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Teach Your Dog To Fetch
Teaching your dog to run and retrieve is a very basic and easy training command for him to understand. It is one of the easiest of tasks to train your dog to do, such as pick up a newspaper or a piece of mail, and it’s fun too!
You can begin the exercise by first [...]
How To Teach Your Dog To Pick Up Objects
A more advanced dog obedience training task is to teach your dog how to pick up a desired object. In this article, we will show you a step-by-step way of training your dog to do this.
Here’s how to make him pick up an object:
Tease your dog by bringing the object up close to his nose.
Now [...]
What To Do If Your Dog Won’t Fetch
Now you may have a few problems when you’re training your dog to fetch.
It isn’t always easy to teach this to your dog, so you may have a few problems at first.
Let’s look at some of the problems you may have:
If your dog doesn’t want to fetch the object, make the game more interesting for [...]
Teaching Your Dog How To Play Fetch
When you’ve successfully taught your dog how to hold and pick up an object, you’re ready to teach him to bring it back to you.
For more advice on teaching your dog to hold objects, click the “hold object” link on the menu above.
If you’re training a puppy, it’s a good idea to use a squeaky [...]
Training Your Dog To Shake Hands
Training your dog how to shake hands isn’t really a necessity when it comes to basic obedience dog training. It’s more of a party trick.
And it’s a little more advanced than some commands, too. So you may want to teach your dog the true basics.
However, the shake hands command can be a fun trick to [...]
Teaching Your Dog How To Hold Objects
If you want to play fetch with your dog, you’ll have to teach him how to properly hold objects in his mouth first.
Don’t use squeaky toys in this exercise, since many dog’s will want to chew them rather than play fetch with them.
Remember: You’re teaching your dog to hold objects here, so it’s best not [...]
Games You Can Play With Your Dog
Dogs need mental and physical stimulation. They’re also very inquisitive creatures, and they love spending time with their owners, and other people in your family.
By playing games with your dog, you can reduce boredom, give him chance to display his natural jumping behavior, and reduce any destructive activity he might be doing in your home.
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