Getting your dog behavior training down pat will involve a lot of research on classic, tried and tested ways to get him to display the behaviors that you want. Included here are the right hand signals to master – which will lend a tremendous help in improving the way you communicate with your dog. This works not just during your training sessions but also outside of it. The idea of connecting hand signals with specific command will help your dog better understand what it is that you want out of him, thanks to the combined advantage of visual and auditory cues.
Furthermore, such hand signals will make training time better for the both of you. You will find yourself having an easier time controlling your pooch when you have familiarized him with it, too. Thus, training will develop at a much faster pace and results will be so much better when these hand signals are also used in everyday situations. Here are some must-learn and must-master dog hand signals that you need to teach your dog during training.
Hand Signal 6: The Time Out
This hand signal is traditionally used in sporting events to signal a break time for a team. It is also an excellent visual cue to use with your dogs. The best commands to make the connection with the time out hand signal would be commands such as ‘leave it’, ‘quiet’, or ‘drop’. It is also a command that is often used for deaf dogs or dogs that are hard of hearing, but feel free to use it on your hearing dog because it is a very nice visual cue that will go well with the aforementioned commands. One bonus that you will get out of it is that it is very easy for your dog to distinguish the time out hand signal with other hand signals because it really stands out, and so it is possible that he will take less time to obey it.
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