The Off Command in Dog Training

Series Summary

Teaching your dog or puppy basic obedience commands can be a tricky feat, but the reward of a happy, healthy pet makes it well worth the time and effort it takes to train a dog. Learning how to stay, sit, and heel are important for both you and your dogs happiness and safety. There are many variations and theories on how to train a dog, but most professional dog trainers will tell you to reward good behavior and negatively reinforce bad behavior. Of course this can be more difficult than it sounds. Many people may end up unknowingly enforcing the bad behavior instead of the good, but with a little effort and knowledge of how a dog learns, even you can teach your dog basic obedience commands.

One command that many people would like their dogs to understand is the off command. This command will teach a dog to move from a higher object to a lower object, or it will teach a dog to stop from jumping up on a guest. In this free video series, a dog trainer will teach you how to give a dog the off command, and how to get results from the command. You'll learn when to use this command, how to associate visuals with the command, and how to address a dog prior to giving them the off command. You'll also learn how to bait a dog and how to lead them off of an object, as well as the routine for using the off command. With these tips and techniques, your dog will stay where you want them to, and will refrain from making guests uncomfortable.

Video Transcript

"In this segment, we're going to be talking about continuing our command training with the command off. Off is used when your dog jumps on yourself or on a piece of furniture in your home. I oftentimes refer to this command as called four paws on the floor to illustrate the difference of an off command compared to a down command. Most people, I'd say eight out of ten people when they're dog jump, jumps on them they say down. The industry, industry standard training command for jumping is called off. So always remember off means four paws on the floor. Through this video segment, I will be describing how to prevent your dog from jumping on yourself or jumping on furniture. There's numerous times throughout your dog's life where they will get excited. Once they learn the off command you can rest assured that you won't have any more jumping problems."