Common Dog Traning - Creature Companions | Magazine

You can find some excellent dog training tips online, in books, and from fellow dog owners. Unfortunately, not all of the advice you get is accurate. Dog training myths can harm your pet and make training more difficult if you follow them. Here are some typical dog training myths you should ignore :

1. Establish a Regular Routine: Dogs do well with structure and routine, so it's essential to establish a regular schedule for meals, playtime, walks, and training sessions. 

 2. Use Positive Reinforcement: Positive reinforcement is critical for successful dog training. Praise your dog with verbal praise, treats, or play when they do something correctly. 

3. Be Consistent: Dogs learn quickly when given consistent commands and expectations. When training your dog, use the exact words and commands each time. 

4. Start with Basic Commands: Before teaching your dog more advanced commands, start with basic commands like "sit," "stay," and "come."

  5. Practice Makes Perfect: You must practice the commands and behaviors you want your dog to learn. Make sure to give plenty of rewards and praise when your dog has mastered a new skill. 

6. Use Distractions: To test how well your dog learns, try introducing distractions such as other people or animals. This will help you determine how well your dog responds to your commands.

 7. Be Patient: Dog training takes patience and consistency. Wait to expect your dog to learn a command overnight. Give your dog time to learn.

Dog Training Tips

Training Advice Recognize that a puppy is an infant dog, not a smaller version of an adult. You should adjust your expectations in light of their physical and mental constraints.

Your puppy will be an adult before you know it! Protect your home from puppies with baby gates, crates, and pens. The puppy should always be in a secure location where it can't cause mischief while not being closely watched. 

Give it safe chewable toys to play with. Train with treats of high value. Compared to even the best store-bought goodies, you'll be surprised at how much harder your dog will work for a tiny piece of chicken breast, cheese, or liver.

Those might be effective in situations free from distractions, but you must bring out the best parts when the work becomes more challenging. Soft training treats are best to continue the lesson without waiting for Rover to finish chewing.

Observe your dog being polite. When your puppy misbehaves, it's easy to get caught up in reprimanding it, but praising it out of the blue for being good helps it understand what's right. Dogs act in ways that we encourage them to. 

Those actions that you don't like? Typically, the only person to thank is us. Owners unintentionally encourage unwanted behaviors, such as incessant doorbell barking and counter surfing. Your dog will learn that it's worthwhile to inspect if you leave food out in plain sight on the counter.

When your dog approaches you, always be joyful. Whether or whether you called it. The dog not coming when called is a shared owner concern. No of what it has done in the past, never chastise your dog when it approaches you. Call it in a joyful, fun tone, and when it responds, lavish it with sweets, a toy, or praise.

Maintain a positive outlook. Your dog can tell when you are angry. Give the appropriate amount of physical activity and mental stimulation. Dogs that are bored make havoc. Young pups tyre just as easily from mental stimulation as they do from physical exercise, and it's better for their developing bodies.

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