3 Most Important Commands to Teach Your Dog

What are the most important things for EVERY Dog to Know? I break them down in this video.
COME when Called
STAY when Told and
LEAVE IT.
I expect every dog to have a good, basic understanding of these. I don't care about fancy heeling, retrieves, bite work, or flashy obedience - they are great - but EVERY dog owner who loves their dog should teach these three skills TODAY!
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[@annexton3795]

Also v important to teach "Go Back!" to order your dog to return to a position or place. Saved a dog from being swept over a waterfall when he sprung into a river in spate and couldn't make it back to my side. Instead he got out on the other side but kept on wanting to leap in and come back to me. Luckily he obeyed my "Go Back! " and l walked upstream with him following on the opposite bank to causeway he could cross. Never so relieved, and vowed never to go and see the river & waterfall out of curiosity after a rainstorm!

[@MR2U2B]

You are being very fair and clear. I am quadriplegic in a power wheelchair, so verbal commands are core for people with limited abilities. Please consider doing a series on dogs with handlers in wheelchairs.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

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[@kayc2579]

I've thought the same thing. Many things can be adapted for paras and quads.

[@Jeni-ow1kl]

I use a ‘wait’ command when I might need to send my dogs after the bull or such( farm working dogs) . Stay= they do not leave that spot until I walk over to them & ‘release them’, also Come= INSTANTLY!! ‘LEAVE IT’ = DO NOT TOUCH &/or possibly chase something!! Extremely important to my animals safety on an active, busy farm! I also try to use both hand signals & verbal with all my dogs. Had one dog go deaf with age. And the hand signals were still a way to communicate with him.

[@shinobarintama6221]

I like this man he teaches very clear and understandable

[@johncspine2787]

That’s so funny, I enrolled in a couple Susan Garrett courses (there is some good stuff in there) but she’s against “leave it.” I can’t understand just “hoping” that through the use of approximately 60 billion cookies a dog will learn all the situations that are inappropriate and behave accordingly. (She says that the dog learns how to make appropriate choices) My 18wk GS has a bruised throat from pulling so hard on the leash, so I’m just starting to learn how to use the Herm-Sprenger prong collar. My boy can learn her games, like crate games (very useful for everyone) and “It’s Yer choice” but..these still don’t stop opportunistic feeding on whatever he comes across..she will argue I’m not following through on the hundred more steps and thousand hours of practice involved and that by teaching “leave it” that I’m “removing the dog’s ability to choose” and I will have to “make every choice for the dog in the future.” Think I’m going to work on “leave it” today..seems like when you’ve said “leave it” in the same situations several times, they will learn to leave it in future times, much the same as in her technique, only..a lot faster.

[@brehoutby3693]

I like your advice on how the tight leash with “leave it” makes it more tempting. Good to know!

[@RobertCabralDogs]

You bet!

[@primalperry5667]

"No..pause..pop" is sooooo something I needed to hear today. Love watching these types where you're guiding the handlers. The handlers make the same mistakes we all do, when you're guiding them, you're guiding us as an audience in a really critical way. I hadn't thought about how we're trying to get to vocal and not physical so we have to use the pause properly in order to progress. I really struggle to get away from treats and this is part of why. This is one of the best dog training videos I've seen in a while. Thanks Robert!!

[@theway3058]

Good job Max. Amazing. Dam I have a soft spot for great looking and well trained Akita. He’s coming along nicely. Hope the owner/handler keeps up the good work.

[@Cathan1856]

Absolutely 💯 these three commands….’leave it’ is my dogs life safer. His ‘stay’ (I use ‘wait’) and ‘come’ is excellent. It’s taken a hell of a lot of practice, but it’s so worth it. I can even pull him off when he wants to chase a roo 💪 with ‘come’ or ‘leave it’, roos can do a lot of damage to a dog.

