Dog Training - The #1 Thing You Must Do With Your Puppy
Dog Training - The #1 Thing You Must Do With Your Puppy
Is there one thing that you can do that will help your puppy to be a friendly, more stable, easier to train dog? Is there just one thing that you can do that will reduce the chances of your puppy becoming aggressive to other dogs, or people, including kids? Is there just one thing that you can do with your puppy that will make him much happier and less fearful? Yes. What is that one thing? Socialization. Socialization is the absolute best thing you can do with your young puppy. Puppies have a socialization period where they are like little sponges. They are taking in a lot of information into their young brains and becoming familiar with their world. The socialization period that all puppies go through is a window of opportunity for you to expose your puppy to a lot of different sights, sounds, smells, and people. Expose your puppy to as many different things as you possibly can. Puppies that are not properly socialized sometimes become fearful and aggressive. The best time to socialize your pup is from eight weeks to four months old. During that time I always advise puppy owners to bring their pups into the woods hiking, into the city for a walk around some busy streets. Take a trip to the beach or a lake. Bring your pup for a friendly visit to the vet s office and the groomers. It is also a great time to start obedience training. The younger the puppy starts training the easier it is to train the dog. Waiting until the puppy is six months old is a terrible myth. If your pup is brought home at eight weeks old and you wait until the sixth month you have lost four valuable months of training time. There is also a good chance that in those four months your dog will have developed some behavior problems like jumping that could have been avoided if training had started earlier. Start socializing your puppy today. You and your puppy will be much happier.
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Training Your Best Friend
Training a dog isn’t quite as intuitive as many imagine. Dogs understand some things in great detail and others not at all. Training a dog in the way that suits you and your lifestyle requires specific effort and strategy. It can also be a lot of fun.
Whether you want assistance for game hunting, or you just want a responsible companion, you may be looking to a dog for help. Teaching a dog things ranging from how to deal with game animals to how to take calm walks with you will help you achieve your goals. Whether you want to buy a puppy, or you want to properly train your barely-trained housedog, K9course can help you reach these goals.
You may be wondering how to properly train your pet. You may be wondering if your pet is too old to be trained. Training a dog is part patience and part implementation. Not all dogs act the same way but there are certain ways to communicate to them. Knowledge of such things will help you better communicate with your dog so that you can train them in the way you like, and of course so that you can have fun together.
K9course has the information you need to effectively train a dog. Old and young dogs alike can be trained to be responsive, well-behaved animals with the expert-approved methods and advice available. Everything from the temperaments of different species to what a dog does and doesn’t pay attention to is offered in the K9course.
Everyone wants to have fun with their dog, and no one wants to be angry at a dog due to bad habits and ineffective communication. Tried-and-true expert information is the most effective when it comes to forming a method to training your dog to suit your lifestyle. K9course has the proper information you need when it comes to accomplishing this task.
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A Breeders Dog Story - Traning your dog with Pysychology
Introduction
This story focuses on different areas of dog training and different ways to help you understand your beloved pet. This article is going to focus on dog psychology but in particular dog language. The author is going to try and unravel the reasons why your pet dog jumps up, wags their tail, stares, rolls in anything that smells particularly unpleasant and empties the the garbage if given half the chance.
Jumping Up and how to stop it.
Dogs Jumping up by can have a variety of different reasons depending on the particular situation. Dogs jumping up at each other maybe because they are both trying to get the highest most dominant position whilst also trying to get the most stable position on their back hind legs. This can be an example of two dogs being unfriendly with each other, but it may be that they are rubbing each others snouts in a friendly manner.
How many times has an owner asked a particular dog not to jump up when you initially walk in the House. This is obviously because the dog is excited and keen to greet you. The owner may be pleased by this greeting but it may feel a little intimidating to a guest. The dog is after attention and is keen to be petted, they may even paw at you and gently scratch your leg.
If you are not keen on your dog jumping up the best way to solve this problem is to state emphatically that this behavior is not to be tolerated (be mild but emphatic) then step a side. As with any dog training you have to be consistent with this every time your dog jumps up. If you miss out a day and allow your dog to jump up they will become confused. Either allow it or forbid it, there isn’t a middle area.
