Ask Your Dog To Work

We'll start with a preliminary command to set the tone for our lesson. Ask your dog if he would like to go to work. Do so in an upbeat manner, with a questioning tone, as you lean or step backward just a little bit, praising all the while.

We don't care if he wants to "go to work" or not. He's going to, but we would do much better if he were looking forward to enjoying it. This does not mean we're going to play, because just as soon as you finish this phrase "do you want to go to work?, Good boy," your going to follow through with his next command to come to order.

* Back To Work
"Back to work," is his next command, it's rather like the command "attention" in the military. It functions as a tool we can utilize to command his attention under emergency conditions as well as for daily requests.
"Back to work" is to be followed in the same breath, without pausing or hesitating, with the forthcoming commands, while at the same time giving the hand signals and foot signals. It's going to seem much like rubbing your head and patting your stomach at the same time.

There are several events that are going to take place one after the other, quickly in succession. Your hand signal and foot signal will coincide with the voice commands. Its crucial that signals and voice commands all coincide, as your dog will be learning all of these at once. .