It's tempting to jump the gun when teaching your dog new tricks. It's also easy to compare yourself to other dog owners and what tricks and commands they can get their dog to do, but this won't help.

All basic commands like learning how to teach a puppy to sit add real value to you and your dog’s life as it allows effective communication between dogs and their owners, enhances safety, and promotes ...

I’ve recently written about the importance of defining what a successful “Stay” looks like for your dog and how it must be taught to meet those defined conditions. If you’ve been following along, you ...

Question: I’ve been working on the "stay" command with my 2-year-old mixed breed dog. At first it took a lot just to get her to stay for 20 seconds, but after calmly correcting her and taking her back ...

There are five important commands that every dog should know: 'sit', 'stay', 'down', 'come, and 'heel'. The steps below will give explicit instructions for each command using vocal cues and hand ...

Dogs should master several important commands–but according to dog trainer Katharina Marioth, one command doesn't belong on that list. Photo: Getty Images/Katharina Marioth Basic commands like “sit,” ...

Question: Our 1-year-old dog will perform a consistent and dependable down/stay for 3 minutes solid. What is the next step and how do we continue to move forward with this work? Answer: If she'll stay ...