obedience training
Teaching dogs commands
Obedience training is the process of teaching an animal—usually a dog—to respond to commands like sit, stay, come, and heel.
The term emphasizes compliance and reliability rather than tricks or specialized skills.
We enrolled the puppy in obedience training after she chewed through the couch cushions.
The phrase sometimes appears sarcastically about people being made to conform.
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- positive reinforcementStrengthening behavior through rewards
- good boyPraise for obedient pet
- loyalFirm in allegiance
- puppy classTraining course for young dogs
conditioning · stimulus-response · habituation · learned behavior · hand signals · extinction · desensitization · companion · proofing · ethology · housebreaking · motivation · tracking · heel · stay command · correction · dog whisperer · alpha dog
- animal hobbiespet grooming, bird watching, horse riding, dog breeding, pet sitting
- Pet Bookshamster care, Marley and Me, Old Yeller
- pet carepet daycare, dog daycare, doggy daycare, pet boarding, cat boarding
- pet lifepets, dog owner, cat owner, fur baby, pet ownership
- puppy raisingpuppy food, puppy socialization, puppy classes, puppy pads, housebreaking
- manipulationgaslighting, guilt tripping, blame-shifting, brainwashing, guilt trip
obedience trainingdisobedience
Refusal to follow orders
permissiveness · self-directed learning · indulgence · rebellion · willfulness