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| ATTRACT ITS ATTENTION |
| ADVICE 198 |
| Call the dog by its name to attract its attention. |
| ADVICE 199 |
| Stand up, with the shoulders directed backwards and keeping the attention of the dog on you, and then show the incentive to the dog. |
WELCOME Dog BODY LANGUAGE
| WELCOME BODY LANGUAGE |
| ADVICE 200 |
| Encourage the dog to obey assuming a welcome posture. Smile, speak in a friendly and suggestive tone and open your arms to receive it but without being too exaggerated. |
| FIRM WORDS |
| ADVICE 201 |
| When you punish the dog, adopt a serious tone of voice and say "NO" with emphasis. |
| ADVICE 202 |
| Some dogs answer better to the deep voice of a man. |
| CENSURE BODY LANGUAGE |
| ADVICE 203 |
| If your dog disobeys you, don't get nervous and adopt a threatening posture. Look straight at your dog eyes and with a mad gesture express negative order like "NO". The posture of the master standing up always scares the dog. |
| ADVICE 204 |
| If your dog is very dominant and constantly disobeys you, you will have no other remedy than looking for professional help. |
| HAND SIGNS |
| Teach your dog to obey your sound and visual orders combined. |
| ADVICE 205 |
| If the dog is far from you, you can direct it calling it by its name first and then making visual gestures with your |
| In that way for example, the dog learns that when the master raises his/her right hand, it means, "sit". |
| LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION |
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| ADVICE 206 |
| They answer better to short and simple words, in order to avoid confusions, choose a name of one or two syllables to call your dog, trying not to make it similar to any other common word. |
| ADVICE 207 |
| Choose a simple word such as "good" or "ok" to complete the order. |
| THE VALUE OF "NO" |
| The word "no" is the most important one a dog should learn because it will keep the dog from doing dangerous things. |
| ADVICE 208 |
| Giving order in the right moment and knowing when to say "no" are two very important things in the training. |
| For example, if a shy dog backs up in front of something that is threatening for the animal though it is not and you try to comfort the dog saying "good", what you are really doing is reinforcing its behavior. |
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| ADVICE 209 |
| In this case, your attitude should be telling the dog "no" firmly. |
| THE BODY LANGUAGE |
| Dogs pay attention to the human body language and they notice if you are distracted or bored during the training session. |
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| ADVICE 210 |
| Be generous with your prizes and expressive when you grumble at your dog, trying to keep its attention during the whole session. |
| TRAINING OUTSIDE HOME |
| When the dog gets to obey your orders in the quiet environment of your house, move to a quiet place outside and repeat the training sessions. Always try to be in a dominant position in order to be able to impose your orders. |
| NOISY ROOMS |
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| ADVICE 211 |
| Take your dogs to more noisy places each time. It should obey your orders in front of other dogs. |
| FINISH PLAYING |
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| ADVICE 212 |
| Always finish the training sessions with something the dog enjoys and is capable to do. Play with it, but don't reserve the best prizes for the end of the session. If you do it like that, the dog will want to finish soon so it will receive the prize. |
| REINFORCING THE ORDERS |
| ADVICE 213 |
| Give the dog orders only when you have it controlled. If the dog is on the leash and it doesn't obey your orders, you will have to reinforce it by pulling the leash. |
| TRAINING IS NOT EXERCISING |
| The dog needs to exercise and time to play with other dogs and the training doesn't substitute any of the two things. |
| ADVICE 213 |
| Make sure your dog does the exercise that its age, breed and temperament require. |
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