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Training Your Dog At Home-Tips Before You Start

Are you at the point where your dog is driving you crazy with his behavior and you've come to realize he needs some quality training? You don't want to pay the high prices of a pro, and you are thinking about training your dog at home? If this is the case, then you need to be prepared with accurate information. A good number of us treat our dogs as members of the family. And comparable to other members of the family, they can make us irritated from time to time. But irrespective of any bad behavior, they are considered a member of the family. From time to time they will make us distraught, but we would never contemplate giving up on that member of the family.

So if your dog is repeatedly demonstrating problem behaviors, what should you do? Maybe every other week he is leaving his "mess" inside the house. Or maybe he likes to chew up your shoes instead of his unused chew toys. Maybe he won't stop chasing another family pet around the house. What can you do to have a strain free relationship between you and your dog?

You've probably tried everything you can possibly think of to try and train him, all to no avail. You know he requires some quality training to rectify his problem behaviors. You consider though that in most cases you can probably do this yourself. Rather than hiring a pro, you should take it upon yourself and train your dog at home. All that you require is the right knowledge, which basically comes down to understanding why your dog responds the way he does to display these problem behaviors.

If you are contemplating training your dog at home, there are a a number of recommendations that should be kept in mind in order to give your training a more pronounced chance of being productive. Some of them are:

• Gather any materials you will require before you commence the training session such as leash, treats, toys, etc. This will ensure less confusion for your dog and continuity in the training
• Ensure training is only for brief intervals as dogs can only absorb a limited amount of information at a time
• Make sure that you don't train your dog near anything that could distract him such as cars on busy streets, noises such as stereos, crowds of people, and other dogs
• Undr no circumstances should you ever hit or yell at your dog! Doing so will  hinder any progress as your dog will be frightened, and consequently, will lose concentration and be harder to train
• Be patient! Just like every person is different, every dog is as well. The amount of time it will take for each dog to learn something new will vary

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I truly love dogs and believe they are as much a friend as they are a loyal helper. Some just need some direction.
An extra tip: During a training session, don't give your dog the same plain, dry, old dog biscuit as a reward. Give him something he really enjoys. Also make sure that rewards are given in smaller pieces so he won't get full, which could cause him to lose focus on the training. For other tips like these to help you with training your dog at home please visit http://www.squidoo.com/training-your-dog-at-home

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