DOG TRAINING BASIC OBEDIENCE

Dog Training Basic Obedience

Dog Training Basic Obedience

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Dog Training Basic Obedience


Introduction

Many people find owning a dog is like having a child who ignores them, causing stress and frustration and ultimately diminishing the joy of a special relationship.

In this book, I will share my experience and expertise by revealing good techniques to enable you to get the best out of your dog, whether it’s a family dog or a working dog. We will take a look at how a dog thinks and learns. If we can figure this out, we can get a dog to do almost anything.


I established the Canine Training Academy of New South Wales, Australia in 1996, (based in Sydney). My Academy has trained over 6,000 dogs in basic obedience, personal protection and scent detection. Most of our clients are typically ordinary people, just like you and me, trying to get their dogs to obey simple commands such as “come, sit, stay and drop”.


I have a unique method of teaching dogs to obey commands in a quick and very effective way, without harming them. In 2001, I became a Certifying Official for the International Canine Detection Federation (ICDF) and a Master Trainer for Human Detector Dog K9 (HDD K9). Since then, I have trained dogs on behalf of military and government institutions in many countries. All dogs were trained with different levels of skills for particular purposes, recognising different breeds have particular talents. Moreover, human behaviour influences dogs. Typically, dog owners pass on their own personality characteristics, disabilities and bad habits to their dogs, usually without even realising it! The purpose of my book is to provide you with proven techniques that, if followed correctly, will set the foundation for a healthy, productive and fun relationship with your dog. I have seen many delighted owners as a result of investing in my Academy’s dog training programme – simply by eliminating daily frustrations with their dogs. Just as important, their dogs are also far more contented!

Please note this training manual is meant for dogs over 6 months old it is not meant for any of the toy and puppy breed.

Basic obedience


What is basic obedience?

‘Basic obedience’ in my course consists of the commands:

“Sit, Heel, stay, Come and drop”.

These commands will give you full control of your dog on a lead.

‘Advanced basic obedience’ means that the dog will obey all the previous commands plus learn road sense and food refusal, off the lead.



Let’s look at what all these commands mean:

Sit your dog will sit on the ground where you tell it;

Heel your dog is on the left or right hand side, depending on your preference, without pulling or jumping and paying full attention;

Stay your dog is either in a ‘sit’ or ‘drop’ position and does not move unless instructed to do so;

Come your dog makes his way to you by the most direct route when called.

Drop your dog drops to its stomach, touching the ground in a lying position.

Road Sense or (Boundary Awareness)

Your dog is given a defined barrier such as a doorway, step or road, or anywhere you make a defined boundary that it is not allowed to cross.

Food Refusal

Your dog will not eat unless given a specific command.



Hand commands


Hand commands are extremely important when training your dog and will help it visually understand your command(s).

You must always give your dog rewards with the opposite hand used for commanding them. Hand commands should be made in conjunction with voice commands, which we will discuss further on.

Sit is made with an open hand with fingers together in front of the dog’s muzzle. Raise your hand slowly making sure it is following your hand with its eyes until it reaches a sitting position.

Heel is made with your hand that is closest to the dog and by indicating/stroking the dog in the direction that you want it to proceed.

Stay is made by keeping your hand open with fingers together in front of your dog’s muzzle, without touching it, creating an artificial barrier in front of its face.

Come is made by using your same hand stretched out in front of you and by bringing it towards your chest inviting the dog to come. For the command ‘come’ I will sometimes use both hands to show more enthusiasm toward the dog.

Drop is made while maintaining a heel/sit position; gradually bringing your hand down slowly to the ground causing the dog to follow you with his eyes and eventually its body to the ground.



Stay
Food Refusal



Do not allow your dog to eat its food without an approval command such as: ‘yum, yum’, ‘munch, munch’, ‘and eat’ or whatever you choose to use that suits you best.



Tools and Treats

Lead

The lead you choose for your dog should be made of cloth or leather and approximately 1.2 metres in length. A nylon lead will end up hurting your hands and burning your fingers if it slides through. A good tip on leads is that a shorter lead will give you more control than a longer one.



Check chain

A check chain is also known as a choker, or a German training collar, and is made of closed links. These are designed to slide over each other so that the collar can be pulled tight or released easily.

I find that the HS dog collar range (made in Germany) of check chains are the most reliable. They do not rust or break and are made of stainless steel with exceptional loop welding. I purchased a set in 1995 and I am still using the same set today! They come in different sizes and weights: light, medium and heavy.

Select a chain appropriate for the type and size of your dog. A good test is that the chain should fit your dog quite snugly, but you should have room to place four of your fingers between its neck and its collar.

The collar is prepared for use by slipping the chain through one ring as shown in the following picture.



The correct way to use a lead and check collar:

You want the collar to tighten as it is pulled up, so facing the dog as you put it on:

It will look like the letter ‘P’ if you want the dog on your left.

It will look like the letter “Q” if you want the dog on your right.

The lead is clipped to the loose end ring.

If the dog is on the left, the lead should be held across your body in the right hand.

If the dog is on the right, the lead should be held across your body in the left hand.

When you check your dog (reprimand), give a quick, sharp, upward tug on the lead and then slacken. This technique replicates the natural bite of a female dog when disciplining a pup. It is very effective when you learn to do it correctly.



Treats

Treats can be anything that your dog likes to eat. I prefer to use cheese as it dissolves quickly. The importance of this......

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