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    So I have an 8 month old Boston Terrier/Min Pin mix I'm training. She knows sit, so today I taught her to sit, stay to the point I could walk away about 15 feet with her sitting, and I would then say come and she would come and get a treat. She caught on very fast, like in under 5 minutes. She would sit, stay, and come everytime and I did it about 20 times in a row over the course of 10 minutes or so. How much should I do this to keep it fresh on her mind? Once a day? Several 10 minute sessions? Etc.

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    Do it as often as you can while she is young. When she gets older she will just know it. Before my dog passed away I would do it a few times per week and offer treats just coz I loved him and just to keep it as an incentive for him to do it.

    When you are first training the rewards need to be consistent - sit = treat, but as the dog learns you should make the treats more random so that the dog knows that they have to obey commands from u in general not just when u have a treat on hand. But as your dog is very young u can break up the treats too - some food treats, play treats - you pet him, cuddle him, wrestle with him and also toy treats.

    Don't make the sessions too long or the dog will loose attention - 10 mins would be maximum.

    I never could get my dog to speak on command. I tried that sooooooo many times and nothing could get him to bark when I said "speak".

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    Haha I don't even know how you'd get them to bark to reward them. Must be somehow though. I guess I'll try to do it 3-4 times a day for about 10 minutes at a time. Should my BF do it as well or will she obey him even if he wasn't involved in the training?

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    It should be ok for just you to do it. My dog would obey my parents and my boyfriend - usually, on the odd occassion i think he disobeyed him to make him look silly in front of me, my dog was very possessive of me and didn't like males much. But you both live together so she will obey your bf too, although it wouldnt hurt if he tried the commands and did the treat thing occassionally.

    Just remember to make it really fun for the dog!

    My bf had a husky and it barked when told to speak. It depends on the breed, husky's are a very vocal breed whereas great danes (my dog) are pretty quiet. We must have looked like morons barking at him when we tried to teach him it, he looked at us like we were

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    Lmao, my dog will get excited if I bark and will playfully growl but she'll never bark unless she sees something outside like a person by the back yard, etc.

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    Here's some tips:

    Dogs are "location specific" learners. That means if you teach them to sit in your house, they'll pick that up quickly. For the next step, take them outside and repeat. Then when they have that mastered, take them to a park. Keep moving up until they can do it with cats and squirrels running around, but they still mind you.

    To teach your dog to speak is simple, but requires patience and lots of treats on hand. So, get a ziplock baggie and a handful of treats. The next time you hear your dog bark, in a high pitched, excited, and loud voice, praise them like crazy and give them the "jackpot" - LOTS of treats! Not just 1, not 5, but 10! At the same time, associate a hand command and word command - I point my finger at my dogs, and say "Speak". When they do it, say "Good speak!"

    Dogs respond to body language better than words. Ever notice how your dog seems to know what you're about to do BEFORE you do it? It's because they are watching your arms, legs, torso, etc., and how you are about to move. One of my dogs always seemed to be able to "read my mind" because he would pick up on my "preparation" move of my arm for his next trick. I finally figured it out.

    In order to get my dogs to speak, I had to rough house with them - poking at them with my hands, quick movements, crawling around on the ground, etc., until they got all worked up and barked and then I dumped tons of treats on them.

    Dogs also learn by "successive approximations." If your dog whimpers in response to trying to get him to speak (so he makes ANY noise) treat him! Then next time, make him do more. Using this method I've trained my dogs to turn on light switches and water faucets (they're big dogs, they can reach) as well as many other tricks.

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