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Written by Regenna Deruso   
Saturday, 12 April 2008
SitStayFetch provides some great dog training tips on how you can make your dog more obedient to your commands and they allege that your dog's behavior problems will go away by using their techniques. So, we are going to utilize their tips and techniques by conducting a case study on the different aspects they present in their dog training course.
by RegennaDeruso


SitStayFetch provides some great dog training tips on how you can make your dog more obedient to your commands and they allege that your dog's behavior problems will go away by using their techniques. So, we are going to utilize their tips and techniques by conducting a case study on the different aspects they present in their dog training course.

For my case study of SitStayFetch's dog training tips, I will be training my German Shepherd dog, Bear, who has no training experience. For my first experiment, I will be teaching my dog the command: 'come'. This is Bear's main problem right now, he does not come when called and it leads to a lot of frustration.

Here's a normal day with Bear. I let him outside so he can play and get some exercise. I soon notice he starts running up and down the fence with my neighbors dog playing tag and tearing up my garden. I call him with a "Bear. . .Come. . ." command and do you know what he does? He looks at me, acknowledging I said something, and then keeps on playing, completely ignoring me.

Now frustration sets in, so I start shouting "Bear. . .Come!!!" He will not even acknowledge me now. So I start yelling in frustration and go grab him by the collar and make him come inside, letting him know I am angry at him for not listening to me. I am sure many dog owners have been there and done that. SitStayFetch tells me that I am approaching this all wrong as dogs think differently than humans. They inform me the reason why my dog is not listening to me and tell me by just implementing the why into my training will make my dog a lot more obedient to my commands.

What exactly does SitStayFetch teach us about training our dogs to be obedient to our commands? They teach us that when we discipline our dog for not doing what we want, our dog is learning that the command is bad and they should not listen to it. So, if we give our dog the command, come, and then yell at him for not listening, the dog will relate that command to bad things and will not do what you want. You see, dogs learn from positive reinforcement. By getting mad and giving your dog a command, he thinks that command means he is in trouble and will avoid it whereas we think that the dog will learn that his actions were bad and will learn to do it right. SitStayFetch informs us that if we want our dogs to listen to us, we need to use positive reinforcement that rewards our dogs and teaches them by performing the command good things will happen.

If we want our dogs to learn the come command, we need to teach him with positive words and not with negative words or actions. To accomplish this, SitStayFetch teaches us that there are some things we need to do in order to get our dog to listen to us. I will address 3 of the tips here that I feel are the most important, or are the ones that helped my dog Bear the most.

One: Get some treats that your dog will enjoy. You can try cheese, hotdogs, and dog treats. I use Cheetos for Bear because they are his favorite food.

Two: Use a positive cheery voice when using the command and say "Bear. . . Come. . .".

Three: Have a long leash handy so you can use it with the command to teach the dog what you want him to do.

So with my new tips in hand I put Bear on my 15 foot leash and let him go outside. The results. . .

At first Bear did not respond because he had been preprogrammed by me that the command 'come' was bad. So I initially had to say "Bear. . .Come. . .", and real him in to me, using the leash, while saying, "Good Boy Bear. . . Good Come. . ." in a very cheery voice, and then giving him a piece of a hot dog. Boy was he excited over that! Then I repeated this by letting him play with his neighbor dog friend and then saying "Bear. . .Come. . .", reeled him in while giving him praise and a nice treat. It was not long that Bear soon realized when I said "Bear. . .Come" that he was going to get praise and treats and would come running on command. I was so ecstatic and grateful that my dog finally learned to come when I called him.

Therefore, does the SitStayFetch program actually help stop your dog's behavior problems? I have to say, from personal experience, that yes it does do what they claim. I have applied all the techniques they say to teach my dog the 'come' command and it worked like a charm. So far, I am very pleased with the results. Bear now comes on command when he is playing with his friend next door. If you apply these techniques that SitStayFetch teaches, your dog will also come on command when called. Give the techniques mentioned in this article a try and you will also see great results.

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