How to Train Your Dog in Three Simple Steps

Video Transcript

"To train your dog in three simple steps, you want to get your dog's attention, you want to be consistent always use the same language for the activity that you're soliciting, use the same physical command, and then you want to be fair and reward your dog for performing that activity. So very simple steps. You want to have your dog's attention, you want to be consistent and you want to be fair. Shake. You want to begin by getting your dog's attention because it's important that your dog know that they are working with you at that time. If your dog is distracted by something else, then the likelihood that they'll hear what you're asking them to do is slim to none. So you have your dog's attention. Then you want to get the behavior, you want to be consistent, you want to ask the same way as much as possible, the same language as much as possible. So that you're asking for the same thing every single time, it'll be much easier for your dog to pick it up. The final thing is to be fair, to reward the behavior that you do want, and to try not to get frustrated, and when you find that you're getting frustrated or you're losing your dog's attention, just stop training for a short period of time and then come back when you guys are fresh and ready to work again."