I referred to my term ‘absolute whoa’ ™ in another article about a private clinic that I have. Today I am going to define that term for everyone.

There are multiple methods to train a dog and many methods include using the word ‘whoa’. Many folks use these different methods yet every year I train dogs for folks who either gave up or figured out they didn’t have the time to actually train a dog themselves. When I get those dogs I learn what was done, what method, etc.

I would say, as I do on my free training tips page, that whoa is the single most important command that one can teach to a dog. It can save their life. I have been saying this to folks for over 17 years and for 10 years on my web site. One can imagine all the scenarios not bird related where the simple whoa command could save a dogs life.

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