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I was walking my dogs this morning and realized that I use a cue all the time that you might want to use with your dogs. What is the cue? “Flowers”. What could “Flowers” possibly be used for? I use it to tell my dogs not to urinate on a specific location. I see the remnants of so many irresponsible dog...

Great question. Most lure movements are designed to both motivate a dog to move into position and also represent the final motion of the cue. For instance, when you lure a dog to sit, you put the treat above his nose and move your hand back towards his tail. This looks similar to the final cue that a...

You can push your hand flat along the ground (as if you are pushing straight down), or take your hand and curl it towards your body (as if you are rubbing your shirt with your fingers pointed towards the ground) and then turn your hand over and show your palm. You first need to lure the behavior by moving...

This is a really fun trick to teach. There are many steps involved, so just focus on improving a bit more each session. Eventually you will achieve the final behavior! This behavior might take a couple sessions, or it could take much longer. I always recommend that you focus on keeping your dog interested...

If you are a savvy trainer, you can teach your dog to do behaviors on cue that are initiated by a change in the environment that happens naturally or that is part of your normal daily pattern. Unless you are working on a sophisticated trick, the reason to implement this strategy is to alleviate the need...