– The first thing you wish to have is some delicious dog treats to train your dog. It is best to utilize a special treat that your dog doesn't normally get to eat so that he is enthused about the coaching. I recommend using turkey sausages because they're inexpensive and easy to cut into tiny pieces for coaching.
– Start your training by putting your dog in a sit position, and then you wish to bring the treat next to his nose and down to the ground, and steadily move your hand toward his neck. Give your dog a treat for following your hand and going onto his back. Next, you need to move you hand farther away from him so that he rolls over. Ensure that you praise your dog frequently throughout the coaching. The most excited you are during your training session, the more your dog is going to like drilling with you.
– Once your dog can roll over, you will need to say the command “Roll Over!” at the same time that you “lure” him with the treat. Remember to always give him a treat after he rolls over so that he learns what's anticipated of him.
– Practice these exercises every day for a week. After that, you are going to want to phase out the treats so that your dog can roll over without needing to use treats. I also suggest that you train in different environments; train in your rear yard, your local park or at your friend’s house “that way your dog will be able to perform his new trick everywhere he goes.

Tips:

Always reward your dog and give him a treat anytime that he is successful. You need to build on success instead of getting irritated if your dog isn't entirely understanding what you need him to do.

Always remember to teach this trick incementally. Which means to get the dog to first turn his head, then move his body onto his side, and eventually to roll over. You want to reward each stage of the rolling over.

And always keep your training sessions short! Your dog will learn more in a short five minutes session than he will with an hour of boring drilling.

Jean Cote is a Professional Dog Tutor who believes in teaching tricks as a technique to develop a loving relationship with dogs. He enjoys making online dog tricks help texts on his internet site and his dog blog.

When I get clients that want their dogs to have a good reliable Recall or “Come” command we spend a LOT of time with a long line. Strange, but most people find it incredibly difficult to work with a piece of rope 20 feet long. The dogs usually do fine, but the clients get tangled, wrapped up, and tripped up with long lines. The things are one of my favorite tools though. You simple can’t accomplish some things in dog training properly without the use of a piece of rope.

So, with all that said and done, here is a picture of one of my clients named Zimba working hard with his people in the park this morning on the long line. Good work Zimba and family. Thank you for doing your homework for me.

Thanks so much for all that you do. I couldn’t agree with the below more.

BMH

Steve,

Just had to tell you that we took Callie trick or treating last night and she did GREAT. That is something we never have been able to do with our older dog. The kids just loved it that she could go with us. She was perfect as she could be and got many compliments from other families.

Ben and I both send our thanks to you for all your help in training Callie so that she truly could be part of the family. Can’t thank you enough.

I’ve been lamenting the lack of comment on that post from my clients, but today I got this fantastic picture with the subject line “keeping an eye on the treats” which is how we went about teaching this pup to walk next to the person and watch. Needless to say, Zimba picked up on the lesson very well. Very well indeed from the looks of this picture.

Enjoy the photo and don’t you wish your dog had this level of concentration on you when out for a walk.

Zimba watching closely

Steve Haynes
Austin Dog Trainer
Fidelio Dog Works

Ahh the sweet smell of success. Kat Wilson and Tucker just passed the Canine Good Citizen Test today. The great news is that Kat is not actually Tucker’s owner but his daily dog walker and she did all the training with him! I can’t say how happy this makes me that Tucker has been getting not only walked on his daily outings but also trained quite well by Kat.

So, if you want your dog trained to pass the Canine Good Citizen test and you’ve got some business travel to do, I would suggest you contact Kat at Over the Top Pet Care.

Congratulations to you both!!

Steve Haynes
Austin Dog Trainer and certified Canine Good Citizen tester.

Over the past few weeks I’ve been getting to do more and more agility training. Now, I’m no agility specialist by any means but I do enjoy doing all of the basic work for it. Often times I’ll get clients to a very good base level of training by teaching the dog directions, target command, working on the “come command” (which is an absolute necessity in agility). After the dog masters these basics, I’ll usually send the clients off to an agility specialist if they want to compete or off to something like the Zoom Room here in Austin if they want to play around and have fun teaching their dog new things.

In all cases though, working with a dog by teaching them the basics of agility is a great way to engage their mind and get them to think about things in a new way. Anything that help a pup pay attention to their owner and gets them to anticipate what’s coming next is a plus in my book.

Steve Haynes
Austin Dog Trainer