Dog Obedience Training
Getting started with dog obedience training. It is very important that you start dog obedience training as soon as you get your new puppy. In the first few months of a puppy’s life you should treat your dog the same as you would a baby. It is during this time that you establish appropriate behavior in your pet. While the dog is your pet you must be stern and consistent with you training to ensure that your dog is learning to behave properly. It is also during this time that you build a relationship with you new dog. When training your dog you will spend hours with this animal, talking to it and playing with it. It is important that you know your dog and in turn your dog knows you. When your dog reaches the age of six months you can begin looking into more advanced obedience training. It has been found that prior to this age, dogs do not benefit from any form of formal training.
People often wonder about the importance of dog training. They feel this is pointless and dogs should be left to do what they want. What people fail to realize is that dogs are animals and if left to behave how they want they will behave exactly like animals. Dogs that have not been trained in any way are more likely to bite, bark excessively, chew household items and dig holes. Training your dog to behave properly teaches the animal when it is appropriate and inappropriate to do these things. The dog should learn that it is wrong to use that bathroom in the house and that this is to be done outside. However, this is not something that dogs will instinctively know and they need to be taught.
It has also been found that dogs that have no formal dog training tend to control the house. They learn quickly that they can be the "alpha" dog in the household and it sometimes hard to change this before. Therefore it is important to teach the dog who is charge from day one. When doing this is important that you do not attempt to become the alpha dog yourself but instead you should work to show your dog that you are the owner of the house and that the dog must listen to you and follow the rules of the house. When you establish this relationship with your dog through proper training there will be less occurrences of acting out and misbehaving from your new puppy.
If you are getting a dog that is no longer a puppy and one that has never been formally trained in any way, don’t be discouraged. It is never too late to train your dog. However, in these cases your dog may require more formal training that is offered through your local pet store. Often new dog owners are overwhelmed and not sure how to tackle the chore of training their dog. If you are looking to enroll your dog in obedience training classes you can contact your local pet store to see what is available. There are also people to offer one-on-one training services where they will come to your home and take care of the training for you. This is a great idea for people who have never had experience in training dogs before. There are a multitude of resources out there for training your dog and you should take advantage of them all.
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