Our latest video of our diy 2020 series “how to teach the place command.” Place is probably the most versatile command you will teach your dog. It teaches them impulse control, it teaches them neutrality around distractions, and it also helps a lot of our anxious/fearful/overly aroused dogs learn how to just relax. Place means go to an object and lie down until released. This means once your dog has mastered this command, you can pretty much turn whatever you want into place. A beach towel, a bl

In my experience, the "place command" is considered a part of obedience, but that's not really what I focus on when using "place" in a real-world scenario. As you can see, my dogs aren't robots who sprint to the bed and immediately lay down in an excited state. Excitement is not my preference with place. It should represent an obvious spot where they are going to chill and hang for a litte. The approach at different speeds, lay down on their own terms, etc. All I really care about is that when I