The Family Pack Leadership Exercise

This is the single most important training technique available.
The Family Pack Leadership Exercise, combined with the installation of the conditioned reflex to the "recall" or "come" command will give you unimaginable control of your dog. You could start with a strange dog, and in fifteen minutes of work, have him responding just as though you've been 'good buddies' for a 'dogs age'!!!

Once again, things seem simple enough, so we'll throw in a little extra.
Initially, just getting Rover to come, in response to the "recall" command, close enough to be able to pat him, would seem to be sufficient. While that may be good enough for most people, the Puppy Dog Training Method promises and requires strict, exacting, discipline.

For now, in this initial phase of training, it would be counter productive to be any more exacting. However, after this initial phase of training is complete (maybe just one session of work, but do follow directions, and do this four times), you will be expected to cause your dog to sit directly in front of you during the "recall" or "come" exercise. This will be extremely important in the "big picture". But, for now, we do not need to be so exact.

The hard part is done! The training in our next exercise is going to instill the concept in Rovers' mind. .