Part of training your dog is learning to train yourself as well. Before any person can properly train their dog, they first need to learn the correct way to train effectively. You have not been born knowing how you train dogs, so make sure you desire to do so and have the time to learn. The information below should help anyone develop these needed skills.
Here are a few ways to make crate training more positive for your dog. A yummy treat can help to entice a hesitant dog into the crate. They’ll know the bone is in there and will want to go inside and get it. When they go inside to get the bone, give them lots of positive reinforcement.
Commands and corrections should be short and straight to the point. Don’t rant on and on about how bad your dog is. Say no and give them a command to do the right thing. Be sure your command tone of voice gets their attention and shows that you’re serious.
Your dog’s diet plays a huge role in their training and establishing a definitive feeding routine is important. Teaching your dog to realize that when you place its food bowl down, it will be removed within 10-15 minutes, will help it understand that there is a feeding schedule to stick to. Remove the bowl when he is done eating.
Good behavior means rewards! Once your dog follows your command, reward his behavior. While you might be happy with this accomplishment, your excitement plus theirs can cause this situation to get out of control. Remain calm, expect them to be calm, and then award them when appropriate.
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.