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Dog Articles > Learning How To Train Your DogLearning How To Train Your Dog
Learning how to train your dog and when to train your dog is going to be the
most important aspect you should consider when you are choosing a dog for a
pet. There are some dog breeds that do not train easily and others that just
love to show off. When you consider the type of dog breed you would like to
have you will need to understand the training process. While we can go into a
few how to train your dog tips, you will find the best resource is going to be
a dog training facility. Dog training should be done as early as possible. While most dogs can learn
new tricks at any age they will develop personalities, as they get older. It
can make training a little harder for an older dog. They may not want to pay
attention to the master. There are also different kinds of training. First
there is just house training a dog, and then there is training the pet for
tricks or working. The different breeds of dogs are going to tell you just
what they can handle. For instance a golden retriever or German Shepard makes
a great working dog. They are easily trained once you have them in a program
and work well for their masters. On the other hand a Affenpinscher is going to
be more difficult to train, even for house training.
Methods of training consist of crate training, clicker training, dog whistle
training, and command training. First crate training is where you have the
puppy in the crate overnight, when you are away from home, and at certain
times when you are home. The idea behind crate training is that they will
learn the behaviors that are bad. Reasons you may put your puppy in the crate
include barking, being to hyper, having accidents, or getting into things they
should not. You also want to train the dog that they can't sleep on the bed
with you and that bed time is going to be in their crate or bed you have
bought for them. You may wish to use such things as noises from a clicker or a
dog whistle to get them to come to you or do certain things when they hear the
sound. Command training is one of the best training methods you can do. You
want the dog to recognize commands so that they listen to your voice and do
the behavior.
When you are training your dog you need to have a rewards system. If they
succeed at the command or whatever you are trying to train them then they
should get some type of reward whether it is a treat or just affection. You
have to give the dog some sort of reassurance that they are doing something
right. You also want to make them understand that bad behavior will not be
rewarded. Think of training a dog a little like training younger children that
may not understand everything yet. You need to give positive reinforcement,
but also realize that you need to do something about the bad behavior. Just
ignoring bad behavior with a dog is not going to do the trick. You have to
keep repeating the behavior you do want while telling them "no" for behaviors
you don't want.
Dog training is going to be different depending on the dog. Some dogs have
extremely high intelligence and patience to learn knew things and want to sit
through training. Other breeds of dogs require a lot of stimulation during the
activity while you are training them or they lose interest. |