How To Train Your Dog To Respond When You Call

[Adrian Lim]

http://www.adrianlim.biz/Dog/articles/article3.html

[StarWhisper]

"Start by going into the house, and calling the dog by his name. Once he or she arrives at your feet, give them the treat."

The problem I see with this article is that it gives the impression that it's acceptable to teach a person to constantly repeat themselves to get a dog to obey: "Spot! Here Spot! Spot, Come! Spot! Good boy!"

Dogs should learn to obey the first time they hear a command, not the second, third, fourth, ect...

Ever seen a person getting their dog to sit for example where they "Sit, Sit, Fido sit, sit..Fido sit! Good boy!" The dog doesn't know the command "sit" it knows "Sit, Sit, Fido sit, sit...Fido sit"..that last "Fido sit" is the dogs cue to obey...

The same applies to the article you posted, if you just sit there calling the dog until it comes to you then it does not know "Spot come", it knows Spot! Come Spot! Spot, Come! Spot! Good boy!".

[DiggityDogs]

Good observation... I wan't even going to touch this one. It gets tiring after a while leaving long posts... LOL