Dog obedience hand signals update#
Dog obedience hand signals professional#

INSTEAD, of you plan to train something with a hand cue, do so with as little verbal interaction as possible. Most dogs will only learn the hand/body cue in this scenario and you will have A LOT of difficulty transferring it to a verbal cue as you have diminished the value of the word. Dog’s primary communication is body language so they are constantly reading our body language, definitely more than they are listening to us!īUT! you should actually not give the hand signal/body language cue at the same time as the verbal cue. I just want to say, yes, you can and should consider body language when training your dog. Especially when multiple owners are yelling come.Įvery dog learns differently but I swear by this, any new dog owners out there please try it, I can’t recommend it enough! I taught my dog when he gets too far away (off leash park) both hands in the air means come and it’s amazing how much better it works. Numerous times I’ve seen people at the dog park yelling “come” to dogs who are playing, not listening and then the owner gets frustrated. Dog is excited around people on the sidewalk and not listening well, Hand signal to sit. I find hand signals can change everything. But when at a dog park or in public it’s not always as easy for your dog to hear your commands clearly. It is easy to train in your home, no distractions. I can repeat a command without hand signals a few times but if I do a hand signal without a verbal command he always obeys. My current puppy is much better with signals than words. Seems small and some may say “my dog does fine with verbal commands” but it’s smart for a few reasons.įirst, some dogs learn better by signals, if yours is one of those it will be better behaved and trained if you’re training in a method he/she can learn best from. I always say the word and do the signal together. I’m a firm believer in hand signals for dogs while your training with words. Notable WIKI pages:įor content relating to the physical care of dogs, try our sister subreddit, /r/DogCare. Please flair your posts using its flair link (not, and so on)! See our flair guide for help. In particular, please note that recommending the use of aversives like pain, startle, fear, or intimidation to train dogs is not permitted here. Posts and comments that don't follow these guidelines will be removed. Please read our rules and posting guidelines before posting or commenting.

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