Originally Posted by Vendzilla

My Uncle helped me train my first dog, it takes a lot of your time, but you end up with a great companion. I never used common words for commands. Funny is most of my commands I used were from being around horses as a kid. Instead of heel, I would say Ho. My dogs wouldn't listen to others. And if a kid came up that the dog didn't know, I would tell the kids to keep their distance unless I could introduce them to my dog.