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Posted by KDiamondDavis on February 22, 2003 at 18:39:36:

In Reply to: Re: poodle tricks posted by Salty on February 22, 2003 at 13:18:23:

:do u know methods u can teach ur dogs instead of going to a dog school?

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:::hai im new round here and i have a bestest buddy that i want to teach. yup, my cute little minature poodle. how do i teach here tricks? do u just say, get ur ball, or stay. how do u do it?

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:::thx, Salty>>>

::Some dog training schools now have classes that include a lot of tricks. The book "The Power of Positive Training," by Pat Miller includes a lot of tricks. Clicker training is a good way to teach tricks, and there's a lot of free information about how to clicker train a dog on the Internet, including the site www.clickertraining.com. Probably the biggest number of tricks and methods in one book are found in Captain Haggerty's book "How to Teach Your Dog to Talk."

::Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series at www.veterinarypartner.com

What you learn in dog training school is how to communicate with your dog. The dog has no idea what you mean when you say words. Words have no meaning to the dog except the meaning we have created by learning how to communicate with the dog. I think you're going to need some help in person learning how to do that. If you are a young person, there may be 4H classes available to you at a low cost. ---Kathy

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