When some people adopt a dog, they have not really thought things through. Dogs need a commitment from you. In order for dogs to behave, they need a lot of good training. Use the advice offered below to help you get started on training your pooch.
Make sure that your dog stays awake and active. Dogs can easily become bored. A bored dog will try and find something interesting to do, and training is not usually interesting. Dogs are more inclined to obey when they are regularly taken out for exercise and happily accepted as a member of your family. Be sure to go for jogs or walks with your dog regularly.
Your dog should always give you its attention when asked. When a command is reinforced properly and often enough, your dog will begin to shift his focus from the distractions around to you in order to wait for your signal.
Monitor your own behavior to ensure you aren’t reinforcing your dog’s negative behaviors by mistake. Essentially, you must not give your dog something positive, like attention or a treat, when it behaves in a way you want to classify as negative. This includes things like petting them when they jump on you at the door.
With the right encouragement, most dogs can learn to roll over pretty quickly. Start by getting the dog to lay down. Next, hold a treat near the floor on one side of his head, slowly bring the treat up and over the dogs head to the other side. His nose will track that treat and his body will roll over. Say the command, “roll over” when he rolls over. Put your frustration aside and he’ll be performing this trick all over the place in no time.
When house training your dog, be sure your dog has a predictable feeding and elimination routine. Then you will be aware when your dog needs to go outside to use the bathroom. Adhering to a schedule also helps the dog learn to wait until the proper time comes to go outside.
Try to find the triggers of your dogs barking to reduce this action. Everything from a sound to a particular person could be a trigger. This will help your dog understand that barking is unnecessary.
To get your dog to stop barking, train him to obey a command that tell him to stay quiet. When he barks, show him his favorite treat, and repeat the command. “Quiet” works well. Then, allow them to have the treat. Enough repetitions will result in the dog associating the treat with the command and remaining quiet.
Watch the tone you use when you discipline your dog. Dogs are more receptive to the tones their masters use than you might realize. Sometimes a stern voice is necessary.
If you want to keep your dog trim and healthy, keep an eye on how many reward snacks you give him while training him. A lot of pet owners don’t think about how much weight their dogs can put on with treats.
Regularly challenge your dog. Try giving them “quizzes” to see what they know, even if you know they will succeed.
A crate can come in handy when housebreaking a dog. Let your dog roam free each day, though, or crate training could have adverse effects. Given time, a crate trained dog is much less likely to have accidents inside.
Even a well-trained family dog who is already a satisfying pet will benefit from the tips presented here. An untrained dog can inadvertently injure someone simply because they do not know better.