Dog Health Questions: Dog training problems?

my golden retriever is 4 months old and she knows sit, lay down, and bang(play dead) but i always have to use hand signals. she doesnt listen to what i say she looks at what my hands are doing. how could i get her to listen to my voice rather than my hands?
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The key with all training is persistence, practice and patience. Keep trying, a few minutes a few times a day.

I'd probably be a little concerned that she's not listening and that she seems reliant on your hand signals.

Have you thought about getting her hearing checked out?

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• You can start by making sure that every time you give him ask him to sit, lay down or any kind of command with a hand signal is to accompany it with a verbal command. This is to instill in the dog's memory that other than the hand signal, a verbal command also means the same order. It may take some weeks but if you do this with consistency, sooner or later your dog will learn following orders through verbal commands as well. If this doesn't work try checking out http://www.antileon-ent.com/dog/ - the site have a number of training suggestions that you can try.


• Say the commands with the hand signals, use the hand signals progressively less often. Don't forget to reinforce correct reaction when hand signal not used.


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