How to Teach Hand Signals and Positions to Your Dog - Dog Training Video
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- How to teach hand signals and positions to your dog will help you better communicate with your dog. This is also a skill that you can use if you are competing in obedience and to impress your friends.
In this video I cover the topic of keeping your dog in position by using a training aid as well as the very first hand signal "SIT." The full version of this video can be found in my member section:
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My husband is deaf this helps a lot thank you 🙏🏻
My German shepherd is turning 6 months, thank you so much for all you taught me. He's still young so he still likes to play but its working slowly. He knows sit, leave it, up, go get it, and stay. We're working on down.
Your dog training videos really show how much of a well trained dog goofy is.
Great video! I love to see very well trained dogs making little mistakes. It's a great signal to show that the trainer is not heavy handed as to make a dog become scared of giving behaviours activelly.
I am a simple guy I see Robert notification i Click and watch full video,
I dont have a dog but i watch, preparing for my dogs training.
Be like me, Be simple.
Once again I must say your training techniques are simply amazing. This is probably one of the best video footages explaining the difference between verbal and hand signals I've seen it in a while thus also using a great dog next to compliment your training he's awesome. In a matter of minutes you can get your own one that was interested in a German Shepherd it would make one think twice and decision-making on what type of Shepherd. Yours is absolutely beautiful, thank you🤔. Have the knowledge of a second language and using that to implement in your training is very ingenious
I taught my dog both. First of all it's really hard to teach verbal commands without gestures, because you intuitively add gestures anyway. Second it's really nice to command a dog silently, for when you're in conversation or at a distance. Ye, the dog has to watch you, but if you do your job right they do that a lot anyway. And you can add a verbal cue like a whistle that draws their attention.
Greetings from Northern Ireland, just want to say I've had dogs all my life and you're the best I've seen, great channel and ❄ free....chuckles😆
Wow, thank you!
I love the PVC for many different reasons. Make great jump poles to as it is so light it won't hurt your dog if it hits it. Great ,thanks : )
you are a very good teacher! thanks a lot!
Goofy videos are my fave! What an eager boy!
your tips really are helpful. Thx.
Amazing footage as always, thank you both for sharing and using your time to share this with us.
Yes I agree I find that using signs to reenforce what I'm teaching my wee j.r.t helps tremendously she looks carefully for the next sign to let her know when she can move on to something else jrts as I'm sure you know have a pleothera of energy but somewhat short attention span using signs has made a very positive difference in our training/play &learning times thank you so much!
Repetition repeat again again they are an amazing creature I like it when you bring a favourite one into your own pack so they come inside dog they know English I had a red nose cross boxer he devastated me when he died thank you you reminded me of that little turd🥲👍🤜🤛
I am dyslexic and this is what I have self taught myself Clix from my fingers tap on surfaces with my fingers hissing noises from my mouth whistles from my mouth grunts and moans from in my chest cavity silent head body movements with a lot of what the hell is that actions
I can not believe I do the same hand signal for sit...I can't remember where I picked that up but yay! I also use a fist for sit as well. Dunno where I picked this up. Right arm across chest for come. I use lots of hand signals. They come in handy communicating with 2 dogs who have a hard time focusing, there is just an awful lot of stimulus for these two HIGH HIGH HIGH drive boys!! And physical signals seem to get their attention when they are fully charged.
Spitting the treats is a POWERFUL tool! Wow, what a difference!
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Great video tutorial! This is the first ever video I see from you, but convinced me right away to subscribe to your channel! Thank you!
Awesome! And timely... I'm working on some new commands with my dog and needed this training.
Excellent video, as always!
Super idea and training. Impressed me a lot.
I learn from a book, back in late 80's of an author in my country Argentina. I learned hand signal and voice commands at the same time. Then only voice and only signal. I always trained that way bc when I was only 11y.o. it saved my dog's life. I was crossing the street with my two GS, I trained. One of them, decided to poop before crossing this avenue, and I didn't noticed she was not by my side, bc I was concerned looking at possible cars coming. By the moment I ended up crossing, I notice she is not by my side. I looked back, and saw my girl ending pooping just about to come the street to me, and a bus was approaching at the same time. I hand signaled my GS to stay on place, and she did. The bus and some cars passed by, lot of noise. After that I signaled her to come, and she did, safe. I hughed my dog like no tomorrow. I kept training this way all my life after this experience. It is really useful in some cases.
I've been using a rectangle of mat with rolled edges on the long sides to act as bumpers for working on signal exercises. We struggle with keeping the rear end in line with the front through multiple position changes because of the long, flexible caboose of the Borzoi, and the mat has been helpful to keep her body straight while preventing the creeping.
This so informative..Everything he teaches is good for us to take notice of...now, I will buy his book.
What a happy doggo
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for sharing this.
Excellent! I'm so glad you show Goofy making mistakes, anticipating the best move.... my pup is the same.
