Puppy Training

Puppies are very social and enjoy being around humans. Start your puppy training when your new puppy first arrives in your home. Make a game of sitting on the floor and calling your puppy to you, once your pup gets to you, make a big fuss. If you make coming to you an enjoyable and rewarding experience, you will see the benefits when your puppy gets older.

The next step in your puppy training is going to be to teach your puppy not to jump on you or other people. All puppy's love to jump up when they are greeting people. Rather than reprimand the pup, simply ignore the behavior and wait until they settle down and are not jumping and then give them the attention they want. It's important to train them not to jump before they get bigger.

You need to decide what is going to be acceptable and what isn't when your puppy is young. Don't allow the puppy to sit on your lap when you are sitting on the couch if you don't want them to use the couch as an excellent dog bed. If the couch is going to be off limits, then set their dog bed right next to the couch when you are sitting on the couch and encourage them to sleep there.

During your puppy training session, remember that your pup will have a short attention span. The important part of early training with your puppy is to establish a good bond and mutual trust. If your puppy trusts you then they won't rebel against later when you start with more specific types of training.