How To Get The Dog To Pay Attention To You... Continually

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You've done all the legwork in determining the right dog for you and locating a safe dog. You've got a lot on your plate with housetraining. However, your dog continues to ignore everything you say.  What exactly are you doing incorrectly? What are the best words to use?  What do you teach your dog to do or not to do?

Both of these are typical inquiries from dog owners. Subscribing to the FREE Dog Training Mini-Course is a great way to get started. to learn what you should teach your dog.

Teach Your Dog to Follow Your Directions

The majority of dog owners want their dogs to walk "nicely" on a leash. It is important that your dog responds when he or she is called. It's also beneficial to stay until you're told to. But how do you teach such behaviors to your dog?

Understanding how the dog mind operates, combined with tried-and-true training methods, a few training aids, and regular training, is the secret to success. Dogs are unable to comprehend any word spoken in human language. Instead, they learn a few phrases that are repeated over and over and are associated with a particular task. Your dog, for example, may hear the word "out" and equate it with going outside. However, if you change the term you're using, he won't understand what you're trying to say. It's important that any word you want to use as a command is used consistently. 

The term "down" is sometimes misunderstood by dogs because it is incorrectly used to mean "lay down." However, the dog also associates it with the phrases "get off the sofa" and "don't jump on people." Worse still, when the term "down" is used to refer to all three.

In this case, consistent preparation suggests that you can only use the word "under" to say "lay down."You would use the command ‘off' instead of ‘down' if you wanted your dog to get off the sofa, and you would use a command like ‘floor' or ‘no leap' instead of ‘down' if you wanted your dog to stop jumping on people.

Are you familiar with the Alpha Dog? 

You must first decide that you are the "Master" and he is the "follower" before you can begin training your dog. Some breeds, such as the Doberman Pinscher, will require you to work every hour of the day to remind your dog that you are the Alpha Dog or Pack Leader, while other breeds, such as the Golden Retriever, will only require you to develop your "leader-follower" relationship at the beginning of your relationship.

Subscribe to The Dog Training Mini-Course now to learn how to train consistently and how to develop your position as the Alpha Dog. Use training methods that are sent to your inbox in a step-by-step format.

Learn how to be a pack leader by following these five simple rules. Assist your whole family in being pack leaders for your dog. Your dog is the pack leader if you aren't. The pack leader is in charge of training the other members of the pack. Become the alpha of the pack!

Transform your rambunctious, out-of-control dog into a well-behaved pet... Easily and quickly

Do you know how to get your dog's measurements for a training collar? Do you know how to place the training collar on the dog the "p" way rather than the "q" way? Do you know how to teach these important commands to your dog?

•  - Heel

• - Sit

• - Down

• - Stay – both Sit-Stay and Down-Stay

• - Come

• - Stand

• - Work Time

• - Free Time