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Paying attention to you is a vital skill for your dog (and easy to learn).

by Pat Miller

One of the first things I teach people to teach their dogs in my basic “Good Manners” class is to respond to their names. We can’t teach our dogs anything, I tell my students, unless we have their attention.

If your dog tends to react to other dogs she sees when you are walking her, teach her to look at you when you see other dogs, and reward her for the attention.

Getting a dog’s attention is not enough, however; to be truly successful in training you must be able to keep a dog’s attention once you have it. And this is best accomplished by convincing her that it’s in her best interest to offer attention of her own accord. …

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