View Full Version : Important things to train your puppy
juliefurry
06-15-2005, 05:42 PM
I am in the middle of training my lab puppy, Hannah the genius. I was just wondering what are lifesaving, or just really useful, things to teach your dog. She already knows "no" and for the most part she will sit on command. She is pretty good at no jump, although she is a lab puppy so sometimes she forgets, and she is really good at down (I just started teaching her that today). She knows come and listens I'd say 80% of the time. I'm going to teach her leave it as well as soon as she has has the rest of her training a little better. Right now I am teaching her everything myself because we have Mack enrolled in puppy classes and can only attend classes for one. She will go next after he is done. She is SO smart though I can't believe how fast she picks up on things. She has SO much fun too when I go to teach her new stuff.
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Awww. You're doing a great job. I think SIT and STAY would be your lifesavers as well as COME. You're doing really well. Maverick was like that. Really easy to train. You're doing so well. I don't think you need help at all!
Fran27
06-15-2005, 06:28 PM
Leave it, sit, stay, come are the most useful in my opinion. Oh, and 'off'.
juliefurry
06-15-2005, 07:59 PM
I didn't think of off, that's another one that I have to add to my list.
Barb04
06-15-2005, 09:42 PM
Just have to say Hannah is so cute!
juliefurry
06-16-2005, 12:25 AM
Thank you! She certainly has been growing since we got her though. I can't believe how big she's got I still see her as a little puppy but I guess she isn't as little as I still see her as.
bridey_01
06-16-2005, 07:42 AM
I think the most important thing for every puppy is socialisation. I've heard it recommended that a pup should meet 3 new dogs and 3 new people every day.
A good emergency down can be a livesaving command. Most dogs even with a high prey drive will "down" before they will come.
juliefurry
06-16-2005, 01:08 PM
we're working on down right now actually. She's really good at it. Except we're also doing roll over so she knows if she rolls over she gets the treat and she immediately goes down and wants to roll over. I taught her how to lay down and roll over in basically one day. She doesn't do it everytime you say it but she's getting there. I taught her down (and trying no jump) because we have a 1 year old daughter who gets really scared if she jumps, or trys to jump, on her. I also have a 5 and 12 year old stepson and ofcourse they encourage jumping so I'll really have to get on them about the doggy rules. I figured I'd better teach her down because that way if she laid down she wouldn't look as threatening to a small child seeing as she's at their eye level and everything.