Teaching tricks is a great activity that greatly contributes to the development of the dog-owner relationship and to getting to know your dog. One of the popular tricks to start with, because of its relative easiness, is how to spin around.
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In the long run, we cannot expect any dog to walk beside us on foot, as going for a walk should also be about relaxation, discovery and sniffing around for a dog. However, with for a small dog, it’s not pleasant – nor healthy – to pull on the leash, and especially with larger ones it can be quite problematic if they end up dragging us along the street.
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Keeping your dog by your side can be very useful, for example during everyday situations, when another dog or cyclist passes by. Then you can keep the dog by your side for a shorter time without having to stop. But in addition to many canine sports and work activities, exams also include this task.
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Dogs love their usual place, they feel safe there, be it a box, the bed or just a corner. Ideally, we can take the dog’s place with us (box / bed / blanket) so we can provide them their little safe spot in the car too. However, it is also useful if, for example, we can send them away to relax when guests visit.
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Eye contact is the foundation of almost every task we want to teach our dog later on, so it’s a very important starting point.
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One of the first and most important things we need to teach our dog is to run to us immediately when called. Keeping a few basic rules in mind, this can be a very simple task, but whether your dog can be called successfully under all circumstances strongly depends on the dog-owner relationship.
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