Questions tagged [dog cues]
What are the benefits of teaching your dog to respond to your cues?
Category: Bonding
Teaching your dog to respond to your cues, often referred to as obedience training, offers numerous benefits for both the dog and the owner. This process involves teaching the dog to understand and follow specific commands or signals, such as sit, stay, come, or heel. Below, I will outline the key b...
How can you tell if a dog is feeling playful versus submissive?
Category: Interpreting Behavior
Understanding whether a dog is feeling playful or submissive is crucial for interpreting their behavior and ensuring safe and positive interactions. Both playfulness and submission are common canine behaviors, but they serve different purposes and are expressed through distinct body language cues. H...
How do I teach my dog to follow my cues in agility?
Category: Sports
Teaching your dog to follow your cues in agility is a rewarding process that strengthens your bond and improves your dog's physical and mental fitness. Agility training involves guiding your dog through a series of obstacles, such as jumps, tunnels, weave poles, and A-frames, using verbal and physic...
How do I teach my dog to follow my cues in dock diving?
Category: Sports
Teaching your dog to follow your cues in dock diving requires a combination of foundational obedience training, confidence-building, and specific dock diving techniques. Dock diving is a sport where dogs leap off a dock into a body of water to retrieve a toy or achieve maximum distance. To ensure yo...