Okay, I can hear you now, "Dear, you're not going to believe this, but this guy says we can train our dog with an iPad. Yeah, and pigs can fly too buddy."
Suspend that disbelief for the next 3 minutes and I'll show you in three base scenarios how to train your dog with your iPad or iPhone - and not by using dog training videos.
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You accomplish these astounding feats using a dog whistle app.
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Okay, you're thinking, "A dog whistle app on my iPad or iPhone?
Exactly - and here's why.
Scenario #1. You're at the dog park with 50 other dog owners, who when they effort to get their dog to come (known as the recall) either use the time honored formula of yelling at the top of their lungs or frantically waving their arms like the folks on Gilligan's Island when they saw a plane, while you, after updating Facebook, calmly fire up the dog whistle app.
In the midst of this miasma of activity your canine comes, because you've trained them what to do when they hear the sound.
You still have a voice and no need for an immediate massage.
Pretty cool huh.
Scenario #2. Use it to interrupt and cut inordinate licking. One of our dogs has allergy issues (not that uncommon it seems) and will oftentimes start licking uncontrollably.
We use sound of the whistle as a obvious punisher, which slows down and regularly stops the incessant licking.
Set the frequency from 15,000 - 20,000 Hz. This is beyond our hearing range, but gets your hounds attention. When our dog starts licking one of us sounds the whistle. Nobody says a word, so from his perspective, we aren't responsible for the ultrasonic sound. He stops licking to check out the sound, we stop the whistle and then praise him.
No muss, no fuss and if that wasn't enough, any unwanted small, furry rodents within hearing range will skedaddle. Gotta love technology.:-)
Scenario #3. Getting your dog to sit. Okay, let's assume your furry friend can already cope the sit by verbal command, a raised hand, or other visual device. Now, start replacing the verbal command (but don't stop using your general cue quite yet) with the whistle command from your dog whistle app. Make the sound one long one while working close to your dog. If they don't sass as you want them to, use your visual signal or verbal command. With practice, your dog will moderately sass to the whistle.
So fantasize this - while at the dog park, you "call" your dog to come, then when right in front of you they sit. All without so much as a peep.
One can only guess what's going on in the heads of the other dog owners at this point.
And just think, three minutes ago you belief the only way to train your dog with an iPad or iPhone was with dog training videos.
Yes, Your iPad or iPhone Can Train Your Dog
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