Training Your Dog For The Trail: Commands They Should Know for Hiking, Backpacking, and Thru-Hiking

I find " leave it"&" drop it" are super useful while hiking

How about a command “don’t wake me up at 3 in the morning because you want to play” 😁 but seriously a very good video 👍🏼

This is very helpful the "Recall" "Stay" and "With Me" commands are what I am working on especially the Recall. Mine is a puppy and that one is a struggle lol. 😀

A useful one to teach is shake. So a wet dog shakes outside and not inside the tent.

I’d love to see a video on approaching these commands with training! 🐶🥾

This was so helpful! Lots of great commands I haven’t seen before that would be useful. I recently got a half Belgian malinois puppy (12 weeks old now) and am looking forward to going on trail walks and hikes with her in the future.

nice video your dogs are so cute and this helps thank you

I'm glad you included "With Me" because it is different. I generally use that one if Remy is off-leash and in front and he has to stay within "harness grab" distance of me. I use "Behind" to get him behind me and then, as you mentioned, "Heel", is to the left of me.

Great video. I so understand and appreciate your commands. My parents got a Jack Russel while I was off at college and they were lazy and Bailey had no training. Enter me. It was an up hill task teaching her to just to get her attention and respond. Squirrel!! Who said bribery doesn't work. Love the name skittles.

I really like that you put a pose command in there! So cute 🥰

I'd like to know how you trained these commands

For me, I have verbal, sound (whistles), and visual (hand gestures) for commands for my dogs. The vocal is basic and sound (whistle) is for when they are at a distance and I dont have to strain my voice. Step off- leave alone On Side- stay on my side Step up - keep moving Tell me - they look in the location of noise Climb - get up here Take me home - they back track and guide me back to start, never tested it but they usually know the general direction of start, and noses to the ground when Ive given the command. Long whistle - listen to me, and where are you Stutter whistle - come to my location Closed hand in front of me - sit in front of me and wait 2 fingers pointing up from closed hand postion - hold Hand on the side opened - on my side - works while walking as well. Pinch fingers above location - jump, climb, stand up I do have a hunt command, but I can't spell it for it's more of a sound produced. Im aiming to sent train my blue heeler as well, so if I get lost, I can use her to find my way home or back to the location.

I’m literally here for the training where’s that video?

Most important command is recall. Second is stop. Thanks

Really good video. Thank you

These special hiking commands never occurred to me. My wife and I along with our Yorkie will be thru hiking the Colorado Trail next year and this video is a tremendous help. I’ve now subscribed and have begun watching all of your videos.

Just found this. Is there a video of training

Very nice!

I'd like to see how you train "out". Thanks!

I'm a mountain biker and I'd love to learn how to teach my mini schnauzer how to get off the trail. He is very food driven but he is very social too. I was thinking of throwing food off of the trail and saying 'off'.