Shelters are filled with dogs that didn’t live up to owners’ expectations. Any dog can be happily trained when you do your research. It’s not difficult to train your dog once you know how. Use the tips below to get started.
When you’re working on training you dog, you must always try to teach it how to know that it’s their home. When you feed him, feed him inside the crate, and keep the door open while he is in there eating. Thus, they will associate a good thing like yummy food with the crate.
Always maintain a calm environment as you enter any room your dog occupies. Play time is beneficial to your dog, however, you need to teach your dog to be calm as you enter any room. Avoid acknowledging the dog upon your entry, and you can foster the sort of controlled environment necessary to good behavior.
Consistency is key when working on crate training with a young dog. When letting a puppy out of a crate, you need to let them relieve themselves immediately. Over time, the puppy will learn to wait until he is in this location.
Monitor your own behavior to ensure you aren’t reinforcing your dog’s negative behaviors by mistake. Thus, you must not reward the dog if it does something you are working to stop. If you wish to keep your dog from begging for table scraps, don’t encourage him by slipping him a morsel one night or allowing others to do so.
As discussed in this guide, having a healthy and happy dog is not hard to have. To train your dog, you must show him love and affection. Use the ideas and advice presented within this article, and your dog is going to be a vital member of the family.