Is your dog addicted to jumping on furniture and people? According to experts, there’s a simple command you might want to try to improve this behavior.
In a recent Instagram post, Sherry Nativo, a certified professional dog trainer from All About Training Dogs, offered some tips to put an end to this behavior.
According to her, all it takes are some tasty treats and a good dog bed for your pup. “This is a behavior all dogs should know. ‘Go to bed’ means go find your bed, lie down, and stay,” she explained in the post.
In the video, she demonstrates the command with a dog learning to stay on its bed during dinner. Nativo offers the pup some treats and then heads to the dining table to test if the dog stays down even with a plate of food in sight.
The great advantage of this command is its versatility, as there are many reasons you might want your dog to go to bed and stay there for a while. In the caption, Nativo mentions some of the main reasons:
- Jumping on kitchen counters;
- Jumping on guests;
- Begging for food at the table;
- Demand barking (when dogs learn that barking gets them what they want);
- To get them to stay;
- To calm them down or help them relax;
- If your dog is afraid of strangers.
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