Don't forget during your puppy training that your puppy does not come equipped with an English dictionary. It amazes me how many puppy parents yell at their puppies, "Sit! Sit! Sit!" over and over again when the puppy is clueless as to what the word means.
Imagine going to a foreign country where you don't speak the language. Someone walks up to you and starts saying, "Veep! Veep! Veep!" What would you do? Would you know how to respond? Of course not. Because you have no idea what this words means.
The person then starts to push you around in different positions, trying to make you do something. But what? You'd probably think to yourself, "Man this guy is whacked out!" Well if you do this to your puppy he'll be thinking the same thing about you!
You first need to teach your puppy a behavior--sit, come, stay, speak and so forth. Once your puppy learns the behavior THEN you can attach a name to it. Your puppy will learn much faster that way. There are many ways to do this. (stay tuned for more information!)
If your puppy has not yet made the connection between a verbal signal such as "sit" and the behavior associated with it, you are working backwards in your puppy training. Your puppy basically learns that your words have no meaning. He'll probably try hard to figure out what you want--but you'll have nothing but a confused puppy on your hands.
How many different words does your puppy know? Post them in the comments below.
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