obedience classes

Dog behavior lessons

Obedience classes are training sessions where dogs learn basic commands and proper behavior—sit, stay, come, heel.

The owner typically attends with the dog, learning handling techniques alongside the pet: We enrolled the puppy in obedience classes after he chewed through the couch.

The term occasionally applies humorously to humans who need disciplining.

Opposites
behavioral training outcome

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Refusal to follow orders

untraining · unruliness · running wild · bad behavior · behavioral problems

domestication spectrum

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Untamed natural areas

wild animals · feral dogs · wolf pack · wilderness · jungle

discipline approach

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Causing ruin or decay

indulgence · coddling

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G