Four Legged Scholars LLC – Dog Training – Hiram and Surrounding Areas

Are you stressed from repeating yourself or yelling to get your dog to respond?

Unfortunately, this a common problem and we see it often. As a result, we understand, and we can help.

It is frustrating for me to watch so I can only imagine how you must feel. Awhile back I remember seeing an owner call his dog in an off-leash dog park about 20 times and his dog still hadn’t come to him.

The longer he called his dog the more irritated he got and the louder his voice got.

Let’s break this pattern for you now. It is honestly really simple to do and requires more of a mind set shift in the owners rather than actively applying tools through dog training. Hiram owners will greatly benefit from knowing this secret.

It is really this simple. If your dog isn’t responding, when you ask him to perform a command he doesn’t understand what you want him to do.

So the solution is simple. You just need to communicate in a way that is very clear to your dog when you perform dog training. Hiram residents will be impressed that your dog can easily listen you.

The truth of the matter is the command actually has to be generalized in multiple situations. Just because your dog knows how to sit in the house when no visitors are present does not mean that your dog will sit when visitors are present.

It also does not mean that your dog will sit when you get his leash out, and he is excited about going on walk.

Even still, it does not mean that your dog will sit when he is eager to run outside to play. Lastly, it does not mean that your dog will respond to sit on your leash walks. You see, your dog will get distracted easily.

When he is distracted he isn’t thinking about what you are saying. He is thinking about what is distracting him (the food on the floor, the fun visitor, the smell on the walk, etc.).

The trick is to think about how you originally trained the command and re-train the command EVERY time your dog is in a new environment or gets distracted.

Your dog did not learn to sit with you doing nothing to help him learn. You did something to help him understand the meaning of sit.

Most of you probably used a treat and moved your hand in a certain hand motion that caused your dog to move into a sit position. This is called a lure.

You then said the command right before your dog sat. Do this same process over and over again in multiple environments and when your dog is distracted.

He will begin to understand to pay attention to you, and your dog will begin to respond the first time you ask him to perform a command when he is distracted.

You can also think of what will prompt your dog to respond or what will motivate your dog to respond.

What prompts your dog to sit, come, down etc? Certain hand movements, certain treats, certain noises, etc.

Do this prompt right before your dog does the behavior you want and then add the command.  

Eventually, you will fade out the prompts and your dog will respond to just the command. Ultimate obedience is here!

Practice this while you perform dog training, Hiram will become a more peaceful place because your dog will listen to you the first time you ask for a command.

Johanna Teresi, Hiram Dog Trainer, Four Legged Scholars LLC, Dog Training, Hiram

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