Dog Care and Other Articles

Trainability Lesson 5: Teaching Your Dog to Lie Down Why is it important to teach your dog to lie down on command? In a word: control. A dog that is lying down is not chasing a cat, barking at other dogs, getting under your feet while you’re trying to cook dinner, or otherwise being a [...]

Trainability Lesson 4: Teaching Your Dog to Stay It’s not easy for a dog who loves being with you to stay where she is while you walk away. But teaching your dog to stay has many benefits. For example, a dog that stays on command can be kept out of harm’s way when you need [...]

Teaching your dog to come when called is one of the most valuable lessons in this training course. It can literally save your dog’s life. A dog that comes when called can be kept away from traffic or other dangers. You can let him run at the dog park, in the woods or along the [...]

Lesson 2: Teaching Your Dog to Sit Even if your dog already knows how to sit on verbal command, please don’t skip this lesson. We promise she’ll begin to learn something new! The method you’ll use to teach your dog to sit is known as the “lure and reward” method. You’ll lure your dog into [...]

Lesson 1: Teaching Your Dog His Name Even if your dog already knows his name, please don’t skip this lesson. We promise you’ll learn something! The first thing we all teach our dogs, even before we realize we’re doing any training, is that when we make a certain specific sound, we want their attention. This [...]