Dog Training - Do's and Don'ts

When you start training your furry friend, he or she has no clue on earth what you are saying. Animal obedience training begins with the owner. Pet training can be taught by an obedience instructor, or you can do the friend training yourself. Dog training with an obedience instructor can vary in price and it usually takes place in a class. If you decide to do the puppy training yourself, it is free and you can do it from your own home.

It is really important to make a shy laid back animal feel super great during training sessions as this can only improve your chances of continuing successful training. Pet training - basic obedience, house and potty training are essential and imperative to a animal's education.

• Don't nag your dog by constantly giving them orders; you will probably only confuse them and then both of you become frustrated.
• Don't punish your pet with the lead or any instrument of training or anything he should associate with duty or pleasure.
• Don't lose patience with a puppy younger than six months.
• Don't grab your dog or reach for him quickly.
• Don't chase your pet to catch him; he must come to you or run after you.
• Don't jump to the conclusion that your animal is dumb.
• Don't permit everyone to give commands to your pup.
• Don't punish a pup be stepping on his paws needlessly.
• Don't punish your pup while you are angry or lack control of yourself.
  

Always use praise instead of punishment with pet training. Your furry friend will recognize your moods and associate them to their behavior by your tone of voice. In my opinion, the best way of rewarding good behavior is through offering toys or treats.

Obedient dogs make the best companions. Remember keep the sessions short but do not sacrifice content. Like people, pets have unique personalities none of which are the same, and it is a good trainer that will take the time to figure out the friend before trying to figure out how to best approach introducing basic obedience.

Positive attention is best, but if negative attention is all they can get from you, they'll try to obtain that. Others may disagree with this statement, but through my experience with my own pup and others around me, I have found that rewarding good behavior can only aid in maintaining that behavior.

Consistency is a chief virtue in dog training. A poorly trained dog can embarrass its owner and offend other people - or even make them feel threatened.