The "Place" Command

Article: robinmacfarlane.com/place-command/
Note from Admin: I taught this to my very high energy dog. We will do the place command throughout various parts of the house (with rugs set up in different rooms), as well as practice with sit, down, and recall. We'd do this for 15 minutes before every walk. He'd sit and make eye contact to have his leash on, but once it was on he'd be full of energy. The place command helped calm him down before walks. Now when I put on his leash, he is in the same calm state he was in before I pulled the leash out, since he associates the leash with calmness -- not going straight out the door right away. The place command helps in other areas as well -- I'd suggest to teach to all your dogs, not just high energy ones (but ESPECIALLY high energy ones!).