Trainers say dog obedience improves safety for owners and communities. Explore why well-trained pets help create safer shared spaces.

Subscribe today. Commands offer a basic language for you to communicate with your dog, and when they’re paired with a solid foundation of socialization, you end up with a very good boy or girl.

Basic commands like "sit," "down," or "heel" are usually the first things dogs learn in training. However, there's another ...