Common hand signals and how to teach them

Your dog doesn't  need to be fluent in sign language  to learn how to respond to common  hand signal .Most dog can learn basic in a matter of minutes.

TEACH YOUR DOG TO STAY.

 While your dog sitting or lying down, show him the flat of your plam with your finger tips pointed up move back one step, return immediately praise your dog and give a reward.           

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Repeat, but move two steps back this time . Slowly increase your distance away from your dog and the length on time he must stay slowly increase the distraction in his environment to such ,as background noise and people

TEACH YOUR DOG TO LIE DOWN.

Put your dog in sitting position.hold a treat in front of his face. move your hand down to the ground and back towards you a few inches.The path your hands follows should be an L-shape.

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As your dog follow your hand with eye.He will lie down.When he does,reward him with a treat and lot of praise.