More on Dog Training Hand Signals
In anyone's home, there is usually the presence of dogs. More and more people are becoming hooked on having a dog as their pet which may result for the latter to be considered the most important possession of a person.
In choosing a particular pet, there should be a lot of consideration to be done and one of them is the ability to react and understand command given by owners.
If proper training is achieved, after some time the dog may both understand verbal and hand commands. But in most cases, dogs respond better on hand signal than verbal command because of their nature to be very observant of body language.
Dog hand signals are pleasurable to teach and easy to understand by most dogs. The very fist thing to do is to associate your dog obedience hand signals in gradual repetition then slowly disregard the verbal command. When you are training your pet, it is advisable that the primary command that you should teach is the sit technique.
Through the hand signals for dog training, you can teach it to sit by starting with your arms placed at your side then slowly move your hand into your chest in such position your palm is faced upward. This training is advisable if you are located inches away from your pet or if not, grab the collar of your pet and slowly push its rear into a sting position. The moment when he had mastered the skill, you can then do it again without the verbal command and if he follows your command, give him a reward.
The moment when you see that he had already mastered the skill then the dog is ready for a new trick. The down command is the next which will let the dog lay down with head up and paws forward. The hand signal for this kind of trick is to palm down and your finger positioned together, afterwards slowly lower your hand to the ground. When doing this, it is important that your dog is focused because if not, your dog will not obey your command properly.
After then, you are ready to teach the ‘come' signal. When doing this, you need to call his name first as you say ‘come'. If he approaches you right ahead, give some reward but he is disobedient, you can pull his leash unto you while at the same time calling his name and saying ‘come'.
When he mastered the verbal command for come, you can then incorporate the hand signals for dogs by bending your right arm at the elbow and then move backward into your left shoulder in a single sweeping action.
The instant when you observe that your dog had already mastered these three basic dog training hand signals, it is about time to enroll him for more advance lesson. But you can as well do the training all by yourself by researching information from the internet or magazine which tackles about dog training books + hand signals.
Have a great "dog training day",
Dr. Alfonso
