The Training My Dog Blog

Archive for September, 2009

Dog Training has been taught using many diverse theories. When teaching your dog new tricks and tackling obedience training, keep in mind that it is going to take both dedication and patience. Along with that it also takes skill and a sense of personal awareness of not only the actions of your dog, but your own body language and training practices as well.

Below are three tips or guidelines that any dog trainer can make use of when training their dog:
1. Signals should be given to your dogs with only one hand and only one arm. In the most early stages you can exaggerate the signals to get your dog’s interest, but after this has been done for awhile all signals must be given smoothly and swiftly without any extra body motion. The size or sex of your dog is not an issue here, as you can train almost any dog to pay attention to you and if he is paying attention to you he should see your signals.

There are some people who may disagree with this school of thought but those are the ones that have not yet learned how to make their dogs pay attention to them. You will have to monitor yourself very carefully so that you don’t give out inadvertent body signals to your dog. It is quite natural for a beginner to nod his head, lean forward, or move his hands when he calls his dog. He is so engrossed in watching his dog that he is not aware of his own actions or movements. Have another person watch you so he can tell you when he notices you doing this. That is really the best way and sometimes the only way to really know if you are doing this or not.

2. Stay consistent – don’t scold a dog for an offense one day and praise him the next day for the very same thing. You really cannot expect your dog to become familiar with an exercise if you keep varying your training methods each time you execute it. Dogs learn the basic work by repeating an exercise over and over and the entire training program should proceed easily and with as much consistency as possible. And keep in mind that the techniques you will use in training your puppy will be repeated in advanced exercises as your dog gets older and your handling manner should remain the same.

3. You should always be studying your dog so you can anticipate his reaction to any situation. You need to become attuned to your dog’s sensitivities. If you have a gentle and quiet dog, do not provoke him by rough treatment. He will become very alert and responsive if you train your dog in a calm and gentle manner with consideration for his feelings. On the other hand, aggressive or overly playful dogs need a more forceful approach.

It may appear that the training of your dog requires a lot of time and patience as it does, but just remember that the payoffs will be immeasurable in the future.

Jane Saeman
http://www.articlesbase.com/pets-articles/3-basic-training-tips-for-better-handling-of-your-dog-136892.html

Home Dog Training: Understanding the role of healthy discipline

If you have looking for the best free advice when it comes to educational home dog training advice online then you have come to the right place. Our articles are stuffed with free advice that will have you obtaining the very best in healthy home dog training methods available today.

In today’s home dog training article we are going to talk about the roles of discipline, dog rewards, and dog punishment. You must first not confuse discipline with a negative connotation. In fact, proper health discipline, which means training one to act in accordance with rules, brings order to everyone’s life, including your dog.

Home dog training without discipline, particularly with certain dog breeds, will bring chaos to the atmosphere. And because dogs are like people in that they are social animals, they need some form of discipline in order to function effectively.

When it comes to home dog training and your puppy, he needs to have discipline in his life in order to understand how his pack (you and the rest of your family) functions and how he must act in order to survive. It’s a well known fact documented from several surveys that people who practice regular home dog training were more than 70% happier with their pets than people who have never trained their dogs.

Understanding and implementing a decent home dog training program is the core of how well your dog will respond to you and other people and animals. But as always, we would like to touch up on something that we consider important over all and should always be adhered to with your home dog training.

What is it that is so important? It is making sure that you are not using cruel, harsh, and painful home dog training methods to teach your dog the commands you wish. While many people approach home dog training in this manner, in addition to quite a few published books on the subject, it is simply common sense that severe aggression can set in over the long run with using these types of negative-only dog training methods.

forgreat (dogcare)clickhere

Linda Kajda
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-and-family-articles/home-dog-training-understanding-the-role-of-healthy-discipline-112300.html

This article provide 5 simple effective essentials in dog training that often overlooked even by many dog training school or by training professional.

1. Almost all dogs love to play! Incorporate play into the doggy training session, use your dog’s natural excitement is as motivation. This is a really simple yet effective technique and you should really try to include this in your obedience training routine.

If your dog doesn’t enjoy it then he/she will not want to do it in the first place and you will most likely just end up wasting both your time and your dog’s.

2. The trainer needs to enjoy the training session As well!, If you are not in the mood, do not even think of conducting the training session at all. A lot of people or trainer brings their frustration into the training session which could do much more harm then good.

When you are not in the mind to train and your mind is always wondering about problems that you might currently be facing, then move the dog training session to another slot of time

3. Just like human, long and tiring training session will not be effective as it will demotivate them. Keep all these training session short 5-10 minutes. Human alone, the highest being in this planet has hard time when sitting in a training room for more than 1 hour, what’s more with your pet.

So keep the Training Session short but fruitful

4. Dogs do get confused, so keep your command short,clear and consistent.

Example: Not differentiating between “Off” and “Down.” “Off” means get Off something. “Down” means lie down. So next time you tell your dog “down” to get them off the couch and they lie down and look at you, its because they were told to lie down there! They are confused, not misbehaving.

When you want your dog to do something for you, normally you call him “Come” but when he did something wrong and you want to reprimand him, you also called hime “Come”. This is definitely will get your Dog Confused and after giving him the punishment, the next time you asked him to “Come” he will not come because in his mind, it means big trouble.

5. Dogs also need to be rewarded. Reward them if they did well. Then they will remember that command that they followed to get the reward. This will be very effective in training them to obey your command.

Well, that’s the 5 effective dog training essentials that often overlooked or forgotten by the Dogs Trainer which might happen to you when you are Training your Dogs.

Remembering them will definitely improve the quality of your relationship and brings a more meaningful and enjoyable moment for you and your dogs.

Leo Enoch
http://www.articlesbase.com/pets-articles/5-effective-dog-training-essential-that-often-overlooked-107681.html

How can I train my dog to not pull on the leash when I walk him? He was a year old when I adopted him and I have had him about two months now. Everything I have tried doesnt seem to stick. So now I am thinking about getting a choke chain…. Anyone have any suggestions?

Choke chains should not be used without professional help (dog trainer) if you are not extremely experienced yourself. They can be extremely dangerous when used improperly or placed improperly, and I personally do not think they do anything that could not be accomplished with training and no pain or discomfort. Get signed up for a basic obedience class, it will help. In the meantime, dog pulls= you stop walking until the dog releases the pressure. Then proceed. Give treats when the dog isn’t pulling on the leash. The first few days it may take you an hour to go ten feet. This is normal. Keep at it and be persistent and he will realize if he pulls he doesn’t get to go anywhere.

I want to train my yorkie agility and dog showing. Do any of you know how to do this? Website links will be helpful too.

First of all you will want to start by doing some basic obedience training. If you want to show your dog in obedience than this is a good place to start. After you have started some training and you have control of your dog and your dog is listening to you, start agility training. Agility training really helps to strengthen the human-dog bond. You may also want to look into rally-o which is a fun and more loose version of the standard obedience trials. If you want to do conformation showing, then you will want to learn how to stack your dog. You also need to do lots of handling with your dog so that your dog will stand nice and still for the judges.

I highly recommend you find a dog trainer in your area who trains and has shown dogs so that they can teach your how to stack your dog. Obedience classes and agility classes are also lots of fun for you and your dog and are usually offered at dog training schools. These are the best ways to start of in the dog world.

Good luck and have fun with your dog!