by Mike Jones
It's an exciting experience when a puppy joins your family. Puppies are so adorable and playful and fun that it is sometimes difficult to imagine that they will grow up to be adult dogs. If you want your puppy to grow up to be a well-behaved and responsible adult dog you need to start their training right away while they are still puppies.
Housetraining is probably the most crucial training you need to finish and it is often given the most attention. However, in order to grow up to be a well-behaved adult dog you will also need to complete training on leash training, training to come, sit, stay and lie down. A well-behaved adult dog will be trained to do all of these also.
When you are training your dog there are some things that are constant and work every time. All dogs and other animals, including people, respond better to love and positive reinforcement than to negative reinforcement. Dogs inherently want to please their masters but if you respond in a negative manner he may create a fear and he will be less likely to respond to what you want.
As you are training your dog make sure that you reinforce the good behaviors with treats, affections, verbal praise and more. Your most oft-used reinforcement mode should be verbal praise. Praise your dog almost every time but give him treats only once in awhile. If he gets a treat every time he will come to expect it and too many treats is bad for his health and your pocketbook.
Also, if you remember from your high school science classes about Pavlov's dog and classical conditioning, you will recall that constant reinforcement was not nearly as effective in replicating consistent behavior as intermittent reinforcement, meaning if your dog knows that there is always a treat at the end he is less likely to respond after awhile, but if he thinks there may be a treat but he does not know for sure, he will do it every time and the behavior will become second nature.
Using hand signals in addition to voice commands is very useful when you are training your dog. As soon as he gets used to both, teach him to respond to each separately. This can come in veryhandy in certain situations.
The least you will want to train your dog would be to sit, lie down, come, and stay along with leash training. You may also +want to include some behavior training if you take your dog out in public frequently or if he is especially rambunctious and hyperactive. Well-behaved dogs are fun to own and in order to be a well-behaved adult he needs to be well-trained.
As you train your dog, the bond between the two of you will grow and it will be a pleasure to have him as part of your family for many years to come. - 20511
Mike Jones is a freelance writer. He writes many articles on (http://universitydog.com/category/dog-training-tips/) dog training tips and he always offers great information such as how to (http://universitydog.com) train a dog.
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