Basic Obedience - 10/29/11

The STAY command is hard!  Here is your sweet dog, watching you walk away, and you aren't letting him/her go with.  What does that mean?  Practice, practice, practice. Keep your STAYs short and sweet, and build up your time your dog can STAY as well as how far away you can go.

As always, don't forget to smile, and don't forget to say your dog's name before each command.

At the door, use your WAIT command, then OK to open the door to let your dog go through, with your permission. Since dog's don't have opposible thumbs, this is a command you can always be in charge of.

  Welcome to class Angie, I know you will quickly catch on. This was Marcel's last class at least for a while. He has changed a whole lot in a little bit of time.  Remy will miss you. Me too.

DOORS - drive thru by permission

      Go to door.
Face door.
  Tell your dog BACK,  give hand signal
pause
   Tell your dog WAIT,  stomp foot
pause
  Give verbal OK !
open the door
I don't care who goes through first.

10/1/11 - Obedience Class

Use your "WAIT" command, at doors, curbs, while walking, or letting someone pass.
Make it a short time, so you can get that "OK" word in before your dog breaks the
command.
A stomp off the foot is a good reminder and audio cue.
Speaking of reminders;
When giving a command, stand up straight, hold your ground and wait for your
dog to make a good decision. Say your command 1x, unless of course your dog
is deaf in which case don't say anything.
While crate training, a Kong, or Deer Antler gives your dog something too
look forward to.
Temple Grandin will be at McFarlin this coming Thursday to talk about her
book "Animals Make Us Human.

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