Easy and Cool Dog Tricks
There are many easy, fun and cool dog tricks you can teach your dog.
Many breeds of dogs were developed to work, and unless you have sheep to herd or acres of squirrels to hunt, your dog could probably use a little extra work to do.
Other advantages to teaching your dog tricks:
- Most training should be structured play. Dogs enjoy learning, and the more they learn, the more they learn how to learn.
- Many dogs love to work. Your dog does not differentiate between trick training and formal obedience.
- It teaches your dog to pay attention to you and to enjoy it.
- Your kids can show off the smartest dog in the neighborhood.
- Sometimes it is just darn cute.
With a little imagination, you can teach your dog all sorts of easy tricks. Sometimes the trick itself isn't that fancy, but if you are creative with the command, you can make it really cute.
Speak, Bark and Count
A previous Rottweiler of mine not only knew basic arithmetic, he could calculate square roots and do division. How? Pretty easy to teach, if you have a dog who barks.
First, I shaped the behavior. Whenever I knew he was about to bark (hello squirrel), I'd raise a finger and ask, what's one plus one? The instant he woofed once, he got praised. After a while, all I had to do was get him geeked up, then raise a finger and woof! From there it was easy.
Dog Training Articles, Videos & HowTos
Crate training a dog can be an excellent way to keep a puppy (and your furniture) safe when you are away from the house or cannot monitor your dog.
To raise a happy, well-adjusted dog you need to learn the art of socializing dogs correctly from puppyhood.
Teaching easy dogs tricks to your best friend is a piece of cake, if you master a couple of training techniques that all the pros use. Learn clicker training and shaping, and you can teach your dog everything from "sit" to "bring me a soda from the fridge" with enough patience and perseverance.
So you approached crate training with patience and persistence and it is still not working for you and your dog. Crate training is not for everyone and is definitely not for every dog. This does not mean that you have a "bad dog" or that there is something wrong with your dog.
Many issues arise when people start considering crate training there new puppy. Once the puppy is crate trained it allows for him or her to be left alone safely for hours at a time. Otherwise your new family member must accompany you every where you go until they are old enough to stay home by themselves and not get into harmful things or tear up your house.
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