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Dogs don’t speak but they can communicate with each other, with other animals and with humans by barking. A dog owner will certainly be very proud for the achievement of teaching the pet to speak. Dogs that were trained to speak cannot converse the we humans do, still, not many dogs can speak or bark two or three times and then stop altogether when the command is given.

A dog that can speak will be the pride of the owner however, the training can have a very beneficial effect as it can address a dog’s excessive barking concern. Teaching the dog to speak is not unlike training the dog to bark only when a command is given. Barking is a dog thing thus training the dog to speak will not be too difficult. Dogs can easily adapt to the speak command. An owner can give the speak command every time the pet is barking until the dog understands what must be done when the command is given.

The goal of the training is to make the dog “speak” or bark on command thus you have to know what triggers the dog to bark. Being food motivated, dogs generally bark at the sight of food. The sight of a toy will make a dog bark.

The toy and the favorite food can be used as positive reinforcements that will make the training easier. Due to the dogs curious nature, it would be best to choose a training location that has few distractions. The attention of the dog will not be gained if there are interesting sounds, sights and scents. No matter how you try, the dog will not respond to your command if it sees the neighbor’s cat up on a tree.

The sight of a toy or a treat will make the dog bark. Wait until the dog has stopped barking before you give the Speak command. If the dog does not bark you have to repeat giving the command again and again until you get a response from the dog. As soon as the dog barks you give the toy or the treat. Dogs learn by association thus the reward must be associated by the dog to obeying the master’s speak command. Speak is one of the easy tricks that can be learned by the pet. Constant practice conducted by a patient dog owner will soon make the pet respond to the command.

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