Your Dog Won't Mind Now What?
How to Have an Obedient Dog
Editor’s
Note: Charlie Jurney of Terrell, North Carolina, the
author of “Finished Dog,” trains all breeds
of dogs but focuses primarily on Labrador and golden
retrievers and Boykin spaniels. His dogs
compete in the Hunting Retriever Club Division of the
United Kennel Club and in the American Kennel Club Hunt
Test Program and the North American Hunting Retriever
Association Field Test Program. He’s titled hundreds
of grand master hunters, grand hunting retriever champions,
master hunters and hunter retrieving championships and
has won 10 Boykin Spaniel National Championships, all
performance-based retrieving titles.
To have an obedient dog, you must have control over
the dog. Jurney recommends that you buy a flat, nylon
collar and a rope leash. Put the collar on the dog,
clip the leash to the collar, and take the leash in
your hand. Now you can teach the dog the four basic
commands that will transform the dog from a disobedient
Alpha, unsafe dog to an obedient Beta.
HERE – Use leash pressure when you give the command
“here,” and pull the dog to you. Many people
find this first basic command often the easiest to teach.
If the dog tries going in another direction besides
straight to you, pull him to you,
and say, “No.
Here.” When the dog accepts the command and comes
to you, praise him, pet him, and look for him to swallow.
“Praise is the most–important part of training,”
Jurney emphasizes. “Each time a dog performs a
command properly, always praise and pet it.” When
a dog accepts a command, it will give a swallow response,
which means it understands. Repeat the command daily
until the dog learns to come on the leash when you say,
“Here.”
To learn more, go to www.finisheddog.com
or email finisheddog@yahoo.com.
Or, you can call or write Charlie Jurney at Beaverdam
Kennels at (828) 478-3101 or (828) 478-3943; 8200 Hwy.
150 Terrell, NC 28682. For more information on SportDOG
Brand collars, call (865) 218-4088 or 1 (800) 732-0144
or visit www.sportdogbrand.com.
Tomorrow: Heel and Sit
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