Training at its Best

I had a great day yesterday Sunday 24th August. In the morning I took Mica (my Dalamtian) to her training class, and what a good class she had. We had to do doggy press ups, this is to get the dog to do a sit, down, sit and stand. At this early stage in training we still give the dog rewards on each exersise, so I get Mica to sit and give her a treat, then put her into a down, she gets a treat, back into a sit, another treat and then into a stand, and at this stage a lot of fuss and a handful of treats.

The next exersise was getting Mica to do a wait, we start this with some heel work and then give the command wait and just lightly check the lead, as soon a the dog stops you give them a treat. She did this extremly well.

We are also introducing the stay exersise, this can be done when the dog is in a sit or down. Choose the one that your dog is more stable in. This exerise can take a while for your dog to learn, remember be patient.