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Dogs Most people put their hands up to signal. Once she gets usedthis new to seeing hand greet each protect themselves (see photo) as a the hand signal with the association of other by sniff- natural reaction. You can use this the sit command, try just the hand ing and lick- response to train your dog to be well signal. Be patient. Give the hand signal ing the mannered and not jump. It will amaze and see if she figures it out. If not, muzzles of your friends! keep practicing both the visual and other voice command. dogs – Just how do you stop a dog from jump- especially when ing up? Some dog trainers suggest Step 4: Stranger Test greeting “pack” kneeing the dog gently in the chest; members who have just Once your dog understands that when however, this only prevents the dog returned. This is why fr both hands go up she is to sit, you are om jumping on the per your dog may jump up punished her. A better, moreson th humaneat ready for strangers. This is the cool part. 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Some wild dogs in Africa your hand up over your dog’s nose with the treat in it and firmly say “Bella, even try to run up tree trunks while members! straightforward. Use a treat your dog sit!” She should sit. If she backs up instead of sitting, gently push her butt thought I Win a loves. Ask (once) for your dog to they are urinating to appear to signed copy of down at the same time as moving the treat over her nose. Praise Bella the was going to be very, very large.* Why Do “sit,” using her name. Slowly bring get leapt on but Dogs Have Wet Noses? moment she sits, “Good sit!” Practice until Bella sits every time, eventually (courtesy of Kids Can Press) by even without the treat. the dog politely sat at my feet.” They won’t know how you did it sending us a picture of your pet and explaining why he or she is Step 2: Practice ‘til Perfect but you will know the secret is in the signals. special to you! Include your name, Every time your dog greets you when you return from school or get up in the addres s, email and age & send it morning, make sure she sits and doesn’t jump up. in to the Kids Club. (Addres Praise her for sitting. Ignore her completely if back cover) Contest closes s on she ever jumps. Praise and pet only for June 30, 2006. sitting. This is very important when training a dog. You want to reinforce the How do de dogs think? sired behaviour and ignore the un wanted – saying “bad dog” or “no Dogs, think, learn, solve problems and Bella!” will only confuse her. Everyone *These dog facts are have feelings. The way a dog’s brain is set from Stanle in the househo up is similar to our brain. If you want to y ld must know that Bella compare their thinking to people’s, dogs are Coren’s new has to sit before any petting, or the book for kids, training will be ruined and you’ll have to about as smart as a two- or three-year-old Why Do start from scratch. child. This means dogs can learn to under- Dogs Have Wet Noses? stand about 150 to 200 words, including To find out why dogs signals and hand movements with the same meanings as do have wet noses words.* you’ll have to read the book! ave you ever met a dog who H always jumps up and tries to lick your face when she Doctor dog? greets you or your friends? You might think it is cute if it is your dog and Dogs are being trained to use their you know she is friendly. But most sense of smell to find cancers in humans Step 3: others find this behaviour annoying, that may be too small to Hand Signals Dogs will also perform commands with hand especially if she has muddy paws be spotted by doctors. Why do dogs jump signals. In this case, the signal you want to up? and she leaves two streaks of mud They can even find u Dogs must think down the length of a white shirt. It is lung cancer by sniffing se for sitting is to have both hands flat, palms up, facing the dog (see photo). At the people are weird also just plain scary when a dog a person’s breath.* same because we don’t charges toward you and leaps up at time like the normal your face. you say canine greeting “sit,” use behaviour. Dogs Most people put their hands up to signal. Once she gets usedthis new to seeing hand greet each protect themselves (see photo) as a the hand signal with the association of other by sniff- natural reaction. You can use this the sit command, try just the hand ing and lick- response to train your dog to be well signal. Be patient. Give the hand signal ing the mannered and not jump. It will amaze and see if she figures it out. If not, muzzles of your friends! keep practicing both the visual and other voice command. dogs – Just how do you stop a dog from jump- especially when ing up? Some dog trainers suggest Step 4: Stranger Test greeting “pack” kneeing the dog gently in the chest; members who have just Once your dog understands that when however, this only prevents the dog returned. This is why fr both hands go up she is to sit, you are om jumping on the per your dog may jump up punished her. A better, moreson th humaneat ready for strangers. This is the cool part. If the training worked, when Bella runs to greet in an excited way method is to introduce when you get behaviour your dog automaticallya different does strangers and they automatically put their hands up home to defend themselves from a jump up, Bella will from school or even when you when greeting people – Why do male first wake up in the morning. Our sitting. sit calmly at their feet. No dogs raise their pet dog s are doing something legs to pee? that comes naturally to other Giving the doubt dogs. Licking the faces of RIGHT SIGNALS they will One message that dogs read from trees is tho The secret to pre think, the size of the dog that left that message. se they care about. venting a dog from “What a By raising their legs, male dogs aim Step 1: The Sit jumping higher on the tree and make themselves WIN! delightful Hey Kids Club Teaching a dog to sit is pretty up dog. I seem larger. Some wild dogs in Africa your hand up over your dog’s nose with the treat in it and firmly say “Bella, even try to run up tree trunks while members! straightforward. Use a treat your dog sit!” She should sit. If she backs up instead of sitting, gently push her butt thought I Win a loves. Ask (once) for your dog to they are urinating to appear to signed copy of down at the same time as moving the treat over her nose. Praise Bella the was going to be very, very large.* Why Do “sit,” using her name.