7 Dog Obedience Training Tips to Help You Train Your Puppy

Posted on May 15, 2009 @ 6:39 am
by Ernst I. Cayemitte

Providing good obedience training to your dog may be the most important thing you need to do not just for your puppy but also for yourself. Dogs are animals, and without proper obedience training, they will indeed behave like animals. In fact, would you not teach your kid the difference between right and wrong? Similarly, if you’d like to develop desirable habits in your puppy and at the same time stop unattractive behaviors, you definitely need to provide your dog with good obedience coaching.

Here are 7 dog obedience training tips that will help you train your dog successfully:

1. Firstly, you want to get your dog’s attention prior to starting the training.

2. Start your dog training sessions as soon as your dog arrives at your home. While you can teach old dogs new behaviors or tricks, keep in mind that what is learned earliest is often learned easiest and fastest. For that reason, start training your puppy early on.

3. Teach your dog only 1 command at a time, and do not move on until he understands the trick you are trying to teach him. A little while of dog training everyday is all that is required.

4. Teach your dog with love, kindness and respect as this approach will without a shred of doubt create an excellent relationship between you and your puppy.

5. Reward or praise your dog for his good performance one hundred percent of the time. This is a very important technique that you need to follow when training your dog.

6. Reward your dog by treating him with lip smacking things, and by exclaiming to him “Good dog” in a satisfied voice. Recompense your dog each time he follows your command, particularly when he is learning a new behavior. After that, you only need to reward your dog’s best behavior.

7. Engage in recreation with your dog frequently. This will surely make it easy for you to build an excellent relationship between you and your puppy.

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