adorable! This video is super helpful; thank you for posting!
Bruce is pretty cute, right? Rotts sometimes get a bad reputation, but many of them are super sweet easy to train dogs like Bruce.
Love love love this! Bruce did such a great job!
Bruce is a good boy! Thanks for watching!!!
Great video! What type of collar do you use?
The dog in the video is on a prong collar. We also use a lot of martingale collars like this one here. amzn.to/49YonW5 They allow you to catch the dogs attention when needed much better than a typical cloth collar. What age and breed is your dog?
You’re an amazing trainer! Where are you located? I am looking for a trainer for my American Bulldog, She's a sweet dog but very reactive. Help!
We have trainers located across the country and would love to help! The trainer in this video is in Nashville (and used to have a Scott type American Bulldog) but we have trainers in 18 other locations as well. Where are you located?
@@SuburbanK9DogTraining I live in Illinois.
We have a lot of trainers in Illinois in the northern part of the state. If you live anywhere near the Chicago we can certainly help! If you go the www.suburban-k9.com you can get an instant price quote!