Dog Staring
Staring at a dog, be it your pet or someone elses, can send out a message that you want to fight. Staring is closely linked to fighting and can be seen as a direct challenge. Many experts strongly advise against staring at a strange dog as they may interpret this as a direct challenge and want to pit their strength against yours - not a good idea!
Tail Wagging
There are two opinions based around why a dog wags their tail. One opinion feels that it is part of the greeting ritual and the other feels that it means the dog is undecided or unsure - (or it may mean they are unsure if they are keen to see you!) Seriously though the two opinions do not necessarily conflict with each other. The common belief is that the dog is wagging its tail as it is pleased to see you. However, due to the fact that the scent of a dog comes largely from the anal section, when the tail is lifted and wagged, the anal gland is more prominent allowing the tail to spread the dog’s scent more effectively.
Dog Rolling and why dogs do it
A dog generally only rolls in scent that is pleasant to them, however it may be particularly unpleasant to the owner i.e fox pooh. If you look at the species back in history, wolves then and now will roll in the excrement or carcass of a dead animal. This is due to the fact that when the wolf is stalking its prey, the victim will not be able to smell the wolf and run. Therefore dogs may do this particularly unpleasant act as a way of camouflaging their scent.
Why Dogs empty the bin
Dogs are like humans in as much as they have a wide variety of taste and are keen on a wide variety of differing food, however disgusting this may be to the owner. Again going back to the dog’s historical roots anything that is wasted may be useful, it’s their hunting instinct and their need to survive.
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Dog Obedience Training - A New Approach
So you’ve got a dog? Great! Science has shown that dog owners live longer, happier lives. But what now?
Obedience training is one of the most important things you can do - for your dog and for yourself. The goal is to lay the obedience groundwork between you and your dog, and be able to use that foundation to overcome any behavior problems.
It’s all about communication. Effective communication with your dog is extremely important. You can teach a dog anything with proper communication. On the other hand, without proper communication, it will be nearly impossible.
Dogs are fun-loving animals, and without any training they will act like… animals! They will keep you awake all night barking, urinate and defecate on your furniture, chew up your belongings and just generally destroy your home. They might even bite you, or harm themselves by attacking another dog or running around in the street. You don’t want your dog bolting for the door anytime freedom is offered him, and you don’t want to spend hours trying to find a dog who doesn’t understand where his home is. All of these things can be cleared up quickly and easily with the right obedience training.
Most “behavior problems,” or things we humans don’t want happening, are completely normal behavior for dogs. The problem lies in that they occur at the wrong time or place. For example, your dog will urinate all over your brand new carpet instead of urinating outside like you want him to; or your dog will bark endlessly, all night long, for seemingly no reason, instead of barking only when there’s a creepy burglar creeping around outside your home, waiting to attack. Dogs are naturally good-natured animals: they want to help protect you and your family and live a happy life. They just need some coaching to direct their instinctive behaviors to work in more modern living spaces, such as your home or apartment.
Dog obedience training also establishes the owner (you) as the pack leader. As pack leader, you lay down clear behaviour guidelines for the pack to follow. This is the social hierarchy of the canine family, and if there is no pack leader established, the dog will assume he is the pack leader. This is why dog obedience training is very important. All dogs have an extremely wide capacity to learn basic and even extremely complicated obedience. They just need someone to teach it to them.
But don’t get ahead of yourself just yet. The first step in obedience training is to have fun with the dog, show him love and compassion. Give your dog a reason to respect you, and a reason to listen to the guidance you have to offer. You should only use commands such as “stay” when you literally want your dog to stay - such as while on a walk or if he has run away from you too far. Do not use “stay” if the dog has no choice BUT to stay - such as leaving your dog in your car for a minute while you run in and cash your paycheck.
Just begin by respecting your dog’s behavior, whatever it may be, and gently lay groundwork as to what is and what is not acceptable. Praise your dog for good behaviour instead of chastising him for bad behavior. This, in turn, lets your dog know the proper way to behave, and the good behavior replaces the inappropriate behavior.
Never abuse your dog in hopes of proper obedience training. Every dog has a different personality, just like people are each different. Learn your dog’s personality, and you will be able to learn how to train them. But also be willing to learn from your dog, and have your dog teach you lessons.
Above all, always remember the reason you got a dog to begin with: companionship, happiness and fun.
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