Dog Training | Dog Training Methods
When you are training your dog there is four important things to keep in mind. They are the command, marker, reward and release. Let us say you are doing a simple exercise like sitting, the first thing which is your command you would say to the dog ’sit’. You would do that in a nice firm voice. A good thing to do when you are doing this is to raise the food or treat above their head, which actually forces them back so that they are sitting.
Once your dog is sitting down, you follow with the marker. You give them some sort of signal that they have done the right thing. Typically you would just say ‘yes’. You do this in a nice voice so that the dog understands that it is a positive reaction from you for what they have done.
The next thing that follows in the training sequence is the reward. You will gently put the treat into the mouth. Now it is important to make sure that the dog does not move from the sitting position, it should not jump up at you to grab the treat that you are offering.
Then last but definitely not least is the release. The dog needs to know when he can finish the action. This is important too otherwise this decision is left up to the dog and it means your dog obedience training exercise will not be completed. Your dog will not remember it very well and may also not be as well behaved as you expect it to be.
So make sure that once you finish the exercise with your dog, you release the dog. That could be just as simple as rubbing his back and saying ‘Yes, well done’. Whenever you are training your dog, do not forget to complete all the four steps above for each of the exercises you put your dog through.
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