How To Make Training Your Dog Easier

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How To Make Training Your Dog Easier

If you make sure that your dog receives proper training, it will make it a great new member of your family. After all, happy dogs are generally ones that are well-trained. Keep reading this article for some tips regarding dog training.

Tip: Try not to reinforce bad behavior in your dog by accident. In other words, you must avoid showering your pet with treats or rewards in response to performing some unwanted behavior.

Keep calling your pet's name whenever you want it to do something. While the dog does not understand what you are saying is its actual name, it will associate its name with certain things you want it to do such as come to you. Always use your dog's name in a positive tone as well. If you use it negatively, it will take its name as a negative thing and may actually run away and hide from you when you say it. Don't let this happen.

Tip: Changing your tone to reflect emotions is useful in getting the point across to your pet. Commands, corrections and praise should all have their own tone in order to help your dog distinguish cause and effect with his and your behavior.

You will want to reward your dog for doing something good, but not necessarily punish him if he is not cooperating. Instead, be stern with him and let him know that what he is doing is wrong but do not be overly negative. Being too negative will make the dog shy away from any of your commands. On the other hand, if you give him a treat for doing something right, he will be encouraged to do things the right way.

Tip: When crate training a new puppy or dog, help the dog realize that the crate is its home. During meal time, place their food in the crate while allowing the door to remain open as they eat.

Practice all the time. If you take a really long break of weeks or even months without training your dog, your dog will probably forget most of the commands that it learned. Always reinforce certain commands with your dog so that it will always know what to do.

Tip: When your dog is a room make sure you are calm when you come in. During playtime allow your dog to be feisty, but teach him to remain calm when someone enters a room.

Make sure your dog doesn't feel insecure. Dogs will feel shy and scared if they do not like the situation they are living in. Make sure your dog knows that he should be comfortable and feel secure living with you. If it feels secure, the dog will be more willing to participate in activities with you (such as training).

Tip: Research dog breeds if you're interested in training a dog for agility. Some of the better dogs for agility training include Shetland sheepdogs, Labrador retrievers, border collies, and Australian shepherds; however, most breeds are able to participate in agility training successfully.

Make sure your dog gets to exercise a lot. You can even exercise with your dog. If you go out for a walk or a jog every day, bring your dog with you. If your dog does not get exercise, it will be more likely to just lazily lay around the house and not be enthusiastic about your training. The dog will probably like you even more if you take it for walks, too!

Tip: Often, dogs are afraid of thunderstorms. This can even lead to the dog putting himself in harm's way.

Long training sessions can strain both you and your dog. Whenever you think a session is going too long or you start to get frustrated, just take a break. These breaks will help you clear your mind and make sure you are not being too negative with your dog. You can also brainstorm other ideas for what techniques can work during these breaks.

You will need to do some training with your dog; use the advice from this article to help you along when you do this. Your dog wants you to be happy with him and he will be much more successful if you meet him halfway.

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