Tips From the Certified Dog Trainer
Yesterday was the third puppy social Simon and I attended. We both gain from these events. He socializes and I learn from the class leader who’s a Certified Professional Dog Trainer. She held an informal mini-class for the owners.
Here’s the tips I picked up from the certified dog trainer:
Instant Down Command
You want your pup to lie down without a hand signal.
This command may require a lot of repetition before the desired result is achieved. And if you screw up and don’t do it right, the pup will be confused and it’ll take even longer to get it right.
Say the word Down a second BEFORE you lure the dog into a down. Saying Down as you lure doesn’t work because the pup won’t pay attention to your voice command.
Training Food
I’m using hotdogs as training treats. Problem is – Alvin (Simon’s brother) and Simon are refusing their normal meals of kibbles – they expect hotdogs at meal time.
The trainer’s comment was a simple “They won’t starve themselves. They’ll learn that meal time doesn’t include hotdogs.” In other words, don’t worry about it!
She suggested small pieces of chicken or the dog’s favorite treat if hotdogs are becoming the overall food of choice.
Train Stay and Come As Separate Commands
I got into the habit as requesting a Stay followed by a Come. I noticed the dogs’ anticipation of Come after a Stay. They both start moving to the expected reward.
These two commands should NOT be coupled to avoid the reaction I noticed.
When you need some dog training housebreaking you start by training your dog a few basic instructions. This basic instructions will make your dog easier to train. You can also start looking around for dog obedience training near at your location so you can discuss some program that suit for your dog.
In dog training puppy you can always ask everything you need to know before you choose your dog training schools.
Lesson Learned
Each of these training tweaks are incorporated into the do-it-yourself DVD and Dog Training Guide I’ve been referencing. There is so many product in this site for you to start training your dog.
When you’re do-it-yourself training, you need to remind yourself of the step-by-step procedures AND listen or read the material just before you use a command.