subject: How To Choose A Dog That Can Be Easily Trained [print this page] How To Choose A Dog That Can Be Easily Trained
When you are trying to find a pet dog you naturally will be looking for one that will be a good companion, but you likely want one that can be trained and taught tricks. When you are working on training a dog whether it's a Dandie Dinmont Terrier or a Telomian or a Rafeiro do Alentejo that can be trained easily, it will make your efforts easier when you are paper training it and teaching it not to be obnoxiously friendly. While a dog that is stubborn can pose some challenges in training, they can be trained by an experienced trainer. But, if you have not handled or trained many dogs, you will want to find one that is quick to learn. When looking through the want ads for this type of dog, there are a few things that you will want to look for in character, breed and age.
Personality
Even experienced trainers will tell you that a calmer dog is easier to train. True, it may be somewhat simpler to hold this type of dog's attention, an exuberant, hyper dog can also be easy to train if you have some patience. The key is to find a dog that will bond with you. When you bond with a dog and that dog becomes your shadow because it really loves you, it will easily do anything for you. A dog that is bonded to its owner is very simple to train, regardless of whether it is excitable or peaceful, dominant or submissive.
A submissive dog will usually cause fewer problems in training than a dominant one will. To discover if your pet is submissive, look him or her in the eyes. If the dog looks away first, that indicates submission. With lapdogs and puppies, it over so that its belly is up. A submissive dog will just lie that way. A dominant dog will fight you, trying to turn over.
Breed
Your choice of breeds is huge - Chindo Dog and Pekeapoo and Utonagan and Sussex Spaniel to name a few.
Different breeds are well known for their ease of training. Labs and goldens are very popular because they are so easy to train. Also consider, the bully breeds are very intelligent animals and will love you forever. This includes American bulldogs, pit bulls and English bulldogs. Corgis, Australian shepherds, German shepherds and Dobermans are dogs that are normally quite easy to train. Terriers and notorious for being stubborn, but they can be taught and they can learn new skills quickly, especially if make it worth thier time such as giving them a treat. Mixed breed dogs can often make exceptional pets that are extremely easy to train.
Age
The old truism is that you can't teach an old dog a new trick and most people believe that adult dogs can not be trained, but that is simply not true. Quite a large number of adult dogs learn even faster than puppies. Adult dogs often have a better ability to concentrate on learning than puppies and they are more stable. Adult dogs usually make great pets and can prove to be very easy to train which is a good case to support rescues.
When you seek a dog, look for one that resonates with you. If you find a dog that you will bond with, it will make make training a breeze.
