Leigh Stephens told Newsweek it's "hilarious that I learned dog commands before I learned basic future tense verbs or how to ...

Choose your words. Plan ahead when training a dog to respond to words. Pick words that you can use only for commands. ... Pair command words with the same gesture and tone of voice.

Anyone welcoming a new dog into the family will know exactly how hard it is to get them to respond to your commands, and the first mistake Brits make is waiting too long to begin training.

Dog training can be a difficult task, but there are some commands that work better than others. A certified dog trainer has revealed that the using word 'OK' around dogs could impede their progress.

If training with a toy, choose one your pet loves to encourage them Getty Images Roll over. Get your dog to go into a "down" position in front of you and then hold a treat close to their nose ...

In this experiment the dogs would be asked to respond to commands using the sane words and gestures that were normally used during their training. In the first test each dog was given a set of ...

To get your dog to be obedient, you should focus on training that uses obedience techniques and the specific behaviors you want from them. Both aversive- and reward-based training have been proven ...

Dog training can be a difficult task as it can be hard to understand how to communicate with your pooch but when it comes to command words there are some that work better than others.