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February 27th, 2010 by admin | Filed under Uncategorized.

If you take a look at all the various books and courses available on , it’s amazing how nearly every one of them claims to be new and revolutionary. The reality is, however, that a new tip is more likely to be an old one that’s been adapted or given a bit of a polish to look shiny and new.

It’s important to realize that there aren’t any miracle cures for bad dog behavior. There’s no magic pill you can give your dog, or magic words that will instantly make him obedient and well behaved. It takes time and practice to train your dog to be well behaved, and you can’t short circuit that. Your dog needs to feel loved and secure, and know what’s expected of him.

You’ve probably met people who seem to instantly be able to command obedience from any dog. But it’s not magic - it’s simply experience. Mostly it’s about the tone of voice used. Your dog needs to know that you’re the boss, and your tone has to reflect that. At the same time, you don’t want your dog to think you’re angry. So you need to develop a tone of voice that is purposeful, commanding, but still loving and compassionate. Constantly shouting at your dog doesn’t achieve anything.

Another important is to give your dog plenty of attention and praise when he does the right thing. The only way for your dog to learn what’s good and what’s bad is for you to react differently. If your dog does something right, then give him loads of cuddles, praise and even a treat. If he does something wrong, don’t shout, just firmly tell him that what he did was bad and no to do it again. Your dog will quickly learn the difference, and will always try to please you by doing the right thing.

Finally, remember that every dog is an individual. So what may work well for training one dog, might not work for another. So if it doesn’t work out first time around, try a few different ideas. That’s where a school is good, because the trainer will have dealt with hundreds, if not thousands of different dogs and be aware of different strategies you can implement. So always have a number of different tips ready to use, if the first one fails. It takes a bit of work to train your dog, but it’s definitely worthwhile.

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Dog Training Tips

February 2nd, 2010 by admin | Filed under Uncategorized.

The worst thing about having a dog is the training part. Just imagine how bad an untrained dog is. An untrained dog could litter anywhere in your house. This gives you’re a house a foul odor that is pretty difficult to figure out where it is coming from. Aside from that untrained dogs could be so active that your house may turn into a mess. All of these things could all be avoided though with proper training.

Proper training or disciplining your dog can help lessen the hassles. However training a dog is no easy task too. A dog may be smart for an animal but it will still take time and hard work to get your dog trained. Here are some things that make your dog’s training be more effective though.

A dog will become more trained and disciplined if what you are doing becomes a daily ritual. Making the training very ritualistic will make the dog remember the training slowly. So it is important to train your dog daily. You would need to sacrifice a few weeks of doing this to get your dog trained. When doing this, it is better to make daily short sessions compared to a weekly long one.

When training the dog, it is best not to use harshness that much. Instead try to use love and appreciation. If your dog follows the things you ask him or her to do give a doggy treat. Don’t give the treat until the task is done. Try doing this whenever you have free time during your day.

Remember that you are talking to dog. When training a dog give simple commands, don’t give complex commands such as “prepare me dinner” or “wash your own ass” while the training is still at an early stage. It’s better to give simple commands such as sit and come.

Try not to confuse your dog when training. Only use one word for one action. I.e., when eating try to only say “eat” not “chow”. Try to use different words for every different action you’d want your dog doing.

When training a dog you and your family must be on the same page. You may be training your dog to stop digging at the garden. But your son still says it’s ok to the dog. When this happens the training may just be useless. So when training a dog, it’s best to have the family members cooperating.

Training a dog is not an easy task really. But that is the sheer reality that you must now face when owning a dog. You must now be responsible for the dog’s life and attitude and that includes you training him or her.

Jan Thomsen is writing pet related articles for the pet-meds-101.com pet medicine site and family oriented articles for Hald’s halds.com family blog.

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