How many times do you find your self raising your voice Louder and LOUDER to get your dog to listen? Sounding like this....sit, siT, sIT, SIT!!! And maybe your dog will be sitting by the time you finish shouting or they may have moved on to something more interesting.
Engagement is part of my Acronym: L.E.A.D. It is pretty important to have your dog interested in you and what you are asking them to do. How can you be "Bigger & Better" when you are competing with a whole world of sights and smells?
You need to have what your dog wants. You must make your dog want what you have such as food or a toy. In fact, we want our dogs to make us give "IT" to them by being engaged with us. The dog should be thinking "what do I have to do to get what I want". And isn't that when our dog goes through their repertiore of behaviors: sit, down and rollover? So start out by having something your dog really loves. A healthy food drive is helpful in this instance but a favorite toy can work as well.
The first step in training anything to dog is getting them to Look at you. If they aren't looking at you they probably are not hearing you either.
An easiest way to begin is with the Name Game. You say their name "FIDO". They Look at you. You say YES as a reward marker word then give the food or toy. Once your dog recognizes their name and repeatedly looks at you, you can insert the word "LOOK" as the new command.
With the Look command you will build Focus and Attention. With your dog fully engaged with you, You become the World to your dog.
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