Train Your Dog to Heel Using a Target Stick

Published Aug. 3, 2010 at 3:40 p.m.

Teaching a dog hand targeting

Target training your dog is an indispensable tool in teaching your dog in agility, obedience, freestyle, service dog training, or just having some fun teaching dog tricks.

Training your dog to target your hand or a target stick is easy and you'll be surprised how quickly your dog will learn new skills with targeting.  Once your dog knows how to target your hand or a target stick, the things you can teach him are endless.

Using a target stick to train a dog to heel is one of the most positive and effective training methods for this skill. Read more on how to train your dog with a target stick.

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