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You want a well behaved dog who listens to you. You want the dog to come when called, sit on command, learn down, and all the other things dogs should know. There are a couple basic commands every dog should know to be a good dog: My dogs also know some other words/commands like... Almost all dog trainers have different methods, my dogs were trained using positive reinforcement and proper corrections to let the dog know what he is doing wrong. This means that the dog is allowed to make a choice. If it makes the right choice it gets rewarded, the wrong choice and it gets shown what it should do. Using this method we trained my 1 year old dog in this order: When my dog was learning "come" he wouldn't initially listen. This is one of the hardest commands because it is hard for the person to correct the dog. The dog has to want to come. In order to get him to listen we had to "bribe" him with pieces of salami. Right after we did that he quickly figured out what he needed to do.
 * Sit
 * Down
 * Down Stay
 * Stay
 * Come
 * Heel
 * Crate
 * Breakfast
 * Dinner
 * Cookie
 * Sit
 * Heel
 * Stay
 * Down
 * Down Stay
 * Come

Walking Some quick rules of thumb when walking. The dog should: The person also has a few things he needs to do... All in all, Labrador rerievers are some of the easiest dogs to train. as long as you have some patience and you know how to train them everything should go smoothly.
 * Walk on your left side
 * Watch your left foot
 * Speed up and slow down as you do
 * Sit when you stop walking
 * Only pay attention to you
 * Say "heel" when you start walking
 * Start walking with your left foot
 * Regularly praise the dog when it does the right things
 * When you stop walking slowly stop with your left foot (the dog watches your left foot so it needs to be the first to stop)
 * Remeber that he's walking the dog not vice versa