Dog Training How and Why to Teach Hand Targeting

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This is the video that accompanies the Smart Dog Blog post written by Laurie Luck here: http://smartdoguniversity.com/how-and... • The second article and video can be found here: • http://smartdoguniversity.com/dog-tra... • Hand targeting is one of the easiest dog training behaviors you can teach your dog. It's dead simple and is ridiculously useful. I wish I'd known about the many uses of hand targeting when I had my bad dog Lucky. That dog taught me so much about dogs, behavior, and dog aggression. I was relatively new to dog training when I realized the extent of Lucky's behavior problems and while I did the best I could with him, I was still learning and didn't have the depth of knowledge I now have. • Hand targeting is great for lots of different situations. You can use hand targeting to keep your dog's focus on you (instead of the jogger, bird, other dog, rabbit, etc.). You can move your dog around easily (instead of tugging on his collar and forcing him to move). You can make veterinary or grooming visits go more smoothly by being able to direct your dog's head and body in a specific direction (instead of manhandling him into the perfect position). You can use it to help with loose leash walking (the dog can't forge ahead if he's targeting his nose to your hand). You can also teach your dog a neat trick like ringing a bell to let you know he has to go outside (the bells are the new target!).

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