Wait! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs In our last blog post, we described the difference between the "Stay" and "Wait" commands and gave suggestions for teaching your dog to "Stay." Today we are going to continue that post with suggestions for teaching your dog the "Wait" command. Work on the "Wait" command every time you go out, whether your dog is going with you or … [Read more...]
STAY!
Stay! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs Two very important commands to teach your dog are "Stay" and "Wait." "Stay" means that your dog stays in a position, like "Sit" or "Down," until you give a release command. A release command is a word that tells your dog that they no longer have to obey a command. Words like "free," "go," "ok," etc are all good words to use to … [Read more...]
DOWN!
Down! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs In my last post, I introduced you to obedience training and described how to teach your dog to sit using the Sit command. Today's blog post is going to be about teaching your dog to lay down using the Down command. Down and Sit can be taught and practiced at the same time. Once your dog understands Sit, Down naturally follows so both … [Read more...]
SIT!
Sit! Basic Commands for Therapy Dogs Sit is a basic obedience command and the foundation for learning other commands. It's one of the easiest commands to teach your dog and thus normally the first command taught. Obedience training is important because it teaches your dog good manners and it can easily be incorporated into many games that you play with your dog. It can be … [Read more...]
