The dog park is a wonderful place to practice training. If you recall your dog for short training sessions every couple of minutes, then tell them to go play again, you are using the other dogs as both a powerful distraction and reward.
The best way to teach a dog to be quiet on command is to teach them to speak on command. That’s the only way you can practice telling them to be quiet.
Bite-inhibition is a very important step-by-step process. When you play active games with your dog, it’s important to enforce strict rules. Otherwise, your dog’s our of control play will get them in trouble some day.
Good dogs are fun to be around. A dog that’s well-behaved and always under control will get to go out into the world and meet lots of people. They’ll be happier and you’ll be happier.
Meeting new people is very exciting, so it can be a difficult time to control your dog. If you want to train your dog to meet people in a calm manner you have to practice it.
Polite greetings take practice. It’s a good idea to train your dog to automatically sit when you meet another person, especially if they’re with another dog.
Crawling, jumping and clapping are all likely to make your dog break a stay, so proof for them. Occasionally give a new position command, to make sure they’re still listening to you.