Dog Training: 8 Dynamite Tips
Using good info and a tolerant attitude, tutoring your pooch can be lots of fun for both of you. Not to mention the benefits of you having a well behaved dog, AND your dog will love you even more than before. You’ll see how fast your dog is learning the new commands, which will make the lessons become fun, and something that you both are keen to take part in. Also, it’s important to keep your dog out of harms way in dicey situations, such as around traffic, and strangers, by knowing a few basic commands, such as Come, Sit, Stay, and Heel.
One person should commit to being responsible for Rovers lessons.
This will make it smoother for you
and your canine friend, since the
lessons will be able to be more
consistently given by one person.
The dog will also become more
familiar with one coach, compared
to having two or three coaches. The
methods of the coach must be
followed by everyone who lives with
your dog, and children need to be
supervised by the primary coach
while coaching Rover.
Sessions should be less than 15 minutes long, because of a dogs shorter attention span. Sessions can be 10-15 minutes long every day, or every other day. If you’ve had a bad day or don’t feel very patient, it’s probably best to skip a session, since you won’t be at your best.
Merging training into the dogs life between lessons will help to reinforce the commands that are being learned. For example, occasionally throughout the day, give your dog the Sit command (if you’ve already mastered that in your lessons.)
Since using food rewards offer a powerful incentive to your dog, it’s good to use them. However, it’s important to schedule the lessons for before mealtimes to make sure that he’s hungry, and keen to earn the reward.
Start the instruction in a quiet area, by yourself. Try to make yourself the most interesting thing in the room, by minimizing distractions. This will make it easier for her to focus on learning the new command. Once she has mastered the command, add distractions. These could include having other people present, or conducting the lesson in a different room.
With this success achieved, you can begin to reinforce these new commands using different body language, in other areas of the house, and then outdoors with a leash. For example, you can voice the new command when you are standing, sitting, and while the dog is on your left or right. Your dog will begin to understand that the command means that he must do the same thing each time he hears it, regardless of where you are, or your body position.
Perhaps the canine that you will be instructing is no longer a puppy. This is not necessarily a disadvantage. Grown dogs generally have better attention spans, which allows her to learn faster. This can compensate for previous instruction that may need to be unlearned.
Previous training could cause her to link a certain behaviour with the command word that you’re using. Maybe your dog is having trouble grasping what response you want for the word Come, use the same training sequence using Here, instead.
When you start using the command in a new situation, your pet may act a bit confused. Be relaxed, and allow yourself to back up the training a step or two, or give extra reinforcement in the new situation. It’s the way your dog learns to focus on your command, in spite of distractions that occur.
8 Fantastic Dog Training Tips:
* One person is the chief trainer
* 15 minutes every other day, or every day
* Using food rewards? Train before dogs mealtime
* Use quiet environment to start each new command, indoors is good
* After success, alter your body language, change location, and use distractions
* Use learned commands during daily life for reinforcement
* Be willing to substitute command words when teaching an older or previously trained dog
* Be ready to back up a step or two in the training sequence when needed
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