I want to pair the hand signals with verbal commands for long distance in the woods. I don't like yelling.
He also knows the whistle. Is it all too much? Verbal, hand signals, whistles?
amazing! thank you for this video! Very clear and understandable - and Goofy seems like an amazing dog.
Love your videos.
Hi there! Thank you so much for all your K9 wisdom. It has made my life so much easier. I don’t know if you answer questions in your comments but I have a 5 month old shar pei + GSD mix who is very fearful on walks and around strangers. Do you have any recommendations on how to boost his confidence around strangers on walks and around public spaces? I have been working everyday on socialising him and once he meets a stranger he doesn’t display any fearful behaviour. I ignore or correct the behaviour and keep moving but it seems to be making him think we’re running away from something rather than ignoring it. Thank you so much for any tips!
You had me at "snowflakes"! :) Great video. Glad I found your channel!
Amazing!
Thanks!
Getting a puppy and chance he may be deaf (runs in the breed) learning this to give myself a jump start to training just in case !
Love your training. Thank you from iraq .🌹
Love your videos Robert. Do you have any on teaching Crawl or Speak?
Awesome Video!
But Sweeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🐕🐶 So cute, they are the BEST dogs!
Very helpful video. I think hand signals are so important I had a 15 year deaf dog it helps so much. I have a question my pup knows the commands. I would like to teach him the down command as he is walking across the lawn to stop and go into a down position. He will not stop he walks all the way to me and then lays down. Is this something I can teach him? Possible video?Thanks
I always teach hand signals to all my rescue dogs. Luckily, I did it with my first rescue dog and when she went deaf if was a life-saver! But I'm just someone who has pet dogs from shelters and I'm not going to enter any competitions :)
Terrific video. Is it training or the breed that has Goofy so laser focused on you? Love this channel.
Awesome vid. Im getting my puppy in 2 weeks. (Cane corso male) and i am so excited for it but im also excited to join your membership platform. Is it smart to join once my puppy comes home or do you recommend it abit earlier? Thank you. I love your channel
I had an elder dog that went deaf...... I taught hand signals!!!
Mine's hearing abilities are worn off also, especially when there is a lot of ambient noise, like cars around her. For now it is sufficient if I raise my voice then, but I also introduced hand signals which I use simultaneously.
Very good
Great info.
Always great content, thank you. Love the comment "snowflakes like that cannot train a dog". Made me smile.😊
This is awsome
Great idea with the PVC. Could it work behind the dog do you think? I have the opposite problem particularly up close. She's very high drive and in a sit she shuffles away from me in excitement/anticipation for the next command or reward.
i dont even have a dog and yet here i am watching the whole thing no regrets
hi Robert, I was just wondering if you feed Goofy a raw diet? our dogs health has improved alot since...
Has it ever been an issue using German and English for commands? Specifically stand and shtay
Why should there be? To you (a human) those Sounds correspond to 'German' or 'English' words, which in turn, form part what you recognize as a Language (in conjunction with a variety of other constructs). To the dog, they remain sounds. You can employ 1, 2, 3 sounds to cue a single behaviour in a form that is identical, e.g. a 'Standing position' ...or you can use multiple sounds to cue variations of a behaviour such as heeling (formal with eye contact, contact with target focus, left side, right side, between the legs, switched). You can also employ a sound e.g. 'Halt' which would be context influenced, i.e. remain still and in-position at the point at which that sound is heard; which may correspond to a stand, a sit, a down. The primary potential for confusion comes from either words too similar as to be easily confused, or the use of common tongue sounds that are regularly provided out-of-context resulting in confusion (e.g. used in proximity to the dog, but not directed at it, or using 'down' to tell a dog not to jump up, when you also tell it 'down' to lay down).
What is the name of the leash?
What are the other hand signals and how do you train the dog to respond to them?
Superb session. What are your thoughts about partial or fully deaf dogs and hand-singles? Or should we start to adopt e-collar shaping? Billy Junior is already advanced trained (send-away, recall, heel off collar, etc.), but he's lost some hearing.
Just wondering is it better to use wait instead of stay ??
I taught my dog hand signals which was most helpful when she was older and lost her hearing.
Its best to just teach both at the same time. One, if your dog does live long enough they will, sadly, go deaf. Two, why not? To prove your macho? Cut that out.
Hello from Brasil
Belgian malinois? What color fawn?
"Snowflakes like that can't train a dog." That's so true. You have to let them know who the pack leader is. Nothing needs to be harsh just snap their attention back to you for the command. I just found this video and I'm going back to binge watch. I can't wait to learn more. TFS
At what age do you recommend training hand signals?
does it matter if you use different hand signals
Great
8:25 "snowflakes like that can't train a dog" damn amazing.
