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http://www.sitmeanssit.com Teaching a dog to have motivation throughout the lesson is always a very good goal to have.

I have had some requests to watch a training session with one of my own dogs, and how exactly it is that I train it.

This is a session with my dog ‘Nash’ working on a ‘beg’ command, and also to take small turns in facing me. I am using a bite pillow as the toy for him, and it definetly takes some discipline for the dog to be very involved with the toy, but yet still come in and out of drive, and maintain the same enthusiasm at the end as he had in the beginning.

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Puppy K9 training is what this daily dog training video is about. Ashton Fitz-Gerald shows a few different ways to get your puppy to bark on yourself before moving it on to others, and this would start young with a puppy.

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This is Striker again, as I keep trying the “SIT” command. Smart little boy…even with water, food and toy available. He learned the ’sit’ command in about 5 minutes, no joke.

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im using bill jack liver treats to train buddy some simple commands

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This is my dog training tip of the day for today. It is a continuation of the last tip. In this video you will learn how to add a verbal cue to a behavior that you taught with a hand signal.

There are three easy steps to teaching a Verbal Cue:

Step 1: Give the hand signal 5-10 times to help the dog predict what you will ask next.

Step 2: Say the Verbal Cue BEFORE you move a muscle to do the Visual Cue

Step 3: Put time between your new Verbal Cue and your Visual Cue. Wait the dog out and see if they will offer the cue without the hand signal.

As you could see Kiko did not know what I wanted at one point, and offered another behavior besides the ‘Spin’. Instead of telling her she was wrong, I made a kissy noise and asked her to touch my hand to reset her. If she had continued to guess incorrectly, I would go back a step and give her the ‘Spin’ hand signal again after saying the verbal cue. The more you play this game the faster your dog will be at picking up new cues. Kiko now knows after a few minutes, that ‘Obama’ is the new word for ‘Spin’. DOGS ARE SO SMART!

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