sit stay fetch dog obedience training review

By: Adrian Fletcher

Dogs like to live in a group and they have social instincts that can only be expressed by living within a group. For this reason it is known as a pack animal and within the pack there is one leader. When a puppy or dog becomes a member of your family it is joining your pack and it sees you or the person that leads the family as the pack leader. It looks to the leader to guide it and teach the rules of the pack. It also looks for guidance in dealing with situations outside the pack. It will accept these rules and will accept being disciplined if it breaks these rules. In this context, obedience training is the way that the people teach dogs how to behave in the confines of the family and in the wider human community. Because a dog has the instinct to need rules it is keen to learn what you have to teach.

So what do you want to teach it ? Well, many people don't commit to obedience training and teach their dogs a few things but don't really follow through with the training or then vacillate on enforcing the rules. However you need to establish a few rules. Here are the essential skills you need to teach your dog in order to control it and for your pet to live comfortably in a human world.

It should be able to socialize with humans and other animals in the home (specifically your family members and other pets like dogs and cats).

It must like being touched by people and generally trust humans.

It should learn to control any aggressive instincts.

It must accept restraint. For instance, it should know how to walk on a lead in a calm manner without getting distracted by things around it.

It should be able to respond to your calls, especially coming when you call it.

It should relieve itself in a specific area that is set by you.

It should be able to be alone for a length of time every now and then.

By teaching your dog these kind of skills you will help it to fit into the wider community and be a loved and popular member of your family.

The sit stay fetch obedience training course will help you to teach these skills to your dog. In fact it will do a lot more besides this but it focuses on these core skills that adequately socialize your dog. You can then build on the core skills using the course to include more advanced obedience training.

The main part of the sit stay fetch package is the obedience training course. This is more than just a series of commands to teach your dog. It aims to give you an insight into how the dog thinks. This is useful because you can then start to adapt techniques and training methods because you know how the dog will react and respond to best. It also covers many of the bad behavioral habits that dogs have. It explains why they do these things and how to fix the bad behavior.

The next section of the book is teaching the obedience commands. I think this is done well. For each command it is broken down into steps. Each step has a photograph and text that explains what you must do. For each command there are 4 or 5 photos and text that effectively communicate what to do. After looking at a command and trying it a few times you will have soon memorized it and be teaching your dog. The commands feature all the essential commands that you need and a few more advanced commands. There are a few extra e-books that come with the total package. They cover topics like grooming your dog and training it for security work. An additional book that is really useful is on how to become a pack leader. For me this is an important lesson to learn as it will underpin all the training that you do with your dog in the future.

The sit stay fetch course book is also on audio files that you can load into your ipod or convert to cd. You can listen to them wherever you want. They are really useful when teaching your dog a particular command becuase you can listen to them as you teach your pet.

The whole package can be downloaded and you can be using it in about 30 minutes.