Obedience Training for Dogs
As you will soon discover when searching for information on obedience training for dogs, there are many different techniques that people say you should use. Plus there is a lot of conflicting advice about the correct ways to train your dog effectively, so that they obey your commands.
Below we have listed tips and tricks to enable your dog to learn how to be obedient. Teaching your dog obedience training can be difficult but as time goes on you and your pet will be on the same page.
1. It is important that you build a strong relationship with your dog. The relationship needs to be based on mutual respect and trust for each other. However, you still need to remember that you are the owner and therefore you are in charge!
2. Confidence is key to the success of training your dog to be obedient, know your abilities and stay in control!
3. When teaching your dog new techniques make sure that the dog is happy and is enjoying the learning process. Make teaching enjoyable and your dog will learn new commands much faster.
4. When training your dog work with the dogs natural drives and instincts, doing this you will see fast results.
There are many training tips, tricks and techniques for getting your dog to obey your commands. Below we take a look at some of the most important.
Rule 1. Reward your dog if they succeed in a task or command that you have set. At first they might take a while to learn as their attention span is not as good a humans.
Rule 2. A dogs concentration level is not a high as a humans so do not expect your dog to know what you are teaching them straightaway. It is only through repeating the commands time and time again they will start to learn. You also need to believe in the training you are giving your dog and remain focused on achieving your goals with them.
Rule 3. Dogs need to know whats acceptable and what is not, by letting your dog know the difference between right and wrong from the start they will pick up commands a lot quicker. Giving your dog feedback will also make them respect you a lot more.
Rule 4. Be realistic when teaching new obedience skills not all dogs are the same, some are going to take longer to pick up the commands. What you should never do is punish your dog if they are wrong in the initial stages.
Rule 5. Teaching your dog new commands if meant to be fun so keep it like that. If the dog seems to become bored they will start to lose attention.
Rule 6. The best thing to do is teach your dog one command at a time, by doing this you will keep the dogs attention and they will start to understand and pick up the command a lot faster.
Rule 7. Its important that you incorporate the obedience training into the dogs everyday life and not just in training sessions. This will allow your dog to learn at a faster rate, as an example ” when feeding your dog make them sit and wait before you give them their food.
Rule 8. Correcting your dog should only be done if they have done wrong. Never correct or punish a dog that is not out of line, if you do this will cause confusion and lack of respect for you.
Rule 9. Treating your dog for good behaviour is the best thing you can do, by doing this the dog will realise that they have done the right thing making the command become second nature.
Rule 10. If you do find it difficult and challenging teaching you dog obedience lessons, then there is plenty of classes all over the UK.
dog training | Martin Davis | 25 August 2009 |
