Part of training your dog is first training yourself. This is because, the dog’s owner must first be able to learn the proper way to train an animal. Learning how to tame a dog is something that is not innate. The advice below will help move that learning process along.
Spoken directions should be made using a simple, concise and forceful tone. Yelling and screaming at your dog is counterproductive. Simply tell them no an instead steer them towards what you’d like them to do. Also speak with authority so they understand you mean business.
Ensure that the mood is calm as you approach your dog. It’s great to play freely with your dog, but when you enter a room, you should not be bombarded. Try to ignore your dog when your first enter the room because this will help to keep them calm and reinforce that you are in control.
Avoid training devices which are high end such as shock collars. They could be detrimental to your dog and often cost a ton. They can cause your dog to be confused about all their behaviors. This kind of approach often ends in disaster.
Pick a recognizable phrase to verbalize to your puppy during house training. If you use the special phrase you have come up with each time you take him outside, you will get him to focus on what he is supposed to do.
Make sure your dog is comfortable and compliant with his leash. This will assure that the two of you are safe when you are out on walks.
Now that the people who are interested in training their new pet dog have, hopefully, learned some new tricks, they can proceed to pass them along to their pets. Once a dog is on its way to learning, the owner will begin to appreciate the dedication that he or she has shown for doing the right thing for man’s best friend.