subject: How to Take Better Care and Have an Obedient Dog - Simple and Easy Tips on How to Train a Dog [print this page] How to Take Better Care and Have an Obedient Dog - Simple and Easy Tips on How to Train a Dog
Dogs have a habit of communicating through their body language and by making some peculiar noise. They speak through actions like wagging their tails, moving their legs and tilting their heads to convey messages. Noise also helps them to put their point across. They growl when they are angry, squeak when they are hungry and bark when they are happy or if they want to make you aware of certain things. Training a dog can prove beneficial to take care of it rather easily. Given below are some useful steps for how to train a dog.
Dog Training
In order to train your dog in the correct manner, you need to first understand dog behavior and characteristics. These characteristics differ in every breed and hence you have to know the characteristics of your dog so as to communicate well with it. Irrespective of the breed of dog, if you love them they will listen to what you want them to do. Dog training can be used to minimize its barking, jumping and to stop it from chewing things in the house and also potty train it to keep away from pooping in the house. You may want to know more on dog leash training.
How to Train a Dog to Fetch
Dogs love to play in an open space and love to chase any object thrown away from them. They also like running around kids and playing with toys. If you want your dog to listen to you, keep petting it on the head and use the phrase "good dog" as often as you can. Here are a few steps on how to train a dog to fetch:
First of all when you start with the training you need to keep dog treats with you.
Take your dog outdoors, either to a park or to your garden where there is enough space for it to run and play.
Dogs love to chase balls, sticks and Frisbees, so keep two balls with you.
Give your dog some treats and then when it is all geared up to play, show the ball or the Frisbee and hold it high up in the air.
Then throw the ball as far as you can and let your dog chase it. When it gets the ball or the Frisbee back to you ask the dog to "drop it".
The dog will not do as instructed immediately. In such a case take out the second ball and try to get your dog's attention on it. The dog will want the other one and so will drop the first. When the dog does this, throw the second ball and let it go after the ball.
Keep repeating this process till your dog gets the ball back to you and wants you to throw the other one. When you are about to throw the ball keep saying the word "fetch" as he will realize that fetch means to bring back the object. Keep giving the dog treats, to keep it enthusiastic about playing.
This is a great way of training your dog as the dog stays fit by running and the owner-dog bond gets stronger due to the funny tricks you use.
How to Train a Dog to Sit
To control your dog's actions when it gets excited, you need to train your dog to sit. Take a look at some easy ways of how to train a dog to sit
You need to keep some dog treats with you for this exercise too. More on dog training treats.
Pat your dog on his head and use the phrase "good dog" at least thrice.
Now slowly pat it on the back and hold the collar tightly. Give it a dog treat and apply pressure on the tail area to make him sit. Use the word 'sit' or 'heel' every time you do this.
If your dog doesn't obey your command, speak firmly and say 'SIT' only once.
Keep doing this until it sits and when the dog sits, feed him a dog treat.
Repeat this exercise until you are sure it will obey your command the next time you ask your dog to sit.
Don't be too hard on your dog while training it and pat it as much as you can as dogs too understand the owner's body language.
One more tip to help you train your dog would be not to abuse your dog or hit it with anything. This way you will either scare the dog or land up getting bitten by it. Dogs get aggressive when they are ill-treated and as living things, need some respect too. Those were some interesting tips on how to train a dog. It is a must to have a trained dog as you wouldn't want your pet to be misbehaved and ill-mannered. Dogs are adorable and also friendly, so training them can never be a problem.
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