25 Jun 09 How to Successfully Obedience Train Dogs
Obedience training is one of the most important things you will ever go through with your dog. Obedience training will not stop all of your dog’s behavior problems, but applied correctly, it can make a big impact on many of them. Obedience training allows for clear communication with your dog and is the best way to demonstrate exactly what is and isn’t acceptable behavior. It also enables you to correctly demand obedience from your dog.
Without the proper obedience training your dogs will exhibit behaviors such as improper elimination, destroying your home, loud and inappropriate barking, fighting, biting and many other destructive behaviors. All of which will gradually get worse if the dog feels you are not taking the role of the leader, if he establishes himself as the leader of the pack, even training becomes that much harder.
One of the key outcomes of obedience training is that your dog will see you as the leader and will want to please you. Dogs get great satisfaction out of pleasing you and thrive when a strong leader is present.
One important tip to consider when starting obedience training with your dog is to make sure that it is fun. It should never be boring. Practicing entertaining training lessons will be much more fun for both you and your dog and it will also bring more success.
If you have never trained a dog before, you may benefit from using a professional dog trainer or enrolling your dog in a training school. These can be very effective (but a little expensive) in correctly training your dog to follow basic commands. You also learn how to give commands correctly which you can then practice with your dog.
While training it is important that sessions are short and to the point, if you make them long and boring, it could have an adverse effect on your dog. You must also be consistent in this training so that they remember and associate their training with the proper behaviors. Make sure that when doing a session that you incorporate some of the dog’s favorite activities and make the training fun while maintaining the firmness you will require for them to train properly.
Make sure that you offer rewards and treats when your dog accomplishes tasks correctly. This offers great encouragement for your dog and stimulates further improvement. Be careful to stay calm when praising your dog, if you get too carried away your dog will get excited and lose focus.
Treating your dog after good behavior is a great way to encourage good results. Never be too harsh in reprimanding your dog as this will generally not help your dogs training. In most cases, punishing your dog or yelling at your dog only makes the training less effective.
Proper obedience training for your dog will bring you a happy and well trained dog. Take your time, be patient and reward his positive behaviors and your dog will be happy to try and please you.
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