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Summary: Be dominant when giving the leave it command to a dog. Learn how to teach your dog to stop chewing, eating, or digging with authority and dominance in this free pet training video.
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Mark Siebel Mark Siebel has owned Doggie Steps Dog Training for four years and has worked with over 4,000 dogs. He teaches about health and nutrition for a new dog, gener... read more
In this segment, I'll be talking about the command, leave it. We just finished the command, sit, which I call the home base of all commands. But the next command I'll be showing you, leave it, is a close second. The purpose of leave it command is to show your dog not to eat, chew, or dig in certain areas. It also illustrates to your dog that you're the boss, leader, alpha in the dog, human relationship. Leave it can be used in many ways, which I'll talk about later in this topic. Leave it is definitely going to be a command that your dog will link if ever you would drop something, anything that your dog should not eat. I will also talk, later in the segment, how important leave it is to mix it with tone of your voice, as well as posture.