Dog Obedience Training - Puppy Training

Here are 12 time tested techniques and tips of teaching a dog discipline and obedience:
1 Make training session an interesting one so that both of you can enjoy the
act of training.
2 Play and make merry with your puppy while teaching him lessons in obedience training.
3 Teach your dog a number of pet tricks and watch them [...]

Dogs are known to guard their living space very jealously and with a sense of deep conviction. These dogs do not like other dogs, pets and children to come near their living space. Just look at those dogs living in estate or farm houses, and you’ll understand why dogs respect other dog’s living territories and [...]

To get your dog training on the right track, go slow with your puppy; allow him his puppy hood without rushing him through his training. Develop his prey instinct instead of repressing it so that you maximize its flexibility. With the flow of drive cooled by the prey instinct, limits that normally make dogs nervous [...]

When training your dog off-leash, remain in a protected area for at least the first month of training. Continue to work on all previous commands and all new safety commands with the regular leash, the drop line, the tab, alternating in no particular pattern. As you work, test your safety devices off leash with the [...]

What makes a great Dog Trainer? If an individual is to judge how each and every dog is to be handled in a training class, he must possess the experience and the expertise. Not that of taking just one or two dogs through the preliminaries, but the kind of knowledge gained from working with dogs [...]

Part three of three
After the pup has a good idea of what you want him to do, begin to ease off using tidbits every time. Do not let yourself use tidbits as a bribe. It is very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that if you give a puppy a treat he will [...]

Part two of three
It is important for your puppy to feel he is a valuable individual. Try to have your training sessions in a relatively quiet place. Because he is so playful, he can be easily distracted by other people and activities. If he is constantly being bombarded by other sights and sounds, it will [...]

 Part one of three
Whatever your pup’s pedigree and whatever your goals for him, any puppy is still an emotionally immature animal. At the same time, no two pups are exactly alike and what works for one puppy is not necessarily best for another.
You must constantly be aware of your pup’s personality and of how you [...]