Obedience Training Your New Dog
Owning a dog can bring great joy to your family, however it is important that you are aware of your responsibilities to correctly obedience train your dog. You must have the respect from your dog and knowledge to take control in any situation where your dog is scared or jumpy, or in any event where you encounter aggressive dog behavior with other dogs or people. There are many other important behavioral issues you will need to know how to deal with such as your dog’s chewing, barking, digging etc.
Before venturing off to your local SPCA or find a dog to adopt, you need to look seriously at your obedience training options. Obedience training is as much about training the dog owner as it is about your dog. You must be aware of your dog’s personality, and how to correctly handle your dog in specific situations.
Below are some important tips to keep in mind through every step of your dog training. Remember that treating your dog with compassion and understanding is the best way to get results:
- Rewarding or praising good behavior gets results! It is important you remember this, and include a reward system as a focus of your obedience training. This encourages your dog to follow your commands every time and develops a good dog-dog owner relationship.
- Avoid punishing miss-behavior. Punishing your dog simple adds negativity to the training situation, and will often leave your dog confused, without actually knowing what he/she has done wrong. Focus on praising co-operation rather than punishing miss-behavior.
- You may penalize your dog. Please note that penalizing is not the same as punishing your dog. A penalty can be anything that your dog dislikes. It may be a subtle tug of the leash, not moving when he’s on leash so there’s no walk, or simply ignoring your dog when he/she is misbehaving. Penalizing your dog shows you are not interested in misbehavior, your reaction should be subtle so your dog understands that only positive behavior gets attention.
- Remember your dog’s personality. Just like humans, sometimes your dog will be tired, sometimes he/she will simply want to explore or play. Try and keep your training fun, use games and playtime as a reward for good behavior. Be patient but firm when your dog is misbehaving.
Once you’ve got your new puppy home, get to know his personality, spend some time getting to know each other, but be firm with your expectations from the beginning. Dog’s need discipline around the house, correctly obedience training your dog from day one will be well worth the effort in the long run.
Remember: Obedience training of your dog requires a lot of patience from your side.
One of aspects of dog ownership is for the dog owner to learn that it is always possible to teach your dog what you want it to learn. Dog’s are eager learners, and while some breeds are more receptive than others, with the right techniques and patience, it is possible to teach an old dog new tricks. To encourage healthy development of your dog, you must learn how to reward your dog so that it is inclined to do what you want it to do.
Set a certain amount of time each day to training your dog. Be it five to ten minutes at a time, whenever you have a spare ten minutes, go outside with your dog and go over your obedience training routines.
The purpose of obedience training is to teach your dog to behave properly with people around him and become a well- mannered companion to you, one of the most important aspects of dog training is learning how to control aggressive dog behavior, as this is where dog’s can become dangerous to the public and inside your family home. The key is to enjoy the whole procedure of dog-training and build a good relationship with him.
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