Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Dog Obedience Training and three basic rules

There are dog obedience training schools where dogs are trained to follow simple commands using three basic principles as the trainer's guide.. Many dog training and dog behavior schools use these principles. These are: 

Principle One: Consistency. This includes the use of words, tone, and the actions that accompany the word or command. In early training, the trainer or dog owner must decide what should be the parameters of training-what you are trying to teach the dog and how to do it. Words do not make sense to a dog. Your dog does not understand our language, does not he understand or think the way we do. 

So to make the training understandable, you should use the command in a very consistent manner so that the dog learns to associate the term with the meaning you attach to it. If you use the word 'will' make sure everyone is. If you use this command makes it a point that you would not make commitments which will take command confusing for the dog. If your dog does not come to you right away, not punish him when he does. That would make him attribute the command with punishment. 

What could you expect next?-If the command leads to punishment he will not follow it next time. Consistency also covers the use of the same command by all people. For example, 'if you use the command ", other persons in the household does not replace it with words like' here 'or' come here boy '. 

Principle Two: The hours devoted to education and the words used as command must be kept short. Remember that the attention span of dogs is very short, so it is almost impossible to keep them engaged in an activity. By combining children with your puppy obedience training is an example of keeping your training sessions short as they would lose interest very quickly. 

Your dog simply does not possess the same amount of interest they had when they started the company, they become easily bored. The same happens in training therefore should only be limited to 10 minutes to 15 minutes of regular courses. 

Principle Three: Do not use force and punishment to hurt your dog when training. Also, never force the dog to follow the command if he is not prepared for it or punish a dog for something he did. While training the animal does not press too hard. 

Your dog has no understanding of your impatience for his lack of training speed. He only knows you are angry. To use force does not convey your meaning correctly whereas negative reinforcement does. If he knows he is praised when he does something right, so he should not feel praised when he does not follow a command. 

You must be understanding and patient, especially during your dog obedience training sessions. The result will be a very responsive and well trained dog.

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