January is National Train Your Dog Month! I want to go through and talk about some tricks to teach my dog this month. Some tricks I have in mind are: perfecting Loker’s heel, turning counter clockwise (he already does “spin” clockwise), and bow.
Here’s a list of tricks you could work on with your dog:
- come
- take it
- stay
- down
- jump through a hoop
- place
- shake
- wave
- speak
- open/close a door
- find it
- catch
- leave it
- fetch
- play dead
Check Out My Training Schedule!
I have set up a goal schedule so that I (and you) can keep track of my achievements by using “Joe’s Goals”. Joe’s Goals is a free weekly schedule tracker that is very user friendly. I am going to share it here and in my side bar so that everyone can see how often I work with my dog, when I give myself some slack, and other activities I do with my dog. Hopefully, this will inspire others to work with their dogs weekly as well!
Here is my current weekly schedule:
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