[@Crystallightclarity]

Perfect timing with the spring bunnies hopping around in our area again. My girl needs a little refresh! Heading out with our long line 🐕‍🦺🐇

[@yassinoyassino8771]

Hi M Robert I am from Morocco. I like your way of training dogs. Nice to see your videos and practice with my Dogs. Thanks a lot

[@gitanashimmy4756]

I adopted our dog Samson, a husky-malimute mix, from the animal shelter when he was about 3 years old. I've had him 2 years now. He knew NOTHING about obedience. Wasn't house broken, dragged me on leash, jumped on people and nibbled their arms... After spending alot of time training him myself, he's great. But only on leash or in the house. If he's outside and the leash it taken off, he will totally ignore my commands and even wander away or dodge me around bushes like it's a game. If we're walking and using a pinch colar, he walks wonderfully. Use a regular colar though, he KNOWS and will immediately drag me down the street. My friends tell me it's the stubborness of his breed. Do you have videos that adress this kind of breed's training needs? I've trained all my other dogs this way with great success but Samson is a very different story.

[@TinkieBean]

I know the stay had mistakes at the beginning; but I loved that the mistake involved going to the handler...that's a good problem to have and speaks to the team's relationship.

[@jorgemarcucci303]

Thanks for the info and wise input

[@EncinitasBeeCo]

I think you are great and watch all your videos.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

thank you very much!!!

[@nolimit12]

Imma stay and press the subscribe button! other treats?? LEAVE IT!! ❤❤❤

[@michellewarmath7811]

This is really instructive. For me and my dog, it was also impulse control, especially at doors (house, porch, room, in/out of the car, street crossings, literally *everywhere*. It's still a struggle when leaving the vet's though.) As she got better at that she started rapidly getting better at the rest of her "good manners job". I believe I recall you also saying not to overdo the "stay and come", as the dog tends to expect it and anticipate it, which it seems the Malinois is doing. I also saw that in my girl and stopped calling her on stay and am now asking her to stay until I "come back and get her" until we can mix it up a little better (come from stay or come when "free-ranging on the longline") with improved stay times.

[@lillieberger2883]

I was taught to never teach recall from a sit or downstay, which of course I already did. He anticipated the recall.

[@michellewarmath7811]

@@lillieberger2883 When I first had dogs it was all about obedience training and I got into the bad habit of starting with recall from stay. It's been a journey for me to work myself out of it but the attention benefits for my dog have been real... :)

[@P_Petkov]

Great work Robert.

[@LauraHopkinsCDL]

Very instructive video and all 3 things are so important. The full video on your web site is excellent. Siggy seems in a very different mood today as you said. Great, thank you.

[@DF-te2vm]

Sometimes, communicate without words, just by body language and hand arm movments. That is more intuned with dogs understandings

[@SabrinaGunterBoatSales]

Your videos are awesome. I would like more information about purchasing additional training.

[@RobertCabralDogs]

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[@vinceking7651]

I haven't been watching any dog training videos for sometime now because I have had enough of it all. So I'm sitting here taking interest again and especially of Robert who I haven't seen for a while but what a great video.

[@kimsavage4948]

So...my question is...my Mal knows those commands...stay and leave it he is spot on...I am probably...to be honest 79/30 at come with distractions...can you offer any advise?

[@margaretmeaker2830]

This reminds one how critical timing is. Plus command then pop if not doing it. Think we all to quick with action and the No trails after the pop.

[@Terrierized]

And joyfully give the dog a 'Yes!' when he looks to you after the Leave command

[@CaptainBerz]

Don't pop on the come. Yea, we have all been trying to master that one....

[@CoachEd78]

In previous videos, stay was implied when a command was given. Has the approach changed now?

[@paperkay]

COME!"..."I will, in a minute.." ... STAY! ... "Oh, you meant me?" ... LEAVE IT! .. - translates to: chew faster!- (Yes, I own a beagle.)

[@Kathleen-Wellner]

What are you're thoughts on people breeding boerboel corso mix ? Good or bad idea ..

