When Cindy Thompson trains puppies, the commands go way beyond “sit” and “stay.” She raises them to become assistance dogs for Canine Companions for Independence. The dogs have to learn 40 commands.

Deaf dog Aspen found the perfect forever home and new confidence after learning commands through hand signals at the Austin Humane Society Aspen has reached peak happiness. The white pit bull mix's ...

It was a novice dog obedience class, where students were preparing their dogs for the first level of formal obedience competition. They were learning the set of exercises which would hopefully lead to ...

(WEAR) — Chappie, our station's service puppy-in-training is busy learning 30 commands. He needs to know that many before he heads to "dog college" next November at the Canine Companions for ...

Basic commands like "sit," "down," or "heel" are usually the first things dogs learn in training. However, there's another ...