Dog Obedience Training - Dog Training For The Ultimate Control
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life,
his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat
of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." Unknown
Your relationship with your dog is a valuable asset in your life. Science is just starting to realize that our animal companions help us to relax and endure the ever increasing levels of stress in our lives.
I was talking with a friend of mine about this and how therapy dogs that visit sick people have remarkable results in helping those patients with their condition, all of which is being scientifically proven daily.
And my friend said, "I know all that’s great. But if my dog is supposed to relieve all this stress, why is it that there are times when my best friend just seems to add to that stress, not alleviate it?"
I responded by saying that I think it’s all about learning to communicate with your dog. When I refer to this type of learning, it’s not about the traditional classroom where you know memorize things and wonder if the teacher will put it on the final.
To me learning is the ability to remember a time when you were insatiably curious. For example, when you were a child and your parents had a birthday or a Christmas present for you and they kept it all wrapped up and hidden somewhere. You knew it was there in the closet waiting for you, and maybe you snuck in and you held that present and you thought ‘what’s in here? I gotta find out.’ You shook it and you began to imagine what you could do with this wonderful gift that was right here in front of you.
Or when you were a child, maybe it was the first time you saw that brilliant flash of color fly right by you. You saw your first butterfly and you looked at it with wide open wonder and you thought ‘oh my gosh, what is that?’ and the world just seemed a mysterious and wonderful place. You see, as far as I can tell, learning is about the ability to open your mind completely. To me that's the way it really works.
Becoming a dog owner means accepting the responsibilities and admitting that a well-behaved dog does not happen overnight. It takes commitment and time, along with consistence, positive reinforcement, and patience. Obedience training improves the bond between you and your dog, establishing communication and understanding. Start your dog training sessions as soon as your little dog arrives at your home.
Training your dog is among the best things you will be able to do for him. Your dog will acquire a sense of security from the rewarding experience of obedience and proper reinforcement techniques. Training dogs in this way is beneficial and easy to do, although it takes patience and time.
Dog obedience training aids in building a strong bond of trust and respect between you and your dog because it conditions your dog to look to you for approval in everything he does! Dog obedience training can make a world of difference in your dog. Even a few short classes can transform your unruly beast into a well-behaved dog who knows how to sit, heel and stay.
Dog obedience training is important for both you and your dog in so many ways. Teaching your dog to be obedient also gives your dog the knowledge of the boundaries that you set for him. These boundaries include being a responsible member of your family. Training your dog in obedience training may be the most important step you can take in order to acquire desirable habits in your dog and at the same time discontinue unpleasant behaviors. Training should start from an early stage, so that bad behavior tendencies do not become major dog behavior problems. After all, our dogs are animals, and without the correct obedience training, they will behave like animals.
Begin your dog training sessions as soon as your dog arrives at your home. Although you are able to teach old dogs new behaviors or tricks, keep in mind that what is acquired earliest is often picked up easiest and fastest. Set your dog up to succeed , concentrate on developing desirable habits in your dog and preventing undesirable behavior. Training your dog will make you and your dogs life much happier. You will be able to be proud of the dog who always behaves well and your dog will be proud of having such a great owner.Training opens a line of communication between you and your dog.
Dog obedience training is now expected of our furry companions. They live in our houses, walk beside us, play with our children and visit their doggie buddies at the dog park. Dog obedience training is one of the most significant ways you are able to show your love for your dog. Effective communication is necessary to instruct your dog about what you want her to do.
Dog obedience training involves usage of a few important verbal commands. Dog obedience training concentrates on five key commands: heel, sit, down, come and stay. These commands are critical to your dog’s day-to-day behavior and can make your daily interactions fun and stress-free. Teaching a good stay means that you know you are able to place your dog in a position and count on them to stay there.
Yet the question often remains - whether it is better to seek the help of a professional trainer, or try to do it yourself. Special situations may require professional experience, but for the most part you can do it yourself.
