Training your Dog for Obedience

Training your Dog for Obedience

by Martin Davis

As you will soon discover when searching for information on obedience training for dogs, there are many different techniques that people say you should use. Plus there is a lot of conflicting advice about the correct ways to train your dog effectively, so that they obey your commands.

Below we have listed tips and tricks to enable your dog to learn how to be obedient. Teaching your dog obedience training can be difficult but as time goes on you and your pet will be on the same page.

1. Respect and loyalty is import between you and your dog, the relationship has to be built up around mutual respect. However do not let your dog take control, remember you are in charge!

2. It is vital that you have confidence in your abilities to train your dog as this will help you to be able to control them in any given situation.

3. When it comes to obedience training for dogs it is important that not only they are sociable but also that they are happy and outgoing. This way you will find your dog will be much happier to obey the commands that you give to them.

4. Work with the dogs natural instincts, this will make obedience training a lot easier and also you will again your dogs respect quicker.

Below you will see some of the main rules for getting your dog to obey and understand your commands within the quickest time period.

Rule 1. Reward your dog if they succeed in a task or command that you have set. At first they might take a while to learn as their attention span is not as good a humans.

Rule 2. As time goes on, your dog will start to pick up your commands and have a greater attention span. This takes time so repeat everything again and again.

Rule 3. Dogs need to know whats acceptable and what is not, by letting your dog know the difference between right and wrong from the start they will pick up commands a lot quicker. Giving your dog feedback will also make them respect you a lot more.

Rule 4. Be realistic when teaching new obedience skills not all dogs are the same, some are going to take longer to pick up the commands. What you should never do is punish your dog if they are wrong in the initial stages.

Rule 5. Teaching your dog new commands if meant to be fun so keep it like that. If the dog seems to become bored they will start to lose attention.

Rule 6. The best thing to do is teach your dog one command at a time, by doing this you will keep the dogs attention and they will start to understand and pick up the command a lot faster.

Rule 7. Its important that you incorporate the obedience training into the dogs everyday life and not just in training sessions. This will allow your dog to learn at a faster rate, as an example " when feeding your dog make them sit and wait before you give them their food.

Rule 8. You should never attempt to correct your dog if they are not in the wrong. It is important that if your dog does wrong then correct them by grabbing their attention. If you do not correct them immediately and leave it, this may leave your dog feeling somewhat confused and will not understand why it has happened.

Rule 9. Finally, when it comes to obedience training look for those things that will help to motivate your dog during the sessions. Find out the kinds of treats that they love and use these as an incentive that they will be given when a command is done correctly!

Rule 10. After time and a lot of practice your dog will soon become very obedient and will obey your commends. If you do find it all a little difficult there are loads of training classes in your local area! - 20511

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Title: Training your Dog for Obedience
Author: Martin Davis
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Keywords: Dog Training,Obedience training,Pet training,Pets,Dogs,Home,Home and Family,Home and Garden
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