A Short History On Domestic Dog Accordance Training
You would need to understand your dog, make it pay attention and train it consistently in order to achieve the best training results.
You as the owner/trainer would need to be consistent to train your dog properly. A dog must understand that there are things it should and shouldn’t do. Once you’ve made these rules, practice what you preach – reward your dog for a job well done, punish your dog if he or she may misbehave or disobey the rules. If you aren’t consistent, a dog wouldn’t respect you. Dog training can be much easier if you are consistent and, subsequently respected by your pet.
Next, your dog needs to consistently focus on you as the trainer without minding other distractions. Dogs may respect consistent leaders, but what good is it if they don’t understand simple instructions? Your dog can pay better attention and retain it through these quick and easy exercises. First, always call your dog by their name, and if you call them and they look at you, tell them “Watch”. By doing this, you are reinforcing your dog’s attention as you aim for him or her to associate the word “Watch” to looking at you. Once you and your dog perfect the “Watch” command, your next lesson would be on how to give your dog a longer attention span. The next example would be to hold a treat in between your teeth before giving the “Watch” command. Develop your dog’s ability to pay attention by standing in position for a few seconds, then praising. Your dog’s focus should slowly improve, so continue doing this technique till your dog can pay attention for one minute. Your dog’s attention span can determine how good a student it will be.
The final technique may sound silly at first, but you should know how to think like a dog. A dog’s focus is usually limited to a short period of time. This attention span usually lasts no more than twenty minutes, and once the twenty minutes is up, dogs usually become listless and unfocused. To go around this obstacle, you can schedule dog obedience training sessions at around twenty to thirty minutes a day. A fun training session could lead to your dog developing better attention span. Look for ways that could encourage your dog to like training instead of complaining and whining. This can be done by openly showing your appreciation for its efforts. Show some inflection in your voice when praising and reward a successful command with a treat. A happy dog is always expected to train better than an unhappy one.
Let this serve as a beginner’s guide – the shortest possible way to get you started on effectively training your dog for obedience. Once you’ve mastered everything there is to know about obedience training (including all of this article), you should have the rewarding feeling of being a good owner and a good obedience trainer to your dog.
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October 5, 2010 | Posted by John Jammy
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