The down on command is extremely important and can save your dog’s life if properly trained. If for some reason, you have your dog off lead in a park and he sees a cat across the road, you will be very glad you trained him the down on command. Of cause it will take many repetitions before he will be so conditioned to stop in his tracks and go into a down position, when he actually wants to chase that kitty.

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If you have recently gotten a new puppy, you may be experiencing some difficulties getting it to be potty trained. Animals, much like humans, are born with the natural instinct to go to the bathroom at will. It is a primal urge within all of us that we must learn to control. When we’re first born, we have little to no bladder control. Because of this, diapers were created. Here are some helpful hints to potty train a puppy.

We start out each day with a fresh diaper and go from there. Many puppy owners also use this method to assist them in training their new pet to control their bladder and eliminate large messes. You can approach this task in several ways. One of the most successful seems to be one which involves crating.

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i am learning how to train dogs and i am want to learn how to clicker train dogs.
if anyone has any ideas on how i should do it. please let me know.thank you.

Any ideas on tricks i could teach my dog, and how|
Many thanks x

I have a 2 year old mini schnauzer who is scared to go on a leash. My family got her a year ago and we think her previous owner beat her with a leash that traumatized her. If we put the leash on her she starts trembling and shaking uncotrollablly.

We live in a rural area and in a small town. Oliver is usually the only dog in public unless we go to a dog park. Oliver is good at stopping and going, being around people and cars, but when there is another animal on a leash, he makes a ruckus until they get to sniff butts and do the doggie dance.

I want to take Oliver on a trip with me to Seattle, but I need him to behave on a leash. Either that to he is riding in my purse, but I think he would be happier walking.

My dog is 7 years old and nomatter how sad it is, she’s still not leash trained!!!!!! Instead of me walking her, it’s the other way around. How can I get her to stop? I’ve tried so any time but they always end the same way.
she’s perfectly fine on the leash in my yard but when we leave the yard…

Ok, i have a dog blah blah blah, straight to the point!
I am in a Dog Obedience class in 4-H.
We are training for Agility. I have taught my dog “jump” with a ladder.
So, how can I make other props that represent the ones used in agility competitions
she’s three

Clicker Training is a slang term for the newly popular way of dog training has evolved over the last few years. This method has taken off recently due in great part to the efficiency in which the dog is able to interpret in an instant that they are performing the skill the way their handler wants them to. The animal will only learn from the instant it is in. Essentially, they do not have any way of knowing that you are praising them for something they just did less than a minute ago. With the invention of clicker training, the handler no longer has so cheer and say “good boy” in the instant the dog performed the skill (which at first comes by surprise). Instead, the handler has this clicker device in their hand and the instant he sees the skill being done right he clicks the clicker and the animal knows that what he is doing right then has pleased the handler. So how exactly does this work?

How does the Dog understand the Clicker?

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