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You’ve Arrived! Dog Training Tips

How to Teach Your Dog Some Home Training

Here Are Some Tips!!

  • Minimise distractions - always start lessons for new tricks in a quiet room in your house away from any distractions

  • Break training up into short but regular sessions so your dog isn't overwhelmed

  • Be patient - just like us, dogs all learn at different rates so don't worry if your dog doesn't pick things up straight away

  • Always end with something your dog knows, so the session finishes positively

  • Have fun - training is a great way for you to bond with your dog!

How to Know if Your Dog is Overwhelmed 
1. Starts doing what he wants
2. Gets commands he knows wrong 

Teach your dog to sit in six easy steps

  1. With your dog in a standing position, hold a tasty treat near their nose.​

  2. Keeping the treat near your dog's nose, move your hand in an arc over his head.

  3. As the dog raises his head to follow the treat, his bottom will go on the floor.

  4. The instant he sits, praise him and give him the treat.Practice this a number of times in short but regular sessions.

  5. As your dog always gets a treat for sitting, you'll soon find he sits for longer. You can now add the cue word 'sit' as he goes to sit.

  6. Be careful not to say it before your dog moves into position or they may associate it with the wrong movement.

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Teach your dog to lie down in six easy steps

  1.  With your dog in a sitting position and a treat in your hand, move your hand from your dog's nose towards their chest, then straight down towards the floor.

  2.  Your dog should follow the treat into a lying down position. Praise and reward them with the treat immediately

  3.   Practice this a number of times in short but regular sessions.

  4. When your dog is easily following the treat into a down position, you can start to say the word 'down' just as your dog is getting into the down position.

  5. Practice this a number of times in short but regular sessions.

  6. While your dog is lying down, give him treats - this will increase the time he spends lying down.

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