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When you have his attention move the treat slowly back toward the tail.Dog Training - Down Command - Dogs have a natural inclination to adhere to a hierarchy with an alpha (leader) at the top. So, here's how NOT to train your dog:- Forget that your dog has a nature unlike yours. Wait for a movement from standing or sitting to down. But if these are not the results you desire, be prepared to change YOUR behaviour, before you try to alter the dog's. Talk to them like they were a human child. Wait for the response.Encourage by taking a treat or toy. The goal is to encourage, not punish. That way a dog associates the behavior with the command.To command sit, stand and face the dog then make the command. Follow those futile techniques and you'll harvest the pay back of a neurotic dog and you will be an unhappy owner. Take special care with young hips - don't force a completely uncooperative dog this way.Make the hand gesture, issue the voice command and move a treat or toy from the dog's chin to the ground while pulling gently on the leash. When the dog starts to sit, give the command and signal. Be patient, clear and consistent. Many dogs take two years to learn anything beyond the easiest basics to the point that it consistently sticks. Most times, they are not ignoring the command as much as failing to understand it. Punish them for not behaving the way you want.With a treat or toy, face the dog and place it above his head and slightly behind the forehead, but still visible. It's totally counter-productive and won't help anyway.Most dogs won't go own the first few times. But dogs make choices very differently from people. The result is often a common catalogue of errors that can be, with more or less effort, headed off before they begin.At first the dog will have no idea why it's being praised but it doesn't matter as with repetition the behavior will follow the command. But a nearly equal number will underestimate the time, skill and elbow grease it takes to do it as it needs to be done - Especially if they are a new dog owner and have bought a high energy breed when they should have gone for a lower energy submissive type.If the dog backs up do the technique near the couch or a fence where he has nowhere to go.First, take advantage of the dog's spontaneous behavior. With repetition comes understanding. Pull the leash loop with your foot, sliding it over your leg.As a last resort, for the stubborn or slow learner, give the command and at the same time push gently on the back near the tail as you lift his chin.Lets get one thing carved in stone right away - Dogs are not hairy fluffy kids.In really hard cases, kneel nd put the leash loop under one foot and slide it under the knee of the opposite leg, facing at a slight angle to the dog. It instills fear, not trust. But they can be easily distracted, or fail to associate today's case of 'come' with yesterday's action and subsequent reward. The latter they do only when they have no choice.Patience and commitment is key to training any behavior. - Believe that the dog can associate consequences across time and conditions, then draw the same conclusion you would. Physical punishment just isn't an effective training technique. When the behavior is complete,

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The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris ) is a domesticated subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term encompasses both feral and pet varieties and is also sometimes used to describe wild canids of other subspecies or species. The domestic dog has been one of the most widely kept working and companion animals in human history, as well as being a food source in some cultures. There are estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world.

The dog has developed into hundreds of varied breeds. Height measured to the withers ranges from a few inches in the Chihuahua to a few feet in the Irish Wolfhound; color varies from white through grays (usually called blue ) to black, and browns from light (tan) to dark ("red" or "chocolate") in a wide variation of patterns; and, coats can be very short to many centimeters long, from coarse hair to something akin to wool, straight or curly, or smooth.

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