5 commands to teach your puppy

Tip! Be careful of disrupting your training time with rewards. Reward them only when your dog is calm after it performs a trick.

Sit, come, leave it, down and stay are a few of the basic commands one needs to know about how to train a puppy. When teaching other complex behavioral traits and eliminating bad behavior, these commands are important especially. This article explores these commands and gives an insight on how dog owners can train their puppies to understand and obey them.

Sit 

Tip! Do not tie up your dogs too closely. Doing so could cause injuries to the dogs if they become entangled in the chains and attempt to free themselves.

This is perhaps the most common and easiest command to teach your puppy. All you need to know about training your puppy to obey the 'sit' command. To teach your puppy to obey this command you start with holding a treat right above the puppies heads not close enough for him to easily grab it but enough to his bottom to touch the floor or ground. Once he is in this position say 'sit' and pass the treat to him. You have to repeat this procedure until the puppy learns to sit when commanded with or without a treat.

Go/come 

Tip! Your dog should exercise a minimum of one hour per day. Also, ensure that you regularly train your dog and take him or her out for bathroom breaks.

To know how to train a puppy to obey this command put him on the leash and create some distance between you and him them pull him towards you gently as you say 'come' and reward him when he gets to you. Repeat this drill until he masters to respond to the command. Leave it

Tip! Try to limit the amount of accidents your dog has while toilet training. You need to know what they act like if they have to use the bathroom.

This command helps you protect your puppy from playing with things that can be harmful, inflammable or poisonous.

You need to have two treats in both hands always one better than the other get him to smell the lesser one and tell him to leave it as he tries hard to get it and only hand him the other treat if he leaves the first one and turns to the second treat.



Down 

Tip! Understand that older dogs have certain limitations. An older dog will never be able to be trained perfectly.

For this one you need to get a nice smelling treat and enclose it in your hands. You then hold it near his head and move your hand gently towards the floor then say 'down' get him in the down posture and then reward him.


Stay 

Tip! Use good treats that are irresistible to your dog. Since these treats will be handed out sparingly, it should not matter too much if they are usually off limit items.

It is advised to only attempt teaching this after your puppy has mastered the 'sit' command. You have to exercise patience if your puppy takes longer time to start obeying this command.

Tip! Keep your emotions from other areas, such as a fight with a friend or family member or being upset with another pet, at bay. You want to avoid using a cold tone that your dog can sense.

Sit, come, leave it, down and stay are some of the basic commands one needs to know about how to train a puppy. All you need to know about training your puppy to obey the 'sit' command.

To teach your puppy to obey this command you start with holding a treat right above the puppies heads not close enough for him to easily grab it but enough to his bottom to touch the floor or ground.

You have to repeat this procedure until the puppy learns to sit when commanded with or without a treat. To know how to train a puppy to obey this command put him on the leash and create some distance between you and him them pull him towards you gently as you say 'come' and reward him when he gets to you.