Training Tips for New Dog Trainers – Part 1

How to Get Your Dog to Focus

Do you ever struggle getting a dog to focus or pay attention to you, especially as a new trainer? This can be one of the biggest challenges when you first begin training dogs, until you learn how to solve it.

CPDT Certified Dog Trainer, Darcy Rohats, at AZ Dog Smart Academy reveals in a recent interview one of the biggest challenges when training your dog is focus. Here she shares how you can solve it quickly. Darcy states, “Focus is key to success when working with animals”. In this video, Darcy gives us an easy-to-use dog training technique that will get your dog to focus in no time.

Darcy shares, “If you can’t get your dog to focus, it’ll be hard for the handler to get your dog to do other things”.

She continues, “To get your dog to immediately focus and reconnect with you, simply train your dog to get their nose to touch your hand. Let your hand touch the dog’s nose and then give them a positive accolade, like a “good dog” or even a treat.”

This is one of the many techniques you’ll learn from AZ DOG SMART ACADEMY. A valuable aspect of the ACADEMY is the array of techniques you can learn from different styles of teachers, giving students like you many options and tools for your dog training career.