VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

COMMON TERMINOLOGY

• Training:  The procedure of infusing obedience, cleanliness and reliability
• Breaking: To make the dog perfect through regular and repeated practice for responding to instructions given orally, by signals and whistles or by eyes Command of The known stimuli from owner expecting appropriate instruction response
• Collar: A leather or good plastic strap fastened round the neck. It contains a metallic ring for joining the lead.
• Lead:  A strong cord of silk, plastic or leather or a metallic chain.
• Sit down: Instruction for sitting.

• Get up:  Instruction for rising.
• Come on:  Instruction for calling. The dog should be called by name, viz. come on Tony.
• Carry: Instruction for carrying an object holding with teeth. Food should be avoided.
• Fetch:  Instruction for finding an object thrown away before the dog, e.g. to fetch a ball thrown in the lawn.

• Short commands or instructions should preferably be used for dogs.