One way to really supercharge your dog’s recall is by encompassing fun games. Once you have taught your dog to target your hand with their nose it can become an excellent alternative to your usual recall.

Teaching your dog to target your hand and other objects with their nose is great for keeping your dog’s attention around distractions and building more advanced behaviors later.

Teaching your dog to target your hand with their nose can be a fun and easy behavior to learn together. This can be useful in a stressful situation when you need to re-direct their attention or help move them along.

There will be times when your dog gets into activities that you don’t want them doing. This might be digging in the garden, barking at the Neighbours or many other things. These are natural behaviors but that doesn’t mean you can’t give your dog alternative outlets.

Sometimes you need to interrupt what your dog is doing because it’s something you don't want them to practice, it’s escalating a situation or may even be dangerous.