4. Dog Training Tips - Elimination When your dog got to go it got to go. To prevent your dog from getting busy on carpet you should train him to eliminate on command.

5. Dog Training Tips - Praise Always praise your dog when he learns a new command.

6. Dog Training Tips - Reprimand Do not hit your dog! Any time your dog is engaging in bad behavior, use opportunity to teach him 'stop!' or 'no!' command. Using 'stay!' command can also be effective in these situations.

7. Dog Training Tips - Play with your dog This will help in building bond between you and your dog.

8. Dog Training Tips - Do some dog training everyday Don't rush dog training. Teach your dog one command at a time and don't move on until he gets it. A little dog training everyday is all that's needed.

Well that's it for my dog training tips. Enjoy training your dog and remember that it takes simple persistence.

•The best stories have a point. "That's when I first learned how important it is to be on time." "If it hadn't rained that day, we might never have met, and most of you would never have been born!" It doesn't have to be profound, but be prepared to help your tellers wrap up their stories with a short statement of its significance.

•Get younger ones involved too -- perhaps you can encourage them to be official family historians who will record stories. If there's a group, give them papers and drawing materials and ask them to make pictures of scenes they will hear unfold. You can have older ones label drawings and then gather them together with ribbon. Each family can take home their personal family album.

•If there are old photographs that support an account, or a time period, mount these in archive quality materials and display them in a shady spot or pass them around while story is being told. Use other mementos as well. Your great-grandfather's railroad watch that he wore to work every day for 45 years, or a playbill from your first date will help bring life to accounts of those special times.

So gather your loved ones on your porch or patio and make some memories while you start a storytelling tradition