How to Train My Dog Here are a few tips about how to train my dog. 1. Remember your dog is a very sensitive animal akin to a child. I always reckoned that my dogs had brains about equivalent to that of a three year old child and just as sensitive if not more so. If you use that as a yardstick then you are halfway to having an obedient dog. 2. Always be firm with your dog when you are trying to set up parameters. Of course you can have fun with your dog and it is important to do so, but you must always let your dog know you are the boss. It is in a dog's nature to look to their master as the leader of the pack. That's what you have to be - the leader of the pack.