For a very good guide to all sorts of dog training processes and dog behavior challenges, I use and recommend Clickertraining ...that link goes to the description of this terrific ebook you download immediately, wherever you are! -- Rosana

1. Dog training would take away from your time to watch television.

2. Your dog is alpha and won’t let you.

3. If God meant for dogs to sit, they would be born with chairs on their bottoms.

4. The sound of the clicker might wake the baby. Read the rest of this entry

Off-leash activities with our dogs are great, but for safety’s sake, the dog needs to know to come when you call.

Training a dog to come when called isn’t all that hard to do, but training a dog to come reliably is another story. Luckily for our dogs, dog trainer Leslie Nelson has come up with a method that really works. I talk a little about it in this short talk, and further down the page I link to it.

If you would rather read than listen — or want to do both — this audio is based loosely on this page of my website:  the Recall.

And if you would like to download this audio to listen to on an mp3 player, for example, here is the direct link to it. Just right-click or the Mac equivalent to save it to your computer.

http://www.training-dogs.com/sound-files/recall.mp3

Leslie Nelson has created both a DVD and a booklet that explain her method. Here is the DVD at Dogwise… it has been out of stock at Amazon:

Or click on the booklet title to go to Dogwise: REALLY RELIABLE RECALL BOOKLET

Playing fetch with your dog is not only fun and good exercise, it can also be a way to train him to give you what he has in his mouth… if you do it right. In this short audio, about 3 minutes, I describe how to do it. If you have a ball-obsessed dog, you may be thinking this isn’t for you, but at the end I do make a few comments about this situation too.

If you would rather read than listen — or want to do both — this audio is based loosely on this page of my website: Play Fetch with Your Dog

And if you would like to download this audio to listen to on an mp3 player, for example, here is the direct link to it. Just right-click or the Mac equivalent to save it to your computer.

http://www.training-dogs.com/sound-files/fetch.mp3

Here are some tips on starting your dog training, or re-starting it after a break.

This audio file is under 3 minutes, and is based on this page of my website: Getting Started with Dog Training.

And if you would like to download this audio to listen to on an mp3 player, for example, here is the direct link to it. Just right-click or the Mac equivalent to save it to your computer.

http://www.training-dogs.com/sound-files/starting-restarting.mp3

Here is one of my favorite dog training DVDs at Amazon… click on the image to find out more: