Home Training And Tricks FUNdamentals

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Your dog understands how to behave around the house with these basic manners and fun tricks. Tricks are fun activities that challenge your dog both mentally and physically, and provide a way for family members and friends to interact with your dog in an appropriate way.

As you begin Home Training, think about these questions:

Thinking about these questions will help you use your experience with your dog while you take this course.

When does your dog get into trouble around the house?
In what situations do you wish your dog behaved better?
How do you let your dog know how he/she is supposed to behave?

Goals and Objectives

When you and your dog complete this course, you will know how to communicate with your dog, and your dog will have an understanding of what you want.

Click on Home FUNdamentals Checklist to open and print a checklist where you can record your progress for this course.

Trainer will be able to:

Demonstrate patience when training the dog and assist the dog in exhibiting calm behavior in exciting situations.

Dog will be able to:

Respond to your commands and perform a couple of tricks.

Articles for Home Training:

Re-read Treats and Rewards and Training Time. Read Why dog sports to understand why dogs misbehave around the house.

Activities and Video Lessons

Make sure you and your dog have completed and understand the lessons in Basic FUNdamentals. Shake and Pick a Hand are fun games designed to stimulate your dog’s mind, a good start to preventing bad behaviors. The following lessons can be completed in any order, although Shake helps your dog learn Pick a Hand.