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Many people think of trick training as something exclusive to professional trainers. However, just about anyone with a healthy dog can enjoy the fun and benefits of teaching their dog tricks. The admiring “oohs” and “ahhs” from family and friends as they watch your dog show off its tricks is probably enough incentive to get started. But also consider the additional benefits: Trick training is one of the best ways to build your confidence in training and build your dog’s confidence in you and itself—all while having a blast!
The Basics for Trick Training
No need to be intimidated. Even the most advanced and well-trained dogs used in movies and commercials start by learning the basic commands of sit, down, stay and come. Just as a well-built house has a solid foundation, a well-trained trick dog has a solid foundation of basic obedience. The basics are attention, sit, down and stay. Once your dog knows these commands you can move on to more advanced tricks, such as shake, wave, roll over, circle, bow, crawl, balance a biscuit and more!
Attention!
Attention is probably the most important basic obedience command. After all, it is unrealistic to teach any student (human or canine) that isn’t paying attention to you. So, the first step in trick training is to teach your dog to pay attention to you by looking at your face when you say its name.
Author: By Andrea Arden
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