Straightarrow

I thought of one important thing I forgot to put in the post. Verbal commands are not necessary. Loud voices are definitely bad. It cause excitment, which is the enemy. Dogs react much more readily to body language than they do to verbal commands. It's how they judge and react to each other and it's the best way for humans to communicate with them.

All obedience training should be accompanied by hand signals. Soon after, the dog will respond to the hand signals more readily than a verbal command.