Dog training

Now, the question of what is the best way to train a dog. And of course it all depends on what you want to train it to do.

But, most anything you want to train it to do, would have the same basic ideas in training. I have found with my own dogs, that a great amount of patience is needed to start with. And I personally like to use treats to start with the training.

For example, if you want to train your dog to sit, get your dogs attention on you, preferably while the dog is standing up, and has a collar on, and gently  back, while pressing gently on his back side, around the tail area, and ask the dog to sit. Make sure you use a tone of voice that the dog will remember, or say Sit in a certain way. You should make sure you press more with your hand on the top of the dogs tail, than pulling back on the collar. Then when the dog does sit, be sure to tell the dog, Good boy or girl and give the treat right away. Have the treat ready in your other hand or in your pocket. And the more you repeat this exercise, the sooner the dog will just sit when you ask it to sit.

That is the basic stuff to training a dog. Lots of repetition, lots of patience and some treats, lots of praise.  Make sure the treats are small so the dog doesn't gain 50 pounds while you are training it.

Same basic stuff for teaching the dog to shake hands. Get the dog to sit, have a treat ready, lift up a paw, and tell the dog, good dog, and give it a treat. But use a word and a tone of voice when you ask the dog to shake.