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Your Canine's
Sense of Smell
A much larger part of a dog’s brain is devoted to processing smells than yours. Some search dogs locate people buried under the snow of avalanches, search for evidence in crime, and find people in the water. Cloudy days, mornings, and evenings are the best times for dogs to search. And depending on the conditions, dogs can pick up a scent up to a half a mile away!
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> Training Your Dog to “Stop” – A Basic Dog Training
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Training Your Dog to “Stop” – A Basic Dog Training
Technique
Some people don’t know about “stop”. The idea here is that
no matter what your dog is doing, he will stop and stay
where he is. This is ideal for when he’s about to get in
trouble, and shouting his name may make him come running
towards you. Sometimes you want him to stop and then come,
but if you teach him that “Stop” means “and stay put”, you
can keep him from dashing across the street when doing so
might put him in danger.
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You can train your dog to stop by playing Fetch,
modifying the game so that instead of returning the
stick or ball or whatever right to you, once he reaches
the object and picks it up, you tell him to “stop”. His
part in the game is to then drop the object and stand
waiting for you. If he starts towards you, tell him to
“stay” and keep that in the game until he learns that
stop is always followed by stay if he tried to move. At
that time, you can probably drop the “stay’ and he’ll
stay put on the command “stop”. You walk over to him,
reward him, then release him with “okay”, at which point
you can restart Fetch by throwing the object again.
If you have trouble teaching your dog “stop” alone, two
people can work with the dog by having Fetch take place
with one of you throwing the object next to the other
person. When the dog reaches the object and picks it up,
the person further away calls out “stop” and nearest
person encourages (or helps) the dog to drop the object.
At this point, the dog’s attention will probably be with
the closest person in the game, who can keep eye contact
with him until the further person walks up to both of
them. At this point, both people praise and pet the dog.
Take turns being the closer person so that your dog
doesn’t come to expect anyone to take one particular
spot, and so that when the time comes, either one of you
can call out “stop” and the dog will be used to obeying.
Also take turns with the food treat: let whoever is
further away bring the treat to the dog while he waits,
copying the usual “stop” situation when only one person
is with the dog.
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