A Man’s Best Friend: Puppy Obedience Training
02 Sep 2010
One of the most exhilarating things that will ever happen to you is bring a puppy home. It’s like expanding your family.
Nevertheless, the puppy obedience training practice could be somewhat arduous for you.
Despite being considered easier than house training a mature dog, house training a puppy require you to keep a couple of things in mind before you begin to train your doggy to be obedient.
In the past, the way to go included using a lease or collar and employing a fair deal of manipulation in order to teach the little dog basic orders.
These measures can, however, become somewhat mean sometimes and even hurt a delicate kind of puppy.
With a puppy such as a German Shepherd or a Bulldog, who aren’t as delicate, you might consider trying this approach.
With a Poodle or a Chihuahua on the other hand, more lenient approaches like handing out rewards or treats to the little dog, if follows your orders, and revoking them, if he does not.
You might enclose him within a certain fenced perimeter in cases when attempting to make him understand turns out to be futile and he rejects your orders
If training the puppy with rewards is doomed for failure, it could be that you have to resort to being somewhat strict and go for the lease or collar method.
Many use the aforementioned collar method by applying an electronic collar to the canine’s neck, at the same time holding a remote in their hand.
If the dog refuses to follow your commands, you are in a position to push a button and then the collar will emit small shocks.
As these shocks do not have a high intensity, they do not cause any pain, but they will be dislike by the dog and in the end also evoke obedience.
But, the best approach to communicating with the canine is to establish a language both of you understands.
Employ words including yes, no, good boy, bravo, etc. to express your feelings to him.
This could take a while and you might need to be patient at the start, however, it will allow you to form a relationship between you and your dog that will last a lifetime.
Once you have shown your ability to teach an obstinate puppy, you can in fact call yourself a proficient dog obedience trainer.