Puppy obedience training will probably not turn your dog into a little canine angel. However, you will be able to control it when you want to, if you train it properly. You could turn to a dog trainer for help but nowadays you can find all the information that you need through various books, DVDs and articles on the internet. You can do puppy obedience training on your own. However, if you are impatient and short-tempered you will first have to train yourself to be patient!

There are various things that you need to teach your dog. Some are things you want it to do and others are things you don’t want it to do. Puppy obedience training involves potty, leash, crate and house training. You also need to teach your dog some basic commands. Don’t think of the task as a hard, boring thing. You can have fun with your dog while training it. Puppy obedience training could involve training a lot of tricks. Children might be even better than some adults at teaching tricks to their puppies.

When your puppy misbehaves let it be known that you are not happy with the behavior. For example, don’t move when your puppy pulls at the leash when you take it out on a walk. Obedience puppy training has a lot to do with standing your ground. You must also reward good behavior. You may have seen trainers giving biscuits to puppies after they complete various tricks.

Your relationship with your dog should not be one based on fear. This type of puppy obedience training is very wrong. The puppy should obey you because it understands your intentions and not because it is scared of you. Don’t be too harsh on the puppy especially, when it is very young.

You might see your puppy chewing your slippers despite continuous puppy obedience training. In such an instance get your puppy something to chew so that it will leave your slippers alone. You need to be tactful and kind in order to build up a good relationship with your puppy. Without this any puppy obedience training would probably end up a failure.

Start training your puppy as early as possible. Time constraints might obstruct puppy obedience training but try to find as much time as possible. The job will get harder and harder, later and later on. Always keep this in mind.

Proper puppy obedience training would leave both you are your dog happy.

Resources:

Puppy House Training Guide

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• House training a new puppy
• Dog psychology courses
• Teach a dog to lie down
• Online dog training techniques
• Self mutilation in dogs (why?)

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Dog trainers specialise in removing the bad habits from dogs. Whether you have an inside or an outside pooch, a trainer will be able to help you. When you speak to your trainer about training your dog, be sure and let him know just exactly what the bad habits are your dog has, that need breaking. Tell your trainer your dog is uncontrollable when you take him for a walk, and that he is overbearing in a welcoming sort of way, to guest that visit your home. Do not forget to tell them about the bathroom accidents either. Do not worry, your trainer will not think of you as a bad pet owner, but rather as one that needs help. That is what trainers are for, to help.

Having your dog trained will make you and him happier. As well as your guest that are frequently jumped on and greeted with an innocent sloppy wet tongue. Once your dog has had a training session with the dog trainer, the trainer will tell you about the new commands and things your dog has learned. Be sure to ask any questions you might have, and take notes on what the trainer tells you, so that you do not have a confused pooch later. Hopefully you can find a trainer that works with you and your dog once he is trained. Ensuring that you know what commands are for what, and when he deserves a doggie treat.

Where are you going to find a dog trainer? Ask around at the veterinarian’s office when you take your dog in for check up. Notice the well behaved dogs, and be sure to ask their owners if they used a trainer and how you can contact them. Your veterinarian may even have a recommendation himself.

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Poorly timed corrections, actions, rewards, no matter how mild, could be considered inhumane, or at least unfair. Yes, you did hear that right – even REWARDING a dog at the wrong time can seriously ruin the work you're focussing on. If you accidentally promote a positive association with a behaviour and a response in the dog and, it transpires, that this reaction is not what you were working on, when the dog repeats the behaviour in the future, your bad timing can lead to great confusion.

Correcting a dog hours after you find a chewed bed pillow is nothing more than random anger from the dog's point of view. He's getting yelled at for what? Sleeping there by the fireplace? Why is that bad? Should he stop sleeping?

Some owners have even corrected their dog for coming back to them! You know the one, the one where the dog runs off, refuses to come back and the owner gets so annoyed that when the dog does eventually return, they get a cross word or – worse – a smack on the nose.

Timing: it's the most important dog training technique in the book. By far!

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Before we get in to the ‘applied science’ of implementing our dog training techniques, let’s first take at look at the dog trainer’s vocabulary.

Common Terms Used in Dog Training

1. Bait: A treat used to get your dog to give you his attention.

2. Collars: A “puppy” collar is a buckle collar made from a wide piece of cotton or nylon fabric. A slip or chain “choke” collar is made from cotton, nylon or chain. The best chain collars are brass with very tight, small links.

3. Cord or Long line: A piece of cotton or nylon cord, very lightweight and small in diameter (in relation to the size of your puppy or dog) with a snap at one end and a handle at the other.

4. Correction: A physical or verbal restraint to the dog. Anything that dog perceives in a negative concept. It’s important to understand that what one dog may find rewarding, another will view negatively. Key is: know your dog.

5. Free: Without restraint. A free dog is able is not in any form of physical contact with the trainer.

6. At heel. This is a dog either on lead or off in close proximity to the trainer’s legs. Either walking, trotting or staying at heel.

7. Praise: Positive physical or verbal reassurance to reward your dog. This can include ANYTHING that the dog reacts positively to.

8. Reward: An edible treat or toy that can easily be thrown.

9. Leash/lead: A lightweight lead. This type of leash comes in different materials, fabrics and lengths. Some show leashes have built-in collars while some are to be attached to separate collars.

Dog Training Techniques That Work

Attitude
The most crucial factor that will often determine success and failure in training your dog is attitude – both yours and that of your canine subject. Taking a positive attitude in to a dog training session is of even more importance that focussing on the technical aspects of whatever dog training techniques or learning disciplines you may be working on.

Time
The time you spend training your dog should not be set in stone. Certain techniques require, by their very definition, more time to spent on them. For example, the slow and ‘boring’ waiting and stay exercises should be built up over time to a point where the dog can be placed in a stay for as long as the trainer determines. But the key here is working in short, sharp bursts before moving forward to new challenges. The most crucial factor is to always end the training session on a high and never let the dog training session end with a dog that has been bored or has been left unable to finish on a positive, successful end.

Timing
Timing is not just everything, it’s the ONLY thing that separates success from failure. Learn to reward at the perfect time and learn that sometimes time (even fractions of seconds) may pass, leaving it inappropriate to attempt a correction.  Timing comes with experience but recognising its importance and your need to perfect it in order to develop the best, most effective dog training technique in your arsenal will stand you in good stead.

As you can see, we have deliberately not focussed on step by step technical aspects of the dog training process (we have plenty of time to cover those in other areas) – the emphasis must be on establishing the three absolutely crucial techniques outlined above. With the right attitude, without dedicating the most appropriate periods of time and an inability to master the art of timing will render all dog training techniques next to useless.

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