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from: The Complete DogThe "Stay" command is going to need a considerable amount of practice when you're training your puppy. Teach him to stay either seated or lying down. Say "Stay," as you walk away, and act shocked if he rises and follows as repeated practice. Go through this again, and always praise him mightily when he's "stayed" for even a few seconds. And then gradually lengthen the time. This command can be perfected while you're moving around doing housework or in a cellar workshop and it won't take too much time once the idea has been implanted.
Your dog needs to learn to walk on a leash as well without any pulling. The command "Heel" is often used here. As with "Stay," this will take practice. Teach him some signals to use when he wants to go out. The appropriate bark for speak means he'll let you know, if you don't see him at the door, that he wants to go out. You will also need to teach not to jump on people, and having him "Sit" as a friend approaches should help to control his enthusiasm.
He also shouldn't be allowed to bark and run forward at anyone, even a suspected interloper, until given a command. He shouldn't be allowed on furniture, unless you permit him to sit on a special chair; he also shouldn't be allowed to beg for food at the table, although in a lot of cases it's the family who must be trained and not the dog!
Make sure he's never allowed to wander around the neighborhood making a nuisance of himself, and never runs loose in the street. He should never be able to go off your premises without being on a leash. Everything you teach him to do or not to do will help at some time. If the leash breaks or he gets outdoors without a collar, obeying your call may save his life.
An owner of obedience-trained spaniels once forgot to close her house door when she went to cross the street to her car. As she looked back, she observed, to her horror, her two eager little puppies loping down the front steps -- and there was a car coming down the street.
She called "Down!" raising her arm in the obedience-taught gesture and the puppies immediately dropped flat as the car whipped by between them and their mistress. It wasn't until she called "Come!" that they rose up and troted happily to her.
Obedience training won't "make a robot" of your dog but it certainly will make him a better citizen and quite possibly of you.
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