How To Get Your Dog Training Obedience Program Started
Learn About The Scientific Principles Supporting Dog Training
Everything we do in our dog training programs is based off scientific principles. The most famous of these is Pavlov's Law.
How To Train Attention
The first and the most important skill that is required for solving any proble as well as getting perfect obedience from your dog. This is the one skill that is often overlooked and results in either excellent obedience or a complete disaster.
How To Teach Targeting
Targeting is one of the most important exercises to teach when you are first starting out with a dog training program. This exercise teaches your dog how to move toward a target.and touch it.
How To Teach The Release Command
It is important that you release your dog and not let them release themselves.
Leash Training For Dog Obedience
We've introduced leash training to our puppies, now it's time to move it to dog obedience.
How To Teach The Come Command
This command should be introduced as early as possible and can be started as early as seven weeks old.
How to Teach The Sit Command
Usually one of the first commands taught and one of the easiest commands, most of the time.
How To Teach The Sit Stay
Stay is the fondation to obedience and resoling many problems. Stay teaches your dog self restraint. Or to resist their impulses.
How to Teach Return To Your Dog
After preforming the stay it's time to get back into the heel position.
How to Teach The Down Command
The down command is right there at the top of the list as one of the most important commands in your dog training program. An early start will put your dog ahead of the pack.
How To Teach The Down Stay
Progressing the stay to the next skill.
How to Teach The Stand Command
The stand command is often over looked unless your are doing show training, but this command should be taught. Your vet and groomer will appreciate these skills. Learn how to teach the stand command.
How To Teach Stand From The Side Position
Adding to our side position exercises.
How To Teach The Stand Stay
Progressing the stay to the next skill.
How To Teach The Heel Command
Learn how to teach the valuable skill of walking on the leash without pulling your arm out of it's socket.
How To Teach The Finish Command
Learn a few easy ways to teach this exercise. This is the skill of bringing your puppy to your side for walking.
How To Teach The Exercise Finish
Generally we never what the dog to go to a sit from a stand position. So we introduce the Exercie Finish to remedy this.
How To Teach The Right Turn | Right Turn About
The turns are an important part of testing your dogs attention.
How To Teach The Turn Against Your Dog
The nest turning skill.
How To Teach The Left Turn | Left Turn About
The final two turns in your dog training program.
How To Teach The Sit Out Of Motion
The first exercise in the Intermediate Course.
How To Teach Down From A Heel
Progressing our skills to the down position.
How To Teach The Down Out Of Motion
Building on the motion exercises.
How To Teach The Stand Out Of Motion
Completeing the forward motion exercises.
How To Teach The Down On A Recall
The next step in uour Intermediate level of skills.
How To Teach The Down Out Of Play
Building on all the previous skills, we are now ready for the emergency brake exercise.
How To Teach Recall Out Of Play
Our dogs have two modes, in controll or obedience and play. We need to teach skill in both modes.
How To Teach Down From The Front Position
Up till now all skill have been done with your dog on your side. Now it's time to step in front.
How To Teach Sit From The Front Position
Up till now all skill have been done with your dog on your side. Now it's time to step in front.
How To Teach Stand From The Front Position
Up till now all skill have been done with your dog on your side. Now it's time to step in front.
How To Teach The Send Out
One of the most difficult exercises since so far all the skills require your dog to be close to you. Now we are sending them away from us.
How To Teach In Place Turns
In place turns are just what they sound like, turn in position without movent forward.
How To Teach Off Leash Heeling
We are ready now to introduce how to get your off leash skills started.
How To Teach Off Leash Recalls
Finally the exercise you all have been waiting for.
How To Teach Picking Up An Object
Picking up and carrying objects can be a helpful task.
How To Teach Releasing An Object
Dropping an object can be a valuable skill as well as an important one.
How To Teach Play Training
Often overlooked in an obedience training program, but the root of off leash skills.