Learn Reliable Dog Recall Behavioral Markers

Series Summary

Training your dog to obey basic commands is part of responsible ownership. Dogs do not learn these traits on their own, but if taught, will retain the knowledge willingly. The recall command is one of the five basic pet behaviors that can be trained. The other four pet behaviors are “sit, down, stay and heel.” The recall command is the most important command because this will keep your pet close and safe. An important concept to remember with training your puppy is that the dog must never be corrected after the recall command. Keeping that in mind, training your puppy should be an easy task when you devote time to your pet.

In this series of expert videos, learn how to train your dog with the recall command. Your dog will learn to follow your commands after you learn the trade from our expert dog handler. Get an introduction to behavioral markers and the conditioned response exhibited by most dogs. Learn how to train your dog for every day situations and emergency situations. Practice the recall command with your dog on and off of the leash to condition your dog to the response. Learn about the benefits of positive reinforcement and try these tips yourself at home. You can learn to train your dog how to recall in a reliable manner after you view these how-to video clips.

This series is an Equilibrio Films production.

Video Transcript

"Hi, This is Elise McMann for ExpertVillage.com and in this video series were talking about teaching a Relaible Recall to your dog. If you would like to find out more about my services you can visit my website at http//:www.canineheadstart.com. So, in this short clip were going to be talking about "Training a behavioral marker". We're going to have Sue demonstrate this with her dog "Teddy" and just before we start I want to let you know that you can have a number of different behavioral markers you can use a mechanical one which a clicker or you can use a verbal one and generally people use the word "Yes". In Teddys' case were' going to use a verbal marker because he doesn't like the sound of the clicker, we think that it is probably having to do with his association of that with his training with an electric fence. In any case, we are going to use a verbal markerhave Sue and Teddy demonstrate how to train the verbal marker. (Sue repeats the word "yes" 9 times to Teddy and tells Teddy good boy!). Good! so, Teddy has picked up on the idea that when he hears that word "yes" it means that it's a reliable predictor of a treat coming."