Dog Obedience Training For Your Pet Dog

Hi Steve,

I just had to tell you what a wonderful job maddy is doing! This morning I got up and said “Maddy, Run!” she went right over to her treadmill and jumped on. She then ran 3 miles, after which I put her on her place bed so that I could shower and get ready for my day. She slept there for 1.5 hours before I released her!

Thank you, thank you for helping Maddy be the BEST she can be!

Best,

Jen and Maddy

When it comes to training your new dog, what sort of equipment should you use? Are plain old treats and a stern voice enough? Or do you need more specialized items if you want your dog to be fully trained? It all depends on how much you want to teach your dog as well as how serious you are about it.

As said earlier, there is no need to buy special items for training simple task; the dog will simply follow by practice. But if you want your dog to participate in dog shows, and want it to learn some tricks, it is better to be prepared with some equipments which are meant for training for specific purpose.

Sit, Roll Over and Stay

People like to teach their dog all sorts of tricks. Tricks that are common are rolling over, ordering to sit, and stay. These are comparatively easy than the other tricks. Some dogs are house trained as well, like fetching the news paper, or carrying things for the master etc. Some tricks include playing dead and shaking the paw. But these tricks need some special equipment to train the dog. Basically you will at least need a choke collar to begin the training.

That’s a collar that’s made of chain that loops through itself. When the dog pulls on it, it sort of chokes them. It doesn’t hurt the dog but it does teach it not to pull on the leash. You’ll also want to get dog training equipment such as a leash, some treats and a clicker or a whistle. These will be used to reinforce the dog’s behavior.

Reinforcement

Encourage the dog when it obeys your orders, let him understand that you have liked the dogs behavior, after doing a job successfully. Always focus on reinforcement while training your dog. Sometimes dogs do not behave according to your wish or do not obey order, do not punish the dog, or force it to do something, reinforcement works at such times. After a successful task remember to give a pat on the back, or simply treat it with its favorite dish. Talk to it and praise it for the good work.

All dogs like being praised and will always repeat the act you like. They will know by your acts if you have liked their behavior. A punishment on the other hand scares a dog and out of confusion does all the wrong things. It may sometimes be not capable of understanding what you want. Therefore be a little patient and train it with reinforcement.

Training the Dog

Start with the choke chain and the leash as the basic learning process of the dog training. Set up some goals with it, so that your dog knows the boundaries and does not stray away. Not letting it out of the training ground is the first lesson to be taught to a dog. The whistle does the job of catching the attention of the dog towards you. The clicker also sends the message to your dog about what you would like it to do. Instructing becomes easier with the use of whistle or a clicker. After doing the trick successfully, remember to treat him regularly so that it encourages the dog to perform better and better and obey your orders. The vital aspects of training are to be consistent and determined. Training a dog takes time; it cannot be achieved in a day or two. The training can last about a few weeks or more depending on the dog’s nature, after such vigorous training you can say that the dog is trained.

There are many things you can achieve with the training equipment, may be you could be successful in training it like the police or the ones in the circus, but some basic learning can be good as well.

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Chuy, a favorite client dog just won a photo contest. I thought I would post the picture for all to enjoy.

By the way, they did let Chuy out of the bag!

Well, especially when they are accompanied by one of my all time favorite clients. Aren’t these two Handsome Guys.

I’ve had schnauzers around my whole life until the last year and can’t wait until I find the next one. Great dogs and I just love their personalities. Jake here is a very good match for Greg his owner.

On occasion I get the opportunity to train with a real working dog. Hunting dogs are my favorite because I just love to watch them work.

I got an email recently from one of my clients that included pictures of her dog who is away at hunting camp. I always like for my clients to send their hunting dogs away to camp so that the are able to work a LOT on live birds, more than most owners every have the time to accomplish.

In any case, here is a picture of Viva on point and doing what she does best which is tracking down birds. She’s a great dog and I know her owner is very proud of her these days.

Often in what I do I’m not the first trainer clients have worked with. Sometimes they have used a number of other trainers to try and fix the issues the are having with their pups.

I ran across a client yesterday who told me a most bizzare story about a previous trainer she had used.

This client had two Border collies. Great dogs actually but they were being a real nuisance at the front door. They barked, jumped on guests, and were overly aggressive greeters once the guests were inside.

Now we have to keep in mind that this client was roughly 60 to 65 years old with two super high-energy border collie dogs in house.

What the other trainer told her to do when someone came to the door was to lift one of the dogs up over her head and hold it there as she opened the door. This was his solution for stopping the jumping and barking at guests!

Now I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to believe that a woman of that age should be picking up a squirming thrashing barking 45 pound border collie over her head and answering the door to same time. It just doesn’t seem to be reasonable to me not to mention impossible for my client to accomplish. In fact it’s one of the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard from another dog trainer. And this guy calls himself a professional?

So when it comes time to start thinking about hiring a dog trainer make sure you do your homework. Make sure it’s not a dog trainer they got all of their training off of the Internet. And, make sure it’s someone that actually had dogs in their hands for, let’s say more than six months. Maybe you should look for someone that’s done it for say 35 years or so??

– Post From My iPhone. Dog training on the go.

One of my clients sent me this story this morning.

It made me laugh so hard I couldn’t believe it. Just imagine the dogs on the other side of the river trying to figure out how to get back. What was going through their mind.

Read and enjoy.

Lily and daisy scared up an Axis deer and chased it down to the lake….they didnt come back but I could still hear them doing their “deer whimper”.

I went to see what was up and found that deer had decided to swim for it and so the dogs went in after him!!
All were about 3/4 across lake austin when i came down!! After all got out of water on the other side, deer ran off as he got out first and dogs lost him.

They paced shore for a while…I was trying to figure out where they were so I could go in car and get them….then they started swimming BACK across!!
They both made it but were exhausted the rest of the day..I finally found something that tires them out….dog biathlon!!!
Crazy, huh? I didnt even know deer could swim!

– Post From My iPhone. Dog training on the go.

Working on a long down at Zilker park. Dogs running around, kids, people banging on instruments and the puppy held the the down for five minutes with me 50 feet away. Good puppy.

– Post From My iPhone. Dog training on the go.

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