Dog owners buy their pet expecting things to turn out well. Yet, all too often things don't go as expected and the dog is given to an animal shelter. This doesn't need to be the cause, though. Any dog can be trained to become well-behaved, healthy and happy. It isn't that hard to have this kind of dog.
Give your puppy time to be okay with a crate by taking the training one small step at a time. Once your puppy feels comfortable in the open crate, close the door and offer the dog a treat. In the beginning it is important to only leave the dog in the crate for a few seconds. After a while you will be able to leave them in the crate for longer amounts of time. If the puppy becomes upset, you may be progressing too quickly.
Establish a quiet environment when you go into a room your pet is in. You should make sure they are calm when you come into the house or in the room that they are in. If you do not recognize them right away, they will be more calm.
To strengthen your training efforts, you can use a designated verbal command to help your animal know what your expectations are and when they have been fulfilled. “yes” is a great bridge word between the dogs positive accomplishment and the reward they receive.
It is best to pick a phrase for potty training your dog, and use it consistently. Use the same word or phrase each time you bring him out to go to the bathroom so that he understands what you want him to do and makes a memory link between the phrase and the act.
Be cognitive of the duration of time you and your dog devote to training sessions. Your dog will get bored and antsy if you spend too much time on one thing. Keep first training lessons to 10 minutes or less.
If your dog leaps on you, hold his paws and squeeze them a little so he will know this is not acceptable. While this will not seriously hurt the animal, it is certainly unpleasant and therefore makes a powerful statement. They will stop doing this behavior since it will be associated with a negative feeling.
Training Sessions
Maintain brief training sessions. Dogs don't have long attention spans so make sure that your training sessions are kept short. If you want to train more you should always give yourself and dog a break.
Get your dog's attention the same way every time. For example, state your dog's name before giving a command. Get their attention and then follow up with whatever you want them to do. Dogs will hear there name and pay attention.
It is important that you teach your dog proper behaviors from day one. It will make your life less stressful if you are teaching the dog good habits rather than trying to change bad ones. For example, if you are adamant about your dog not being a beggar, then never make any exceptions to handing him food from your table.
While training your dog, you need to introduce it to different social situations as early as possible. This will help them to become social, so that they are comfortable with those around them. This helps reduce unacceptable behavior in social environments.
As you can now see, it's not impossible to teach your dog how to behave. It is important to train your dog and give him lots of attention and love. Properly training your dog will really make life easier on your both.