obedience training

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of obedience training¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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

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