Anyone who has experienced the thrill of teaching a dog new tricks knows exactly what it takes to get their dog to listen to their commands and it usually does work too. It is very exciting when you finally start to see the results from using your dog training techniques on your dog and it will motivate you to continue working with them to teach them even more. Instead of having a dog that just sits around doing nothing, you could have a dog that is totally fit to be involved in dog shows or anything else interesting such as that. One of the easiest commands to teach a dog would have to be, to sit. Teaching your dog to sit should come pretty easy, if you are consistent and praise them every time that they do listen to you. Normally within just a week of working with them, you should have a dog that listens to the sit command and you will just be tickled if this has never happened for you before now. Dog training can be a great deal of fun, both for the owner and their dog, if it is done correctly.

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Which book have you found the most helpful? I’ve been scrolling through amazon.com to find good books on clicker training, agility, and obedience. Are there any that you recommend? The following are some I’ve been looking at. Of the first two, which do you like better?

“Clicker Training for Obedience”- Morgan Spector
“Click for Joy!”- Karen Pryor
“Introduction to Dog Agility”- Margaret Bonham

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