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obedience training

American  

noun

  1. the training of an animal, especially a dog, to obey certain commands.


Etymology

Origin of obedience training

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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“When he was younger, way before we knew we were doing this, he had some basic obedience training,” Fischer noted.

From Salon

As she is still young, we are continuing obedience training to prepare for her public access test, usually taken by assistance dogs at 18 months old.

From BBC

Alexandra Horowitz, author of the recent “The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves” and a researcher on dog cognition at Barnard College, said that particularly after her year of bringing up a young dog during the pandemic, she questions the need for traditional obedience training for all dogs.

From Washington Post

Obedience training can be wonderful and exciting, she said, for some dogs and their humans.

From Washington Post

The study did not look at obedience training, but Udell said the study of dogs’ performance on problem solving “suggests that having an authoritative parent or trainer might actually help dogs or other animals be more successful at those sorts of training activities.”

From Washington Post