Home Dog Training – Can You Do It On Your Own?
Posted by: Adrian Logan at January 26th, 2010
In the past, nearly every dog owner relied on home dog training to get their dog to obey and perform tricks. This was in the days before obedience classes were popular, or even available.
Pet owners who wanted a well behaved dog really had no choice but to spend time teaching Fido at home, and had to have the patience, willpower, and desire to do so. Many people learned how to train their dogs from their parents who had owned dogs, while others used instructions found in dog training books.
Even though there is many dog obedience classes now which you can choose from, you can still accomplish home dog training just as your parents did. This is a good option if you do not have the budget to bring your dog to expensive obedience classes.
To train a dog, you can use a mixture of consistency, praise, and treats as dogs are quite a simple creature. Give them enough of those, and they’ll be doing whatever you want in no time. You can teach them to obey you and to amuse your friends by performing some cute tricks.
The most successful way to train your dog at home is to model the behavior you want from him. For example, if you want him to sit on command, then gently place him in a sitting position and say “sit” very firmly, while looking him in the eyes.
Do this over and over, until finally, just say “sit” to him and see what he does. If he sits on his own, give him a treat and lots of praise for a job well done. If he doesn’t sit, then go back to modeling the sitting and the command until he learns it.
Different dogs pick up the skills differently. Some require a longer time but some can pick up quite quickly. But sooner or later he will get it.
One very important thing about training your dog. Be sure to keep praising and giving treats for the first several times your dog does the right thing on command. After a while,just praise your dog. Your dog wants to know you are happy with him.
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