Comments on: What Are The Top Three Things You Like Your Dog To Learn When Training Your Dogs?

By: notary classes

notary classes — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:09:45 +0000

1. Housetraining-includes telling them to “do it” and rewarding them for same.
2. Sit
3. QUIET!
(they train so much easier than girlfriends, could be you need more expensive treats?)

By: vinny_th

vinny_th — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:10:19 +0000

Teach him that if he absolutely must lick his privates, he should leave the room.

By: john b

john b — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:59:01 +0000

I wish my dog would get a job.

By: Javy

Javy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:47:18 +0000

Work for me, pay my bills, cook.

By: cindy p

cindy p — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:35:38 +0000

stay and come for sure. and housebreaking is a biggy. plenty of praise.

By: scion_xb

scion_xb — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:52:50 +0000

sit, stay, and come

By: nightowl

nightowl — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:05:52 +0000

Recall
Heel
Stay.
Recall….so the dog returns to you when called for whatever reason.
Heel…..so the dog walks nicely (regardless on how big the dog will be heel is nice to know)
Stay…..so the dog stays put when you need it to.
Side note: Other commands that you may deem necessary would be LEAVE IT (so it doesn’t eat things it shouldn’t), DROP IT, LET GO (the release command), OFF (to get dog off of something like people so it doesn’t jump up), and LOOK (a distraction command when dog is focused on something you don’t want it to be). And finally, FREE would be used when dog is in a heel, and you are allowing it to roam, and training session is over.

By: WP Robot for Wordpress

WP Robot for Wordpress — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:44:50 +0000

Definitely housetraining-other than that, the most important things I think you can teach a dog are
1.”come”
2.”stay”
3.”halt” This one is very important to me-it can keep a dog from getting run over.

By: jess l

jess l — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:25:02 +0000

the first three things i wanted my dog to know was stay, sit, and heal. now i am working on making her stay in the yard unleashed and to come when called and off running while off the leash.

By: BRIAN W

BRIAN W — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:37:21 +0000

Assuming the dog is already housebroken, I would say the basic commands – sit, come, stay, lie down, etc. I have 2 Siberian Huskies, and although they are stubborn by nature, my 2 dogs were relatively easy to train. They also know how to shake hands. In addition to the basic commands, we have also taught them to stay out of the kitchen, due to their non-stop shedding. The are both well socialized, and they serve as therapy dogs to the elderly, disabled, and terminally ill children. We did not specifically train them for this; them just seemed to come by it naturally.