Teaching a Recall with Hand Targeting - Positive Reinforcement Dog Training 

Check out the dog and crowd having a blast with this reward-based training method for teaching a recall. These are the very early stages of teaching a dog how to hand-target -- which eventually can become a very effective recall, even in distracting situations. Thanks to everyone who came out for these live training events with shelter dogs in Dallas and Houston Texas, June 2014. CATCH and Founder David Muriello are so happy to be joining Petfinder and Petco in helping shelter and rescue organizations across the country. If you've never been to an Adoption Options event before, be on the lookout for this free, multi-city animal welfare workshop tour across North America! You can keep an eye on the Adoption Options section of Petfinder's website (pro.petfinder....) to see the upcoming events and hopefully we will be coming to your state soon. All events include live hands-on training demos with shelter dogs, so you can learn how to keep dogs mentally healthy in the stressful shelter environment and help to make them more adoptable. (Hands-on training and helping shelter dogs are big parts of the CATCH courses. www.catchdogtra...) If you want to find out more about how to become a dog trainer, check out the CATCH website and get in touch with us!