Training Challenges - Information and Index

"Training Challenges" are offered with the following goals:

1) To challenge owners to make better use of obedience with their dog(s) in daily life.
2) To provide insight into how obedience impacts respect and behavior.
3) To help owners find new ways to interact with their pets in healthy and mutually beneficial ways.

These articles ARE NOT be a "how-to" cookbook of training techniques or methods. They WILL help owners better assess their dog's current level of obedience, and offer ideas about where they might move things forward. "Training Challenges" can provide owners with ways to further enrich the life they share with their dogs !

Commands

The Sit Command

Leash Manners/Heel

The Down Command

Recalls

Commands in Motion

Commands at Distance

Placemat Command

Commands in Daily Life

Final Thoughts

Commands and Behavior

Training Methods