![]() Practically all the puppies learn the hand signal first in this one. So I'm teaching a default of stand instead of sit. Since I mostly use both verbal and hand signals for the very basic commands which ever one the dog learns first is the one I use to teach the other command.Īll of my puppies start off as show prospects-so the very first command they learn is "stand"-my hand signal will be my hand palm down moved away from the dog-but before we get to that point I use that hand under the dogs chin and the verbal command "stand". Doberman puppies are pretty damned smart.Ĭlick to expand.As Cressrb said-it's all repetition when it comes to commands. I'd only had the puppy for about 10 days when I realized that when the cat came in and went through his "gimme a treat routine" I had the cat and the puppy sitting. If I was in the kitchen the cat would come in and see if he could cadge a treat by weaving around my feet and being a general nuisance and when I finally looked at him, he'd sit. Later I teach the hand signal by linking it to the verbal command-but you can reverse that process if you have a puppy who is responding only to the hand signal.Īnd if you want a good laugh-many years ago I had a cat who really liked dog treats and at the time I didn't have an adult dog-only a puppy. My puppies usually are more responsive to verbal commands rather than hand signals-partly because most of the very basic commands are learned (at least in part) by copying what the adult dogs do to get treats-so sit, stand and down are often learned by puppies in my house as verbal commands with no accompanying hand signal. Most puppies tend to respond to a sit command if you are using a hand signal because they are expecting a treat-I actually fade treating every time I give a command or a hand signal and treat only occasionally-that gives me a chance to see if the pup "knows" the word or signal and isn't just offering behavior because he's expecting or hoping for a treat. ![]() I think your puppy is still very young-I use both hand signals and verbal commands for at least a couple of months before testing to see if the puppy actually knows the verbal command. ![]()
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