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Join us for a trip down dog training memory lane as Dr. Ian Dunbar leads us through how to use Reward Training to get your dog under control.

If you can’t get your dog’s attention, it’s hard to get them to do anything else, so getting and keeping a dog’s attention is an essential foundation skill. When you start training your dog to pay attention to you, you want to notice and reinforce the shortest glance, but as you continue training, your dog will look at you for longer and longer, and you should raise your standards for what requires a reward.

To make it even more challenging for your dog, you can turn your back on your dog after they’ve looked at you. Rather than trying to lure your attention, your dog has to move to find your front and Sit in front of you. Fortunately, this is a challenge your dog is very capable of, and eager to do with the right motivation. Do this enough and your dog will learn to automatically Sit-Stay and look at you when they want your attention!