Best phrase ever 😂😂
When I try to teach my dog something new and I want to give her treats, when I com with them in my pocket she stops listening and comes to take the treats
(1 year old labrador- she knows to sit and to lay down and I'm trying to teach her to stay)
We just adopted our late brother in law's dog, he has some seperation anxiety, because he very recently list his master, and we are having a hard time stoping her from barking at people on the street that walk by our house, and us as we walk her, she is a big intimidating dog, and us scaring the other people, how can I train this behaviour out of her???
I have to disagree with what you said in the beginning for the dog not seeing your hand signals. A dog's Field of View is up to 270 degrees, that means the dog can always see you. Out of experience with my dog, if he "doesn't see you" he doesn't want to see you. Unless the dog is out of sight, around the corner for example.
Y'all, train your dog however you want, as long as you and your dog enjoy it.
I'm going to train my dog with mainly hand signals, no matter what people say! Goodluck with your babies
Nothing wrong with tapping the dog it's good for their way of learning. Different to tapping a human is not right. Dogs are Different they're not human so tapping, pulling and other types of gentle touches to train is a must
What's the ideal age for training a belgian malanoise?
As soon as u get him/ her..
Belgian malinois..
What cheese u use?
3:50 sit
Goood
I agree dogs do t always respond to verbal commands as its short term. Hand gestures are better and they know exactly what the command is. The fact they're nor intelligent like humans but simple one word commands and gestures is only what they can understand within a 5 second mrmory span
Can you please show us how to train a dog do backflips? Thanks. I really like your channel.
Hey Ann Anna Why don't you do a few backflips in front of your dog first?!! Dogs learn from their owners!
"Snow flakes can't train a dog". lol great one
or children......
best comment ever lol love it
Best line.
I'm like yup I like this guy even more now
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that order chtake...do you write it like that? i'm not sure of your prononciation here....
Why don't show puppy training for leaners?I think that would be better.
I can't believe how many snowflakes there are in Cali when the weather is so warm and beautiful. Shouldn't the snowflakes have melted away?!
Shouldn't you take your lousy rethuglan attitude &unhelpful comments back to the golden throne and your fear filled leader where you get them from do the world a favor &climb back into your lair ya big know nothing except how to be nearly as disgusting as yo masterbaiter in thief!
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🤔 It's kind of funny how there's people that would foam-up negative commentary about animal treatment, and yet we have prisions. Dogs can learn "do's and dont's" just like humans do.; the levels of consistency of repetition for retention is where we differ.
Dang...I might be in trouble. I guess I’ll have to change to hail.
Don't get the difference between "Platz" and "lie down"? 🤔
“Snow flakes can’t train a dog” = I SUBSCRIBED INSTANTLY (ok so I subscribed because he defiantly trains correctly and the snowflakes comment sealed the deal
Why does my labrador 100% respond perfectly to hand signals but only 50% listen to verbal commands?
Good boy Robert, but remember your dog can't see your hand if it is directly where the Sun is.
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That moment made me laugh
My Belgian malinois reacts more to my hand signal than command.. not great of course..
Why the need to try and give commands in German?
He clearly understands "lie down", as well as "Platt" or whatever you're trying to say.
"Shtay" makes me cringe, I must admit. I wonder what made you think that up. It has nothing to do with the German word for "stay" (which is "bleib"). I like Goofy though!
Steh means stand. Not sure what you’re talking about.
@@RobertCabralDogs What I mean is this: at 2:08 you're saying "So shtay is stay". Only it isn't. "Steh" is "stand" and "bleib" means "stay" in German. "Steh" is pronounced [ʃteː], not [ʃteɪ]. Anyway, it's not horribly important. All the best to you and Goofy!
Counseling Pécs well he wants him to stand up so „steh“ is the correct word. If he wants him to stay and wait at a certain place it would be „bleib“ ;)
i can't even train a person who understand english to do that.
It is not clear how the plastic stops the dog moving forward - this dog has already learned this. The physical aversive stuff you must know is not necessary and using coercion is a bad road to go down for most owners.
2nd the snow flakes comment made me laugh pretty hard
Goofy shhtay, Goofy shhtop! Goofy shhit.. it's easy to speak German! :)
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Great video, schtay isn’t a German word though, the correct German word is bleib. Stay applies only for English and is doesn’t have sch. No relevant for the video but a bit disturbing or distractive to hear for a German speaker.
the command isn't SCHTAY... it's STEH, which means stand, exactly what I'm asking the dog to do. Most trainers don't use a stay command, so BLEIB would be un-necessary... hope that clears it up! Not sure why hearing a word would be "disturbing" to hear...
Snowflakes like that can't really train a dog.awesome bro.very informative and well put together video.and if there's any real men left on this country,we don't see a problemwith anything you just did sir.
Bleibe nicht Oder wartan? Gruzi wie gehts?
ഒന്നും മനസിലായില്ല 😄
Makes me laugh so hard listening to people trying to pronounce German words 😂
that's not a dog... that's a robot
Hahaha snowflakes 🤣