QUOTE(purpleglitz @ Apr 6 2009, 12:22 AM)
no la.. really felt tat u knw a lot about taking care of dogs..
is good to read more info of dogs.. can be their best friend ma.. understand them more well.. then sure lik can communicate with them lik tat..
em.. i wonder how to train my augus ar? he cant understand sit, hand hand & etc..

Haha...I try. My house almost always have pets at home, so we all learn from taking care of them, and learning from other experienced pet owners as well as reading

Training takes quite a bit of time and patience,especially if we have not taught our dogs at first.

If you want to start with sit, take a piece of treat or some kibble before you feed Augus and hold it in front of him. Let him see the food, but don't feed him just yet. Slowly, raise the food above his head and towards his back a little, saying 'Sit' (he should follow the food by looking up). He will eventually sit to look up at the food. The moment his butt touches the ground, praise him loads and give him the treat...

Try this a few times every day, and he should get it in time

Once he knows the command, you can slowly phase out holding the food and just telling him 'Sit' to get the reward. Later on, you can even phase out the treats to just lots of praise, but of course, don't move too fast too soon. Baby steps is the key

I have actually bought a book called 101 Dog Tricks, which has step-by-step activities and photos...very cool! Tried a few tricks with Scottie, and he now knows some of them! You can see the website here:
http://www.101dogtricks.com/pages/index.htmlThere are also quite a few websites on the Internet that you can look up for teaching basic commands, like sit, down, etc. Tricks need a bit more searching I guess...Google is your best friend

I like to Google whatever I can for information that I want to know

Hope that helps!
This post has been edited by Rayne: Apr 6 2009, 10:53 AM