Dog Obedience Training - The Whys and How's Revealed

Training shall begin with the dog's education in agility training once we teach it some practical things, such as running back to you when you call his name, which will be vary important later. After purchasing the puppy, we must let him adapt to his new home, for about a week. And then we will start to educate it, with authority, but never with violence. It is very important to understand that the owner should never hit a dog, but you do have to tell it off when necessary. If we ever raise a hand to the dog, we will certainly spoil its personality.

Always try to keep your dog obedience training sessions brief, regular and entertaining for both you and your canine companion. The key factors in shaping your dog's behavior are: to begin with very simple commands, to constantly build on these successes and remember that repetition is the best way of learning. Your training sessions are the most effective if they are based around trust and mutual respect; rather than old school methods based on harsh corrections and authoritarian discipline. In the former environment you will discover that your puppy loves his training sessions and his confidence and ability will improve with each and every session. It is important for you to be realistic, gentle, persevering and always fair during your dog training sessions. Your puppy doesn't just arrive on your doorstep complete with this knowledge! It's all brand new to him so he is bound to make the odd mistake during your dog training journey. Don't worry about any slip ups, just move on and work on preventing them in the future.

The hardest part of training is communicating with the dog in a humane way that he understands. However, the underlying principle of all communication is simple: reward desired behavior while ignoring or correcting undesired behavior.

In conclusion, a dog that is well trained and well taken care of should not have any behavior problems because they use and assimilate our ways of doing things and they adapt to behave consequently. It's important with all dog training but especially with young puppies to use lots of encouragement, praise and rewards (positive reinforcement) in your training.

Start your dog obedience training sessions as soon as your puppy arrives at your home - the sooner you get started, the better. To set your puppy up for success, focus on developing good habits in your puppy and abolishing any undesirable behavior. It's much a better alternative for you and your puppy to be on the right track from the start. The alternative of trying to correct established problem dog behavior later is not as effective. However, you can still teach an old dog new tricks and its never to early or late to start training your dog.

Taming My Dog

by Bill Ronald

When I got my first dog, a beagle, as my pet several years ago, I was thrilled. I was finally able to have my very own lively, obedient, and loving pet. After about week, I became very frustrated. If happened to own a dog too, then you know what I mean. Taking care of Sally was like having to take care of an unruly child.

I already had some knowledge on how to train Sally. But it didn't seem to work, Sally would continue her bad habits in spite of what I've done. She would let it out anywhere she pleased. The incessant barking, whether it's indoors or outdoors drove my neighbors mad. Do get me wrong, I love my pet, but this was getting out of hand. Sally was afraid of the simplest things: I can't even use the toaster without her barking like mad. Whenever an icecream truck drove by, she run for cover. She disobeyed my commands many times and would bark at my friends and neighbors for no apparent reasing. Taking her out was a pain. I was tired of having to fetch most of those frisbees myself. There must be something wrong with the way I'm training her I thought, so I went out and bought a couple of dog training books and read through them in about a week. I've applied most of the techniques in the book but a month passed and there was still no progress. I then tried other books and asked for advice from other dog owners. Again, almost a month passed and there was still no progress. I was exhausted. Having stress from work was bad, I don't want to be stressed at home too. I pondered for a while and realized that no matter how difficult a situation is, there's always solution if one is persistant.

With the newly found drive to train my dog for the better, I scoured for more information on dog training. Then I stumbled upon something that actually worked. I thought it was the same old stuff that's already in the books that I've read, but no this was actually something new and effective. It was a epiphany for me after I bought the manual and followed its instructions and techniques. After about a month, Sally was starting to become fairly obedient. Most of her worse habits were gone. She was on the right track for improvement. You see, there's usually always a solution to even the worse problems. The answers are out there, you just have to find it. I was glad I didn't give up early.