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You can make your dog more obedient and get rid of their behavior problems just by using the techniques that SitStayFetch teaches in their course, or at least that is what they claim. So I will be conducting a case study to determine if their dog training tips will work to make my dog obedient to my commands.

I will be evaluating how well their tips work by testing them on my German Shepherd dog, Bear. Bear is the perfect candidate to test their techniques on because he currently has no training and he is a young pup, around 8 months old. I will start off teaching him the ‘come’ command because this is his biggest problem right now.

Bear’s favorite thing to do is run along the fence, which happens to be in my garden, playing tag with the dog next door. This of course does not make me happy because he is destroying my beautiful garden. When I see him doing this, I call out to him with a ‘Bear. . .come. . .’ command. Upon hearing me, he stops for a brief moment, glances back at me and then proceeds with his running and playing.

Now frustration sets in, so I start shouting “Bear. . .Come!!!” He will not even acknowledge me now. So I start yelling in frustration and go grab him by the collar and make him come inside, letting him know I am angry at him for not listening to me. I am sure many dog owners have been there and done that. SitStayFetch tells me that I am approaching this all wrong as dogs think differently than humans. They inform me the reason why my dog is not listening to me and tell me by just implementing the why into my training will make my dog a lot more obedient to my commands.

What lessons does SitStayFetch teach us about training our dogs to be obedient? The main thing we learn is that dogs learn from positive reinforcement and not negative reinforcement. This means they do not learn that they need to listen better and perform the command better next time to avoid their master yelling at them. They instead learn that the command given means they will get punished and they make a mental note to not listen to that command because they do not want to get punished. So, if we want our dogs to listen to our commands, SitStayFetch teaches us that we need to use positive reinforcement to reward our dogs for listening to the command. By using positive reinforcement, the dogs learns that by listening to the command good things will happen and he will want to do what you say.

If I want my dog to listen and obey the command, come, I need to use positive reinforcement so my dog learns that the command means good things will happen and that he should listen to the command. I also need to stop using the negative reinforcement of yelling and getting mad at my dog for not listening. To accomplish this, SitStayFetch has several great tips for us to learn from, but I will address the 3 tips I believe are the most important.

One: Use yummy treats that your dog will love to eat. SitStayFetch suggest to use hot dogs, cheese, or dog treats. I use Cheetos because Bear loves them.

Two: Make sure your voice is upbeat and happy when you give your dog the command.

Three: Use a long leash so you can reel him in when saying come.

So with my new tips in hand I put Bear on my 15 foot leash and let him go outside. The results. . .

I let Bear go play and then gave him the come command. He just looked at me and went back to playing because he knew this command meant he was in trouble. So I tugged on his leash and pulled him into me all the while saying, “Good Boy Bear. . . Good Come. . .”. When he got up to me, I gave him his treat of cheetos and gave him a few pats on the head. I could instantly see Bears attitude change and he was now excited. I let him go play once again and then called him using the come command. This time, something miraculous happened, he came to where I was wagging his tail and waiting for his treat of cheetos. I was amazed and very pleased and so was Bear. Because of the techniques that SitStayFetch teaches, Bear learned how to come in a short period of time.

So does SitStayFetch’s dog obedience training tips work? Bear proved to me that they do indeed work when you apply what they teach you and I am very happy with the results I seen. I have been working with the come command daily with Bear and he now comes when called, even when playing with his dog friend next door. Your dog can also learn to be obedient to your commands when you train him the correct way and SitStayFetch does an excellent job at teaching you how to do that the correct way.

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