Let's look at three important areas of dog training advice that need to be your focus in the early days of owning your new dog.
Addressing these issues early on will ensure that you will have a dog that you enjoy being with and of which you are proud.
Leash Training It is essential to ensure that leash training is dealt with correctly at the very early stages.
There is nothing worse than walking a dog that is always pulling on the leash.
A dog pulling on the leash can very tiring and can also be dangerous especially if you are walking near a busy road.
It can also take away so much of the enjoyment of walking your dog.
It just takes a little perseverance and an understanding of how to hold the leash and where to position your dog.
Once your dog knows their place then you can work on ensuring that is where they will always be - right beside you.
Reprimanding Your Dog - The Time And Place You must be very cautious about how, when and where you reprimand your dog if they have failed to obey you.
Despite what many people say dogs do have long memories.
That being said, it is very important no to confuse your dog when it comes to telling them off as it will only make the ongoing training more difficult.
You cannot and must not call your dog back to you if it has been disobeying you and then tell them off.
If you do then they will start to associate the fact that when they are beside you that is where they will be reprimanded - so why would they want to be there.
You have to develop a better plan that does not confuse your dog and make them reluctant to return to you.
Dogs In Cars.
Always ensure that your dog associates good things with all aspects of its life.
One that is often a challenge is the car.
If you want to be able to take your dog with you in your car - perhaps for walks well away from home - then you want to be sure that your dog is a good traveler.
Car problems often come about due to a dog have bad associations with the car.
Bear in mind that the first contact that your dog may have had with a car was when you took them away from their mother - bad feeling.
What you now have to do is turn that relationship with the car into one with happy associations.
We have looked at three broad areas that are important to conquer.
Make a decision on how you will approach each one and stick to it until it is part of your dog's character.