Are there professional competitions for dog tricks, and the answer is yes. If you keep in contact with your local organizations that have entertainment events for dogs, every so often, generally once a quarter, there will be agility championships...
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Hello, my name is Mark Siebel, owner and lead trainer, of DOGGIE STEPS Dog Training, in Phoenix, Arizona. In this segment, we're going to be talking about tricks, and the first trick that we're going to work on today is Frisbee catch. Frisbee catch is a...
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The cost and time commitment for training your dog with various tricks is really not that much. I always say you get out what you put in. So if you look at your daily walks as an opportunity to work on tricks, you're really not going to be spending a lot...
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What does it take to teach dogs different tricks? Normally it doesn't take a lot. As I mentioned, I begin any type of trick training with food just to get a dog's attention. Once they master the tricks, then we eliminate food and replace with vocal...
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Hello, my name is Mark Siebel, owner and lead trainer of DOGGIE STEPS Dog Training in Phoenix, Arizona. In this segment we're going to be talking about the trick, how to catch a treat. In the scale of level of difficulty, this isn't the hardest trick...
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