How would you like an obedient dog? Many of us struggle with dog training
, so a dog doing what it is told is something of a dream. We all love our dogs, and their personality is part of that, but it doesn't make us stop wishing that our dog would do what we tell them to do.
By finding proper advice and information you can implement obedience training for dogs strategies on your own dog.
Obedience training for dogs tips
There are a wide selection of obedience training for dogs tips and hints that you should be following. Below are just a few ideas to help give you an idea of the sort of thing you should be doing to get your dog to finally listen to you.
Don't make training sessions long. Although dogs may keep up 'games' for hours they actually only have a learning window of 5 - 10 minutes. Go over that and they will retain very little.
Dogs react best to positive reinforcement and games. Make teaching them fun - for both of you, and be sure to reward them for doing well.
Make the positive reinforcement instant. Dogs don't manage the concept of time well. If they are being praised for something they think it is for that exact moment - so, for example, if you are training your dog to sit you need to praise them as soon as their rear touches the floor.
Never use negative reinforcement. If he or she has not learnt a skill before they can't be expected to know it, and when you are teaching them then you need to re-asses your teaching methods if they aren't 'getting it' not simply punish them until they do.
Of course there are more specific tips on dog training available, but these are accurate. Because the specific tips very from dog to dog, breed to breed and owner to owner these generic tips are best until you know exactly what you are trying to achieve.