Having A Dog That Listens Is Important

You thought you were bringing home Lassie from the pound, but some days it feels more like you might have brought home Cujo! Even the smartest dog was once a mischievous pup like yours. You can develop a relationship with your pet and teach it how to behave in a house by training it.

Make sure everyone involved in a dog’s training uses the same set of commands. If your dog jumps on the couch and you say “get off,” but your husband uses “down boy”, it will confuse your dog. If everyone uses identical commands, the dog will learn much faster and you will have greater success.

Don’t play tug-of-war with your puppy if you want a successful training relationship. They encourage puppies to bite. This behavior is very difficult to break, so you should avoid these games while they are still a puppy.

It is important to maintain a positive environment when you are training a dog in order to keep him motivated. Reward your dog often when it obeys your training commands. Too much negativity and punishment will cause your dog to fear you more than want to be around you and follow your commands.click here

Communication between you and your dog is key to successful dog training. During your dog’s training sessions, keep your signals and commands clear and consistent. Inconsistent rewards or varied corrections can confuse your dog. Your verbal commands and the body language you show your dog also need to be consistent to be effective. Also, your dog communicates with you all the time; pay attention to the messages your dog is sending you. He will tell you if things are going smoothly or if he is feeling stressed or tired.

Now that the people who are interested in training their new pet dog have, hopefully, learned some new tricks, they can proceed to pass them along to their pets. Once a dog is on its way to learning, the owner will begin to appreciate the dedication that he or she has shown for doing the right thing for man’s best friend.

The writer of this piece is a retired police dog handler. To see what he suggests for you to train your dog click here

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