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The 5 Tricks All Dogs Should Know

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Updated: March 22nd, 2007 |
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In order to live with humans, dogs must be properly taught how to survive in a world outside of canine culture. They must be taught manners. After all, you wouldn’t let your child go around sniffing people without teacher her its rude, and you wouldn’t let your little boy run around in church yelling. In the same manner that we teach a child how to behave, we must teach our pets to behave as well. The following obedience commands are those which every dog should know. Does yours?

1. Sit
2. Stay
3. Come
4. Down
5. No!

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How come my dog never opens the door, save’s my child’s life, or adopts little homeless kittens? Aren’t all collies suppose to be as smart as Lassie??

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Updated: February 27th, 2007 |
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The dog you saw on Lassie was not born that way! Collies, by nature, are more adapt at learning human commands and obeying them fully. However, it takes practice! Many many hours went into training each of the Lassie dogs to do those tricks. You must also train your collies! No dog should go without obedience training (knowing how to behave in the human world) and trick training (knowing how to have fun with humans). If you do not have the patience to train to the level that Lassie was at, at least teach your dog the basic commands every pup should know such as sit, stay, come, down, quiet, and no. 


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Exciting Alternatives to Boring Commands

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Updated: February 26th, 2007 |
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Are you tired of barking orders to your dog? Do you think he’s smarter than the one worded commands you’ve taught him in obedience school? Contrary to former belief, dogs can and do understand more than one word at a time. Any trick can be done using any combination of words to produce the effect.

Here are some cute alternatives to the traditional but boring commands.

Sit = “Have a Seat”, “Plant it”, “Pull up a chair”

Stay = “Don’tcha move”, “Stay put”, “Freeze”

Down = “Lay down”, “Take a snooze”, “Low & Frozen”

Come = “Come here”, “Whatcha doin”

Jump = “Up and adam!”, “Ally Oop Oop”


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Intro to Collie Training

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Updated: February 22nd, 2007 |
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Training your collie should begin the moment you arrive home with
your new pup. Most "household rules" training (i.e. off-limit furniture
& rooms, table manners) will occur naturally as you go about your daily
routine.  Other commands require more devoted, focused sessions of
training.  Because a young pup has a short attention span, training
sessions should remain short - 10 to 15 minutes at the most, a few times
each day.  Depending on the difficulty of action, your collie's own
personality, and previous learning experience, it may take anywhere from (Click to read this full article…)


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