Author: Winston Choo
If an owner wishes along with using verbal commands to control
their animal, they can also use hand commands as well. When it comes to
teaching your dog the various different kinds of dog-training hand
commands, you will in the beginning need to use verbal commands also.
In this article, we look at just one of the ways in which a dog owner
can teach such commands to their dog.
Teaching a dog how to obey hand commands rather than verbal ones can be
achieved very simply. It will require some patience on your part, but
having a few treats available when they do react in the right way can
help things progress a lot more quickly and smoothly.
It is crucial when you first start training your dog to react to hand
commands rather than spoken ones is that you use the two in conjunction
with each other. Also, you need to first decide what signal will
represent what spoken command that you want your dog to obey. Only
after you have made a decision on each hand command can you then start
actually training your dog to respond to them.
When you first start teaching your dog how to respond to hand commands
rather than just your voice you should say each word very clearly and
make the hand movement in conjunction with it. You will then need to
spend time just repeating the word and the hand signal over a period of
time until the dog actually understands what it is you require of them.
Once you notice that your dog is responding as soon as you begin the
movement and say the word then you should reward them.
With this kind of training you will need to repeat the verbal commands
every time you do the hand signals in the beginning, then as time
progresses you need to start eliminating the verbal ones. Although you
should be still praising your dog and offering them rewards these
should only be offered when they actually respond to the hand commands
and not the verbal ones as well. It is a good idea to very slowly and
gradually stop using the verbal commands and replace them with hand
ones only.
After a period of time when they have begun to purely respond to your
hand commands then you can start beginning to eliminate the food
rewards also. It is crucial that you do not stop providing such treats
as soon as they start responding to hand commands, but gradually
eliminate them and instead offer your dog praise instead.
When teaching your dog to react to hand signals it is best to start of
with the most basic commands that you would normally teach them. So it
is best to start with sit, down and stay. Then when you feel able to
and when you feel that your dog is capable you can move on to much more
elaborate ones if you wish.
Getting the right kind of advice when it comes to you, teaching your
dog to respond to hand commands is easy to find. There are lots of
books, videos and websites that offer sound advice and information on
what are the right dog training hand commands techniques that one
should be using.
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