I think if you praise with treats it works the best.. find something the dog REAlly likes and cut it or break it into small peices and allways make sure you have some on hand. A great way to teach sit is gently push down on the behind and pull up a little but on the head. Lay , push down on the behind and pull the legs gently down saying lay at the same time. Heel was a great trick for Simba he loved learning it.. What i did was id take him for a walk and throug the walk id stop and say heel... he caught on to this one in a couple of days.Stay, with some dogs you will need 2 people to teach stay. One with the dog on a leash... and another walking in or you could do it alone have the dog on a leash telling him to stay and then throw a favorite toy or his or a ball and saying stay.. reward each time the dog does something right... slowely work into verble and physical praise. You should always teach your dog sit first because sit somes into most treats.. like in heel you could teach it to sit everytime you say heel. To learn come simply have one person hold the dog on one side of the room you go to the other with a snack or something she really likes and then say come here and pat your legs or rub the florrr area near you if the dog ocmes to you praise it. All of this is not going to pop into the dogs head in a short time... And try to only work on each trick about 10 to 15 minutes a day becayse the dog quickly get bored and will not want to do tricks.. try to make it fun for the dog. And for her learning her name just say it to her. He should actually teach his own dog because i see that Simba listens to me the best and i was the one that taught him lal of his tricks. So it would be better for him to teach her. I could sit Simba in the middle of the room (we have done this befor) i gave all of my family dog snacks and i sat farthest away wit nothing. WE all started calling Simba. and Simba looked at me like Mom, What do i do? then i said Simba come. He came walking right over towards me. of cours then i gave him a verble and physical praise.


I hope Tiffany is a good girl and you have an easy time teaching her like i had teaching Simba. I wish i lived closer because i find it fun training a dog!
I basicly got all of my knowledge in training from watching hours of Good Dog U. on Animal Planet! (We used to say that DUke on there was Simba's dad.)
Good Luck!

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[This message has been edited by *SimButtTwo4U* (edited June 24, 2001).]