Dog Training Tricks – 3 Essential Tips

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Dog Training Tricks – 3 Essential Tips

Article by Derek Young

Once you’ve gotten the hang of having your own dog, it’s time to learn some dog training tricks. This article will go into 3 essential, powerful tips to make this easier, so if you’re interested in having a dog that can sit, high-five, and come on command without beating yourself over the head in frustration, continue reading this article carefully.

Tip #1 – Start Young

If you can, start training your dog when he’s still young. You can begin training your dog at as young as three months old. Some more physically strenuous dog training tricks, such as the “beg” command, shouldn’t be attempted until your dog is eight months old. Apart from physical restrictions, however, generally training from when your dog is young is far easier.

Tip #2 – The Essential Tricks

Here are several essential dog training tricks to consider:

Come – Get your dog to come to you. This is useful both at home when you want to cuddle, or when he’s disturbing other people or dogs outside the house.

Off – Tell your dog to get off whatever furniture, animal, or person he’s on. This is useful for preserving your expensive furniture, or getting him off your relatives when he’s a little too friendly.

Sit – One of the most well known commands, sit will tell your dog to sit down. This is useful to keep your dog still while you’re preparing his food. This command can also be used to prevent your dog from chasing after other animals or people.

Tip #3 – Go With Your Dog’s Tendencies

Dogs have tendencies to like certain tricks more than others. It is far easier to train a dog to do what he naturally wants to do anyway, than it is to try and communicate a foreign concept that he doesn’t understand.

For example, some dogs will naturally chase after moving objects. If this is your dog, the dog training trick “fetch” will be much easier to teach than a high-five.

Another example is if your dog likes raising his paws up, teaching him the “paw” trick (raise your paw up) would be far easier than teaching him to fetch, if he doesn’t have the tendency to run after objects already.

About the Author

Learn what the top 3 mistakes of dog owners are and how to avoid them, plus other powerful tips for training your dog, at: http://find-out-inside.com/dog-training/

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