Dog Training Commands - Speak “Doglish!”
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Dog Training Commands - Speak “Doglish!”
Your dog needs to understand your dog training commands. Keep in mind that your dog cannot really speak English and that there are other factors involved as well, that let your dog understand your commands. Dog training commands needs to be given in a certain way.
What are the general guidelines when it comes to dog training?
1. The principle of leadership:
Dogs are basically pack animals or one could say they have lots of team spirit. For your dog you are his pack and for your dog to feel safe, he must know who is the leader.
2. The attention factor:
Remember that a dog will do anything for attention. This can lead to all kinds of complications.
3. The irony of negative attention:
For your dog any attention is good and if bad behavior gets him the attention he wants, it will reinforce this bad behavior.
4. The power of positive attention:
Use your dog’s love of attention in a positive way as part of his training. Only give him attention when he is behaving correctly.
5. So, what is “doglish?”
6. It consists of three different elements:
- Making eye contact
- Your body language
- The tone of your voice
7. Here are the few basics you need to know:
- Your dog thinks of you as a dog
- Every member of the family is ranked
- Dogs do not care if the attention they get is positive or negative
- Dogs do not understand English, they understand what you are saying trough a combination of eye contact, body language and the tone of your voice.
This is only an intro into Dog Training Commands. For a more detailed description I can strongly recommend an e-book such as SitStayFetch. With SitStayFetch you will get all the help you need to train your dog without any problems.
