Whats the First thing you teach?(Puppy0

[WillieELk78GSP]

Whats the first things you Teach your Pup? Any info works

[Ghosted3]

Just the basics, heel, sit, come, stay (optional some people like to use it some dont), fetch. Let the pup be a pup for awhile before you start off on more training. Try not to do the trainings for very long, example - work on come for 15 min a day maybe twice a day and try to keep it fun so it doesnt feel like a chore for the pup.

Corry

[pinebrookkennel]

Name, NO, come, give.

[fireangel]

Just basic obedience commands - here, sit, name, down, no, kennel

Remember you are teaching so no corrections, just help the pup do it and lots of praise when done correctly.

[Sharon]

to come whn called - use treats off and on.

[Deuce]

Name, Come, Sit (means sit until I tell you other wise), Down, No, Off... That's where I'm at with my 15 w/o pup... Joan Bailey's book on has helped me a lot with teaching her

[volraider]

Throw a ball down the hallway and tell the puppy "fetch" as he's running to it. When he's on his way back I tell him "here". This has always worked at laying a good foundation for me.

BRIAN

[bb560m]

I personally wouldn't teach sit - no need for it and you don't want it to become their default position. For example, a dog learning whoa later on may be confused and default to the sit then. Not worth the trouble.

name, kennel, here then probably whoa next

[ACooper]

That birds are fun, and to come. The last thing taught to a pointing dog IMO should be sit.

[Kmack]

"Kennel"

[DonF]

I believe there are two short words it will learn first: no and da*nit. By the time my pup's were 6 mo old, they though their names were "you little ba*tard"!

[Sharon]

ROFLMBO

[Stoneface]

Recall (I use the dogs' names for recall). I really don't usually teach them anything else unless I'm going to break them, then I'll teach them to Whoa when they're well over a year old.

[FOWLMAN]

[quoteI believe there are two short words it will learn first: no and da*nit. By the time my pup's were 6 mo old, they though their names were "you little ba*tard"!][/quote]


hahaha...thats classic!

[cjhills]

kennel

[mountaindogs]

Puppies start learning to come for feeding time at 3-4 weeks here... here... here... mimicks a future whistle here

[rinker]

To go with me.

[phoneman45]

willie,

His name, all else will follow.

[Ghosted3]

I believe there are two short words it will learn first: no and da*nit. By the time my pup's were 6 mo old, they though their names were "you little ba*tard"!

My dad had a great dane that he named da*nit because everytime he would cuss a storm up the dog would run up to him so he let it stick lol.

Corry

[JIM K]

to come whn called - use treats off and on.

the most important thing i try to do is get a puppy to come to me.
giving treat at young age in my opinion is great way.
nothing is more important than puppy coming when called.
good info sharon.

[stolhma]

"Kennel"

+1

[WillieELk78GSP]

Thanks everyone!!!