How To Use Dog Training Hand Signals Effectively | Dogs

By Dr.MayraAlfonso
Total views: 2
Word Count: 549

Around the world and around America, dog owners love their pets. They are often considered members of the family, just like another son or daughter. But is about dog that people really enjoy and love? One of the main reasons why dogs are one of the favorite pets is because of how easy is to train them, especially when using dog obedience hand signals.

Because of the power that pet dogs possess of being perceptive to body language, they can well comprehend not only verbal commands exclusively, but they've a great ability to learning hand signals for dog training. This makes their training more easygoing, than when exclusively only verbal commands are used.

Dog training hand signals are pleasurable to teach and easy to understand by most dogs. The very first thing to do is to associate your hand signals in gradual repetition then slowly disregard the verbal command. When you are training your pet, it is advisable that the primary command that you should teach is the sit technique.

So, how do you train your dog the sit command? It is actually really easy. First of all you need to make sure you have your dogs' attention 100% percent. To get your dog attention, you need to call your dog by his name. Make sure you only do this once, if you need to have a leash attach to your dog collar. Once you have your dog's attention, point your index finger at your dog, at the same time as you say the command sit. If the dog doesn't comply, show your dog what you mean by placing him on the sit position.

The next primary command you want to train your dog on is the downwards command. Please remember that it's a bit more challenging command for your dog to execute, particularly as when they're lying down on the floor they experience that they're bringing down their guard. A lot of pets will just not want to do that, particularly if they are extra watchful. There are a lot of methods to training your dog the "down" command, but among the most efficacious ones is to position a treat in front of his nozzle and bring the treat downwards toward the floor as you verbalize the word "down". Your dog would want to follow the treat and naturally finish up on his belly.

After then, you are ready to teach the 'come' signal. When doing this, you need to call his name first as you say 'come'. If he approaches you right ahead, give some reward but he is disobedient, you can pull his leash unto you while at the same time calling his name and saying 'come'.

After your dog masters the spoken command for come, you can then start to train him in the come command by using dog hand signals. To do this bend your arm at the elbow, move backwards and bring your arm toward you in a sweeping motion, and say the command "come". If your dog won't come you might want to keep a treat in your hand, give the verbal and hand signal for the command and once your dog comes to you, give him tons of praises and the treat.

About the Author

Increase the happy years of your dog check out my free dog training cd. In it I reveal all the secrets I've used to develop a happy, well behaved dog. Visit Dr. Alfonso's dog training blog right now

You are here Articles > Pets and Animals > Dogs