Voice And Hand Commands For Your Dog

Voice And Hand Commands For Your Dog -

Speaking to and with your dog is a huge part of the connection you should be making with your dog. Have conversations and speak to your dog like it is a friend. Not just giving demanding commands.

Communicating with your dog is a natural behavior. Recent times have made people very soft and there is alot of negativity about communicating with your dog. For instance, saying “No” has become taboo. Being loud or stern is also considered negative. The more you naturally communicate with your dog, the less it will take these things as negative and more as an alarm from danger. Speak to your dog and explain things to it. Do not just use commands to your dog. This comes off as demanding and not very enjoyable.

On saying “No” to your dog, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Dogs do not know the soft and negative connotations that humans have come up with about saying “No.” As a matter of fact, saying “No” is a completely normal part of positively functioning in this world. Just don’t be rude or mean about it. Pretty simple to know how to use the word “No” properly.

There is nothing wrong with being loud or stern with your dog. Otherwise known by a soft society as hollering or yelling. First, there is zero wrong with hollering or yelling if it is done in order to warn another being about a hazard or problem. If a dog is approaching a parking lot or street. Or if another dog seems aggressive. Or if your dog is acting in a negative way like barking, lunging or biting. You are not going to help or save your dog by whispering. Second, have you ever heard a dog bark? It is usually pretty loud. If dogs communicate in a loud fashion, there is zero wrong with us doing the same.

This soft society, that suppresses natural behaviors and instincts, can go to the lengths of saying “No” and hollering or yelling at your dog as bad and negative. Many will even accuse this as instilling fear into the dog. This could not be further from the truth. Hollering or yelling at a dog or person in order to protect it or save it from making a mistake is nothing like training it by instilling fear into it. This is stretching things into what it is not through negative judgement. Obviously, just do not do it in an excessive way or mean manner. Also, if you do need to say “No” and holler or yell at your dog, reassure it after words that everything is OK and explain why you had to do it. Your dog will understand.

How do you think you are going to respond when you are at the park, relaxing and having fun, when all of a sudden your dog starts running towards the parking lot because it sees a dog and owner that it loves to play with? There are cars driving in between your dog and them and your dog has already made some distance away from you. Are you going to calmly speak in a soft voice and try to recall your dog? Absolutely not! You are going to holler your dogs name and yell stay or stop, if you even use a command at all. If your dog is not familiar with you speaking this way, it is going to respond in a scared manner and not pay attention to its’ surroundings or a car coming. If your dog is used to you recalling it with a loud voice, it will recall immediately, not being shocked by this at all.

Speak to your dog how you naturally do. Do not baby your dog, as this is not howmyou are going to respond in an situation or emergency. Get your dog used to how you would normally respond. Just don’t be mean or aggressive about it. This is behaving naturally. Not behaving while hiding behind your judged ego. Ignore your ego and all judgements and expectations that hinder it from acting normally.

There are many different commands for dogs … too many and too complicated. I am putting together a list of commands that are simplified. First of all, the commands we use are all single syllable. I also combine some similar actions desired of your dog into one command.

Attention Commands -

Hey

Name (Your Dogs)

Listen -

Look -

• For gaining your dog’s attention

• Take two fingers and thumb, like holding a treat and place them at your upper lip.

Now

No -

Position Commands -

Sit

Lay

Stay

Heel

Place

Off

Up

Down

Recall Commands -

Free

Come

Hold

Cross

Action Commands -

Spin

Get / Fetch

Shake / Five

Mark / Spot

Speak

Busy / Potty