Home » Tips & Tricks to Train your Dog! -Obedience Training

Here are some tips you can use for training your dog. Get some treats ready, you can do these right as I explain them! All of these tips & tricks I'm sharing with you I have used on my lab, she knows all of these & does them on a regular basis.

Potty Training-

For this one you could get a bell at Walmart and tie a string on it and hang it on the doorknob, before you take your dog outside take his/her paw & have them ring the bell and say 'Gotta go potty? Gotta go outside?' After awhile of doing this they'll be ringing the bell to let you know that they need to go! But beware once they know they go outside when ringing the bell they might do it a lot just to go out & not have to potty. It'll be up to you to know when your dog has to go.

When your outside keep repeating 'Go Potty!' until your dog goes & when they do, wait until they're done & praise them & say 'You went Potty! Good girl/boy!'

*If your dog goes potty inside and you catch them in the act pick them up & take them outside and say 'Go potty outside.' If you didn't see them doing it call them or go find them take them to the spot & show them say 'NO! Outside!' & then take them outside; even if they don't have to go because they just did they will get the hint that you go outside for that.

Sit-

For this I would recommend getting some treats and breaking them up into small pieces. Get in front of your dog and make sure they're facing you, say 'Sit' firmly and take your hand and push gently on her/his but until s/he are sitting then give them a treat. Have them get up again and repeat the process about 5-10 times.

Lay down-

Again I would recommend getting some treats and breaking them up into small pieces. Have your dog sit then pull their front legs outward until their in a laying down position and day 'Lay down'. Give them a treat and some praise & repeat the process. Keep this up and they should have this down in no time.

Shake-

Get some treats! Have your dog sit and then grab their paw gently and say 'shake'. Give some treats and praise and repeat. This one is relatively easy, should pick up on it fast.

Bye-Bye-

This trick is a bit more advanced your dog should learn how to shake before attempting this one. Have some treats ready. Have your dog sit and say 'shake' then when they bring their paw up don't shake it but take their paw and wave it up and down 2 times and say 'Bye-Bye'. Give them a treat and praise and repeat; after awhile leave out the shake. This is a bit more complicated but this is how it worked with my dog! Just do the motion with your own hand going up and down saying 'bye-bye'.

Stay or Wait-

Get some treats ready. This one is a bit more advanced also for some dogs just depends on what breed. Have your dog sit and hold your hand out like your halting something and say 'Stay' and back away a couple steps. This one is more advanced because their instinct is to follow you, and if they do you say no! have them sit again and say 'Stay!' take a couple steps back again and keep saying 'Stay'. If they stay give them some treats and praise & repeat. When they get good at staying you can walk into another room and trust that they'll stay right there. It takes work but it'll pay off. Trust me I have a black lab & she kept wanting to follow me it took a month or so but she's awesome now.

Come-

Get treats. For this I recommend that your dog know how to stay. Have your dog sit & stay then back away and call his/her name & say 'Come!' & I like to point in front of me when I say it. If you dog just sits there when you say their name & 'Come!' take a treat and put it on the ground in front of you. The true test of this if your dog actually listens is if they can 'Come!' when called when around other people or dogs

If this has interested you check out my blog for more tips & tricks for training your dog. Also more to come.

Happy training!

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I spent 2 full years training my lab, Mikiah, I started when she was 12 weeks old & spent more time on useless commands when my husband deployed to Iraq. I was trying to see how smart she was and how much she could learn & I'll tell you she's really smart but at the same time she's still a bit crazy & always wanting to play! She's 3 years old now & I've recently taught her to roll over & that was a challenge I don't think she wants to roll over haha, but she did & I next want to teach her to jump. Don't ask-like I said I just want to see how much she can learn.