What does it take to get a great dog? Have you feel your
dog tugging at its lease, seeming to drag you around the block on the
evening walk? Does your dog playfully run around, knocking over
children as it completely ignores all your commands to try to calm it
down? How many times do you wish your dog can be trained? How much time
can you afford to devote? You are busy with jobs, kids, home
maintenance and the never ending, ever-growing list of things that make
demands on your time; do you really have time to train your dog?
Yes, you do! And you can do it in just about 15 minutes
a day. Dogs, young or old, have the capacity to learn. What makes it
even easier is that most dogs want nothing more than to please their
owners. Days of yelling, hollering and questioning the dog's lineage
and your good judgment. To train any dogs, you will use commands.
Commands are simply how we communicate with our dogs. You shouldn't be
asking or pleading with a dog. You should establish a relationship in
which you tell your dog what to do and it obeys. It sounds simple but a
lot of work and patience are needed to make it happen. Non-verbal
clues, body language and voice inflection play a part in our
communication with our dogs. When dealing with our furry friends, our
commands should be direct, consistent and given clearly either by voice
or whistle. From your earliest training
sessions, you should give your command once, then make sure that your
dog complies. Sounds simple? It is of course easier said than done.
Human nature makes us tend to repeat ourselves if we feel that we are
not heard. If you repeatedly give your commands, you are teaching your
dog that it doesn't have to response on the first command. The keys to
stop this situation are control and consistency.
Let's start with control. All early training must be
done on a lead. This gives you total control and the ability to provide
instant corrective action if your first command is not complied or is
greeted with less than enthusiastic response. For example, when you
give the "sit" command, and the dog does not immediately respond, you
can pull on the short lead, push down the dog's butt and force
compliance. This makes you the dominant one. Without the lead, you are
just hoping that the dog will respond. Therefore, use the lead until
your dog obeys perfectly each time you
issue the command. Use it for another three weeks to a month. Next is
Consistency. Do not use multiple commands. It will only confuse
him.These are some of the training guidelines in training
your dog to obedience. Dog training isn't difficult but it does take
some thought, commitment and lots of patience.
15 minutes a day is all it takes to train your dog!
Beside training, your dog should be properly care for by feeding
him/her safe food. With all the unsafe commercial pet food, better be
safe than sorry. So the lesson to learnt when owning and caring for dog
is feed him quality
dog food and train him to take care of himself and start
enjoying your companion without all the frustration with dog behavior
problems.
