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Most important commands What do you think are the most important commands a dog should know? I think come, stay, sit, drop it, leave it and just a general no. |
All of those plus "stop" mid-stride. I trained Tibbe that "stop" means take no further steps in any direction and stay in place until I come pick him up. He's not to walk toward me as I'm coming for him. This one is hard for him to keep crisp on so regular training in it is necessary for him. He also knows "Back back". |
I think your both right but as far as "most important" I think "come" is that for me and I have been very lax at training Princess Sophie to "come". I think she has me trained. LOL |
In Pixie's case it is drop it bc she eats everything she isn't supposed to.b Daisy would be wait bc if she gets loose she will run away and twice she has ran right into a busy road and I ran in front of a truck on a busy road to save her life...I now have taught her the command wait, I felt two close calls were enough! |
I think come is the most important command they should learn. |
Come Stop Drop it/give it to me/leave it Down Stay ^ These have saved my boys from doom. Sit is also essential. |
Lets go Drop it Leave it Stay |
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In general come or stop would probably be most important, for my yorkies leave it has been one of the best commands I could have ever taught them- I can't believe the things people throw on the ground these days. |
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In order; Come, Stop are tied for first place. THen Drop it Leave It. Stay is very important. Sit Down Off Walk easy Heel. No is good I also use enough I review STOP commands on every walk, along with come, walk away stay. Heeling and walk easy. Drop it Leave it or Give it I work 3-4 times per week. |
A note the walk away stay; or more likely you will be running away, is for emergency situations when you need your dog to stay in place, while you go run and deal with an emergency that is happening. |
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Dexter is doing pretty good with all the main commands when we are at home, but once we go somewhere, its impossible to have him concentrated! He is almost 9 months old and is not really a puppy anymore, but he has attention span of a gold fish :( It really doesn't bother me that much, except for the fact that he should respond to at least command "come" in case he gets lose outside. What do we do? |
Agree on the Come command. Could not get Lily to come at all! Not even in the house. I also stress the importance of Leave it, Drop it, Stay. Then there are just the fun ones. :) |
I think all mentioned are important. One of the most important command for us is to Sit. We've been walking them off lease around the house and it's been great. Hot Rod tends to head back home when he's done and Maggie May stills gets a little distracted when a neighbor comes out. When we say sit, that means for them to stop immediately and they sit until we go and pick them up. the other thing that I do, not necessarily a command, but I guess sort of, is I will make the "ah, ah" sound and this gets their attention in that they know what they are doing is not what I want them doing. It gets their attention and they either go the other direction or stop what they are doing. |
I think stay might be the most important. Come would be my second. And of course the others listed. |
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