Dog Training What You Need To Know

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loving and trustworthy - it’s no mystery that dogs prove to be a popular pet, but people need to play their part to make sure a bond with their dogs is developed and that the can be content to take them anywhere.

There are a number of various types of dog training and each one is linked to the kind of end product you want or what type of dog you are bringing cup.

The usefulness of dog training, however, cannot be over-estimated and whether you are training your dog to behave in your home or become a guide or rescue dog, it’s important that you follow the proper approaches.

If you are looking for a new dog or picking out a puppy, you’ll often come across the term ‘house broken’. This relates to behavioral training and is designed to teach your dog how to act at home and around family members and strangers.
Behavioral training can also aid dogs to act in an reasonable manner with other dogs and animals and needs the dog to understand basic orders in order for them to acquaint themselves with the rules of your home.

Young dogs can look adorable, but can bring problems ...
... such as excessive barking and chewing furniture and other household items. Behavioral dog training classes should address such problems and also help in teaching your dog when and where to go to the toilet.

If you feel that you and your dog have mastered standard behavioral training and you wish to take training to another level, then you should start obedience training.

Obedience training will involve more orders than standard behavioral training, such as ‘stop’, ‘sit’ and ‘come’. To help emphasise such commands, you will have to get a training leash. This will allow you to pull the dog sideways when giving the commands, but not cause them unneeded distress. You should not get into the habit of tugging the dog’s head backwards suddenly.
As the training develops, the dog should be able to follow the orders, without the need for any physical intervention.

Behavioral and obedience regimes can contribute greatly to a friendly relationship with your dog and also give you peace of mind that your dog will know how to act around people and other animals.

Remember, dogs are animals and will go back to to an latent, wild behavioral pattern if not properly trained.

A significant number of owners may seek to enter their dogs into tournament or even have them trained for a particular job, be it as a guide dog or rescue dog for a fire and rescue service.

Competition dogs require a lot of agility training, as well as being extremely disciplined. They will have to be trained in how to jump over hurdles and other pursuits.
While in competition, owners or handlers are not supposed to reward dogs with incentives or even pet them if they carry out a order, so the dog must be very disciplined as well.
You will discover that some breeds of dogs are more skilled at honing such traits than others and if you intend training a dog for competition, make sure you find a breed which won’t be too difficult to train.

Training dogs for a job is a very particular area and should probably be left to a qualified trainer. Again, certain breeds of dogs will be more suited to the intellectual and physical necessities such training brings.

Jonah Louis writes for several dog training blogs and websites. His knowledge and style will inform and entertain. For more information on puppy training go to www.dogtrainer.co.uk.