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Training an older dog requires some accommodations, but it can be done!

By Pat Miller

You’ve no doubt heard the adage, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” If you have an older dog, you’ll be relieved to know that for the most part it’s false. Older dogs are perfectly capable of learning. The oldest dog ever to enroll in one of my training classes was an 11-year-old Labrador Retriever, and she performed admirably. Positive trainers like to say “it’s all tricks.” Any new behaviors your senior dog can learn count as new tricks, even if

The old-timer in your pack may not be able to respond to your cues as quickly as the younger dogs, due to muscle stiffness or arthritic joints. Be patient – and alert to the possibility that she may be physically unable to perform certain movements.

he’s no longer jumping through hoops. …

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