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Puppies & Doggies World beleives in positively reinforced training. Puppies & Doggies World hopes you will learn how to give a command & gain some tips for effective dog training. In the future Puppies & Doggies World also hopes that you may learn here how to use rewards during training and the types of rewards your dog may appreciate.
Tips for Effective dog Training
To help make your training sessions more effective, you can follow some basic training tips. Everyone who lives with you should be involved in his training, though a responsible person should be in charge. When children are involved in training, ensure they are supervised at all times.
Training Sessions should be short and occur frequently throughout the day. Try to incorporate training into your dog's daily routine. For example, practice the 'Wait' command before letting your dog outside. If you use treats as lures or rewards, time your training sessions to occur just before your dog's mealtimes, to ensure he will be hungry.
Training sessions should begin in an enviroment free from distractions, such as a quite room in your house. As your dog becomes comfortable with the commands you can add distractions such as people in the room.
Avoid training your dog when you have had a bad day or are feeling impatient. You may unintentionally take it out in your dog and make the training session unproductive.
How To Give A Command
To help your dog be successful during training, you should follow some simple guidelines when giving him commands.
To avoid confusing your dogs, make sure you use each command consistently. For example, you should use the 'down' command only when you want your dog to lie down. If your dog is lying down on the couch and you use the down command to instruct him to get off, he will not understand you and will not want to obey you.
You should use only one command for each action action you want your dog to perform. For example, when you want your dog to 'sit down' he will not know wether to sit or lie down. Make sure you say each command only once. Saying 'sit sit sit' will confuse your dog.
Your tone of voice is also important when giving a command. You should use a calm and confident tone, without changing the pitch or volume of your normal speaking voice. Make sure you do not use a questioning tone that you would use for praise.
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