Celebrity trainer, Cesar Millan shares that besides housebreaking, training dogs to look at you or their owner may be the most important lesson to teach them. It can be immensely helpful at home, as well in public, as gaining attention is very important for a dog’s safety.
Source: Cesar’s Way, March 9, 2016.
Follow these steps to get your dog to look at you on cue: (1) Choose a word or phrase that will mean “look at me.” (2) Stand or sit facing your dog. (3) Practice the command with your dog. (4) Add in a hand signal. (5) Practice everywhere.
INSIGHTS: In our dog’s veterinary hospital, the technician, DVM and associate DVM all use different sounds when working with him. Consider sharing this and the video included in a staff meeting and deciding what sound will be the practice attention sound when working with clients’ animals.