Dog Commands - Quiet, Fetch, Give
Practice the Quiet by using treats in a normal way. Raising a finger to your mouth as the accompanying “hush” gesture, as well as being natural, is also distinct enough to be used in training your dog. A useful reinforcing technique is to use the Quiet command and accompanying praise while your dog is already lying quietly.
Fairly natural to many breeds, Fetch is more a fun game than a necessary command for non-working dogs. It can be trained initially by using the Fetch command and gesture as your dog follows you with something in its mouth that it then gives you in return for a reward.
Give is a natural simple command to make him return the toy and should be trained with the Fetch as one routine that is only rewarded when completed properly. One way to train this idea effectively is to tie the object being thrown to a string that you can pull back to you.
