11/17/2024
Why teaching your dog tricks is beneficial!
Teaching tricks isn’t simply to show off how clever your dog is. There are many benefits to trick training. Teaching tricks challenges, a dog‘s brain, which prevents boredom and reduces destructive behaviors caused by under stimulation. Learning tricks helps dogs develops better focus, impulse control, and an understanding of how to respond to cues which carries over into everyday obedience . Many tricks, such as jumping through hoops or spinning, engage a dog‘s body and provide a fun form of physical activity the process of teaching tricks fosters trust and strengthens the bond between you and your dog, as it involves positive reinforcement and teamwork. Successfully learning and performing tricks boost, a dog’s confidence, especially shy or anxious dogs. It gives them a sense of accomplishment and reassurance trick training serves as a steppingstone for more advanced tasks, like agility, search, and rescue, or therapy work as it increases problem-solving skills. Overall, trick training is a fun and effective way to enrich your dogs life, while addressing their mental, physical, and emotional needs. During friendly fido, one of our sessions teaches trick training. Each week we offer a different type of training, advanced obedience, agility, tricks and CGC prep. Join us and spend some quality time with your dog.
Friendly Fido is held Saturday mornings at 11 AM at the Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley 374 W. Orange Show Rd. in San Bernardino. Friendly fido is available in blocks of three for $50. Call Val at (909) 496-5356 to sign up today. Visit
Group Dog training, Puppy training, Private training, CGC testing, Behavior Modification,
