Advanced dog training exercises

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Advanced dog training exercises
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Coming when called is a vital skill that every
dog must learn, both for its own safety and
that of those around it. A disobedient
dog that refuses to come when called could
easily be hit by a car, get into a
fight with another dog, or suffer a variety of
other bad experiences. A well trained dog
that comes when called can safely be taken
out to play in the local park, at the
beach, on the hiking trail, or anywhere
else the owner and dog may wish to go.
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Basic training to come when called is
relatively easy and straightforward, and
involves providing praise, treats and other
perks when the dog does as his owner wants.
After these basic come when called training
exercises are mastered, there are a number
of fun exercises that can be introduced to
challenge the dog and pique its interest.
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Making training into a fun game is one of
the best ways to motivate dog and handler
alike. It is easy for training sessions
to become routine and boring, and it is
important to keep them from degenerating
into this state.
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Before beginning any food based training
exercise, it is important to make sure that
the dog is properly motivated and ready to
respond to treat based training. Testing
the dog is simply a matter of taking a
piece of his regular food and waving it
in front of the dogs nose. If the dog
shows great enthusiasm for the food, it is
ready to start the training. If not, it is
best to wait until the dog is in a more
receptive mood.
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The treats that work best for treat based
training games like hide and seek are cut up
quarter inch or smaller pieces of chicken,
cheese or liver. In other words, something your
dog will love. It is best to use very small
pieces to avoid overfeeding the dog during
he training sessions.
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One great game for you and another family
member or friend to play with your dog is
simply back and forth recall. This is a great
exercise for teaching your dog to come
whenever it is called by a member of the
family. Dogs often learn to only respond
to one person, and this can be a problem
when other people are watching the dog.
That is one reason why professional dog
trainers always insist on working with the
owner as well as the dog. A well trained
dog must learn to respond to whoever is in
charge, not just the owner or usual handler.
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In the back and forth recall game, two or
more people stand approximately ten yards
apart, in a safe place like a fenced in
yard. One person calls the dog and asks
him to sit and say until another person
asks the dog to come. When the dog
responds to the command to come, it is
rewarded with a treat. Most dogs
respondwonderfully to this exercise and love
playing this game. When playing the back and
forth recall game, it is important that
only the person who called the dog be allowed
to give the dog a treat.
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After the dog has mastered the back and
forth recall game, the humans in the game
can start to spread further out, thus turning
the back and forth recall game into a fun game
of hide and seek. The hide and seek game
starts with two or more people in the
center room of the house. Every time they
call the dog to come, they spread out
further away from where they started.
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As the game continues, one person will be
at one end of the house, while another
may be at the opposite end. What makes
the hide and seek game so much fun for
the dog is that he must seek out the person to
get the treat, instead of simply running up
to a person in plain sight. This type of
seeking behavior appeals to many of the dogs
natural instincts. After all, dogs are
naturally hunting animals, and seeking out
food is second nature to them.
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