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Home Training Special Needs Training Training Dogs with Hand Signals

Training Dogs with Hand Signals

Silent cues are useful in any situation where dogs can't hear you.

Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA

Published: September 6, 2002 Updated: December 8, 2021