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Dumb idea

[@Kathleen-Wellner]

@Robert Cabral There is a guy here on youtube that promotes breeding them. Too top it off, he bred a mother to son cane corso . The ethics is lost with this guy.. now he's keeping one of the puppies from the mixed breeding and breeding it back to the father. This is another reason our breed is being ruined 😒

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

"Stay" means 'stand', 'sit', and 'lay'...while each of those individual commands is the only command until the next command/release.

[@lillieberger2883]

I wish I never taught stay and taught an implied stay with the command.

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

@@lillieberger2883 it's easy to drop the extra command. Just reward and praise but start from inches away. Within a 20-minute session you could reaffirm all three actions without "stay"

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

@@lillieberger2883 every command you're training is the last action you want from your pup until the next command. Just keep reminding yourself of that

[@peks4924]

Can I use the ‘leave it’ command when my dog is about to react or recalling him by back pedaling would be more effective?

[@RobertCabralDogs]

yes

[@cesarvazquez1180]

You can also teach your dog "leave it" and then immediately afterwards, "Focus" (look at me, watch me, etc). The dog will learn that "leave it" means "I have to disengage and then look at you."

[@naokookada9885]

Can I give my dog a treat from my hand as a reward when he successfully leave treats on the ground ?

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Yes

[@naokookada9885]

@@RobertCabralDogs thank you for the reply, and I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

[@margaretmeaker2830]

Not going to get by osmosis!! 😅

[@watchmoivies123]

He’s just a little worried of the other dog

[@DELO480]

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[@RobertCabralDogs]

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[@cheryldamico6210]

can't do. much of this when in a wheelchair, "just turn around, mmove around, go on the grass"

[@kevleafy]

I'd love a couple of hours with this bloke.. but I know I'd be left feeling like I'm useless not the dog. my dog is easily distracted atm altho she's only 5 month old

[@RobertCabralDogs]

Be patient.

[@jeffk464]

4 things, also how to hit the doggy doorbell so they can go outside and do their business

[@theodorehyatt1782]

Some people don't understand how important " LEAVE IT " is that could be rat poison on the ground I see dogs in Home Depot and Lowe's that haven't been trained good enough to be there and when something happens they will SUE the store

[@nicolechen9316]

This. A few months ago, where I live someone was poisoning dogs with hotdog bits, and everyone started panicking cuz it never crossed their minds that they could teach the dog to leave it 🤦

[@annabell3385]

Then dogs probably won't be allowed in HD anymore.

[@theodorehyatt1782]

@@annabell3385 EXACTLY I wouldn't bring my Hank in there as a puppy because it's dangerous only takes seconds .now it's not a problem but I still don't

[@neilurquhart8622]

Would have been more helpful to see partially or untrained dogs in this type of video🇬🇧

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

It's the exact same but on shorter distances.

[@cruithin4773]

We first trained our dogs in a group indoors to get the basics down. This presented less distractions to the dogs than being in a park. You want your dog to succeed when learning. Once they knew the commands and performed them with indoor controlled distractions, we then moved to areas of greater distractions including parks. I believe you need to build on you dog’s commands. You’re not going to train your dog well if you try to teach them a new command with all the distraction found in a busy place. Remember that it’s not just what we see as distractions. Dogs hear more and there’s probably thousands of smells that can distract them in these places. Training takes time. And you want to train for success.

[@ChR1St0p4eR]

@@cruithin4773 dogs born to the streets (or in the wild) all around the world learn "survival/training" with dozens, to hundreds to thousands of distracting events going on. The harder the scenario the greater the mental development. But we all rights to individual opinions.

[@cruithin4773]

@@ChR1St0p4eR I guess if you want a dog that goes into attack mode when eating and is approached by another dog or person or a dog that doesn’t understand a single command, then have at it. But if you want a dog that’s actually trained, will listen to you and you can take out in public, you’ll need to properly train it. I take it that you don’t own a dog.

[@Cathan1856]

@@ChR1St0p4eR yes, exactly, it’s how I trained my dog at my training school, like he did with the dog at the beginning when he wouldn’t stick the stay, with the long line.

[@hassanougri1094]

Don’t pop on the come 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@judypassey-me3yv]

Verbal commands are not firm enough or quick enough!