Hollywood Dog Obedience Training Attainable by Anyone

Training your dog to behave like the dogs in Hollywood movies, and on popular television shows, can seem like a daunting task. But in fact, you can use the same positive clicker training that's used by a top dog trainer, in your own home, with your own dog, and with the same results.

Have you see any of these Hollywood dogs in action?

The Bordeaux, Hooch, in Turner and Hooch?

The collie, Lassie, in Lassie Come Home?

The terrier mix, Benji?

The Jack Russell terrier, Eddie, from Frasier?

The American Bulldog, Chance, and the Golden Retriever, Shadow, from Homeward Bound?

The St. Bernard, Beethoven?

The Yellow Lab, Marley, from the movie, Marley and Me?

The Yellow Labrador, Old Yeller?

The 101 Dalmatians?

The 6 Golden Retrievers in Air Bud?

The German Shepherd, Rin Tin Tin?

Though you and your dog may never find yourselves at the filming of a Hollywood movie, you can easily apply the principles used by a top dog trainer to shape your dog into Hollywood material. Even the biggest dog stars started with the simplest of basics; and the biggest success stories have sprung from the teaching and understanding of those basics.

The biggest of Hollywood dog stars know these simple, yet indispensable, commands:

The sit command can be used in any number of situations, and many times within a single day. Hollywood dogs have undoubtedly mastered this one, primarily because they were exposed early, and were taught in a way that communicated the trainer's true intentions. Clicker training, a very common method for training Hollywood dogs, is so effective because it isolates the exact instant in which the dog performs the desired task, and marks it as desirable with a click and a treat.

The down command is also used often by famous dogs. This command might be used when they're out of a scene, or when they're in a scene, but the director doesn't want them to steal the show. Clicker training is a positive way to teach any dog to lie down and stay down until you're ready to interact with him.

Dog walking can be difficult without the right information. There's the pulling, the wrapping, the running to keep up; but with positive dog training, you, too, can get your dog to walk on a leash as effortlessly as a starlet walks her dog down Rodeo Drive.

The stay command is not only practical, but it can keep a dog out of danger. On a movie set, for example, a dog needs to stay where he's put, for his own safety, and for the anxiety management of the director and crew. The restraint that is required for this command is no sweat when positive dog obedience training techniques are used.

The come command is important for time schedules and patience levels. You'll rarely find a movie set where a dog's jaunt around the set, without mind to his name being called, is tolerated. Dogs need to be ready to come at a moment's notice, and clicker training can help anyone, and any dog, to accomplish that.

Jumping can cause confusion, chaos, and short fuses on set and at home. Unless the director is going for a destruction or comedic scene, he's unlikely to tolerate a jumping dog star. Clicker training can eliminate jumping at home, too.

With a dog obedience training program that employs positive means, like clicker training and crate training, you, too can have a dog whose behavior counters that of Benji or Eddie. Your dog doesn't have to be a star to act like one. He doesn't have to be on the silver screen to be your very own pet star.

Dr. Nortey Omaboe is a practicing veterinarian with over 27 years of experience. He created Fast and Easy Dog Training with a professional dog Trainer. Please visit http://fastandeasydogtraining.com to learn more.

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