How To Train Your Dog
by: Jack Devlin
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dog obedience training requires a few fundamental disciplines so that dogs
understand what good behavior is. Dogs learn that good behavior and obeying
commands can lead to rewards. Without proper training, dogs often develop
unwanted and sometimes even dangerous behaviors that can hinder the
relationship between the dog and their owner. Much of the stress and anxiety
displayed by untrained dogs comes from not knowing what is expected of them.
By properly training your dog to obey and respond to your commands you and
your dog can have a healthy, happy, and safe friendship. Time your commands, rewards and negative responses carefully. Teach the "Come" command when your puppy is behaving rather than in the midst of mischief, and reward him promptly when he complies. Once he knows what "Come" means, you can use this command to tear him away from bad behavior. Repeat the training exercises only until your puppy gets it right, and then take a break for a little while. So after a few attempts to teach her to "Sit" reward her once she complies and then let her rest or play with you. Remember that like small children, puppies have very small attention spans. Do short exercises in short intervals, rather than trying to teach a puppy an entire command like "Sit-Stay" in one lesson. If you trying to get a puppy to master both sitting and staying put in one lesson is asking too much of him, and of you. You will lose patience and your dog will be disappoint. Instead, teach him "Sit" in one exercise and later on graduate to "Stay." Keep talking, the whole time. Your puppy enjoys your praise as well as your coaching and will stick with the exercises in part just for the attention. Make sure a lot of what you are saying is positive reinforcement for trying to learn. When you use positive reinforcement training, you're allowing her the time and the opportunity to use her own brain. Know whether to touch your puppy or keep hands off her. Puppies younger than 12 weeks crave touching, so make sure your lessons involve lots of contact. Dogs older than this respond better when the lesson is pretty much contact-free, except at the very end of the exercise, when a tap is part of the treat reward. |
Time your commands, rewards and negative responses carefully. Teach the "Come" command when your puppy is behaving rather than in the midst of mischief, and reward him promptly when he complies. Once he knows what "Come" means, you can use this command to tear him away from bad behavior.
Repeat the training exercises only until your puppy gets it right, and then take a break for a little while. So after a few attempts to teach her to "Sit" reward her once she complies and then let her rest or play with you. Remember that like small children, puppies have very small attention spans.
Do short exercises in short intervals, rather than trying to teach a puppy an entire command like "Sit-Stay" in one lesson. If you trying to get a puppy to master both sitting and staying put in one lesson is asking too much of him, and of you. You will lose patience and your dog will be disappoint. Instead, teach him "Sit" in one exercise and later on graduate to "Stay."
Keep talking, the whole time. Your puppy enjoys your praise as well as your coaching and will stick with the exercises in part just for the attention. Make sure a lot of what you are saying is positive reinforcement for trying to learn. When you use positive reinforcement training, you're allowing her the time and the opportunity to use her own brain.
Know whether to touch your puppy or keep hands off her. Puppies younger than 12 weeks crave touching, so make sure your lessons involve lots of contact. Dogs older than this respond better when the lesson is pretty much contact-free, except at the very end of the exercise, when a tap is part of the treat reward.
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dog obedience training requires a few fundamental disciplines so that dogs
understand what good behavior is. Dogs learn that good behavior and obeying
commands can lead to rewards. Without proper training, dogs often develop
unwanted and sometimes even dangerous behaviors that can hinder the
relationship between the dog and their owner. Much of the stress and anxiety
displayed by untrained dogs comes from not knowing what is expected of them.
By properly training your dog to obey and respond to your commands you and
your dog can have a healthy, happy, and safe friendship. Time your commands, rewards and negative responses carefully. Teach the "Come" command when your puppy is behaving rather than in the midst of mischief, and reward him promptly when he complies. Once he knows what "Come" means, you can use this command to tear him away from bad behavior. Repeat the training exercises only until your puppy gets it right, and then take a break for a little while. So after a few attempts to teach her to "Sit" reward her once she complies and then let her rest or play with you. Remember that like small children, puppies have very small attention spans. Do short exercises in short intervals, rather than trying to teach a puppy an entire command like "Sit-Stay" in one lesson. If you trying to get a puppy to master both sitting and staying put in one lesson is asking too much of him, and of you. You will lose patience and your dog will be disappoint. Instead, teach him "Sit" in one exercise and later on graduate to "Stay." Keep talking, the whole time. Your puppy enjoys your praise as well as your coaching and will stick with the exercises in part just for the attention. Make sure a lot of what you are saying is positive reinforcement for trying to learn. When you use positive reinforcement training, you're allowing her the time and the opportunity to use her own brain. Know whether to touch your puppy or keep hands off her. Puppies younger than 12 weeks crave touching, so make sure your lessons involve lots of contact. Dogs older than this respond better when the lesson is pretty much contact-free, except at the very end of the exercise, when a tap is part of the treat reward. |
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dog obedience training requires a few fundamental disciplines so that dogs
understand what good behavior is. Dogs learn that good behavior and obeying
commands can lead to rewards. Without proper training, dogs often develop
unwanted and sometimes even dangerous behaviors that can hinder the
relationship between the dog and their owner. Much of the stress and anxiety
displayed by untrained dogs comes from not knowing what is expected of them.
By properly training your dog to obey and respond to your commands you and
your dog can have a healthy, happy, and safe friendship. Time your commands, rewards and negative responses carefully. Teach the "Come" command when your puppy is behaving rather than in the midst of mischief, and reward him promptly when he complies. Once he knows what "Come" means, you can use this command to tear him away from bad behavior. Repeat the training exercises only until your puppy gets it right, and then take a break for a little while. So after a few attempts to teach her to "Sit" reward her once she complies and then let her rest or play with you. Remember that like small children, puppies have very small attention spans. Do short exercises in short intervals, rather than trying to teach a puppy an entire command like "Sit-Stay" in one lesson. If you trying to get a puppy to master both sitting and staying put in one lesson is asking too much of him, and of you. You will lose patience and your dog will be disappoint. Instead, teach him "Sit" in one exercise and later on graduate to "Stay." Keep talking, the whole time. Your puppy enjoys your praise as well as your coaching and will stick with the exercises in part just for the attention. Make sure a lot of what you are saying is positive reinforcement for trying to learn. When you use positive reinforcement training, you're allowing her the time and the opportunity to use her own brain. Know whether to touch your puppy or keep hands off her. Puppies younger than 12 weeks crave touching, so make sure your lessons involve lots of contact. Dogs older than this respond better when the lesson is pretty much contact-free, except at the very end of the exercise, when a tap is part of the treat reward. |
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