Obedience Class

Dog Obedience Training

If you have ever taken an obedience class with your dog, and actually done your homework, you will remember and notice that for that period of time (usually 6 to 8 weeks) your dog begins to listen to you faster and his obedience improved.  But weeks after the class is over, his skills begin to wan and the dynamics of life before class take over and it seems as if he never completed an obedience class.

It's simple if you think about it; if you practice something together you are better at it, the more practice and time you devote to something the better you get at it.  However, once you stop practicing and working on something, often, the more things go back to the way things were and you forget what you had once learned.

Without practice or applying our knowledge, we often forget what we have learned.  The same is true of your dog!  If you don't make obedience and training a part of your daily lives together, you and your dog will slip back into the same patterns of life that lead you to frustration and into obedience class.

But, often instead of understanding that dogs, too, forget and slip back into previous habits, we often blame them, think they didn't learn or that they are being obstinate and refusing to comply, when really they are probably reverting back to what they knew and know best which is the dynamics of your household "before" obedience class.
Set a goal

• Sit down as a family and come up with a plan.  What is going wrong in your current relationship with your dog?  Come up with a plan to address your issues and stick with it!  Consistency is the key to good dog obedience so everyone must be on board.

Take a Class

• You may need to take a class or re-take a basic class if things have deteriorated severely.  A class leads to accountability and homework.  A class often coerces people to make time to work with their dogs.


• I have been training dog professionally for almost 17 years and I still take obedience classes (I just don't admit I am a trainer).

Find a hobby you can enjoy with him

• You can take classes for advanced obedience, tracking (nose work), clicker training, games, agility, or weight puling and sledding.


• You can even play control games together.


• Buy a book and teach your dog as many tricks and commands as you can
  I try and make a point to spend time with my dog and invite him to join me as often as possible.  If I go walking, fishing or to the beach, I want to include him in my plans. 
  Every time you work with your dog in a fun and positive manner and you work together towards a common goal, you are solidifying your place in your furry pack and your dog is learning to have fun listening to you.  The more fun you have together, the more time you will find to spend together and you build a bond of respect that will last a lifetime.

About the Author

BC The trainer

http://www.mydogtrainingplan.com

 

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Does Your Dog Need Some Basic Training or Obedience Class?

A dog belongs to the animal kingdom and will behave differently from human. It will need to be domesticated or trained to blend into your daily family lifestyle.

Please do not assume that because you have chosen a small and mild mannered dog, it will automatically behave itself. Though a breed of dog has similar characteristics but each dog has its own personality too.

So what is the basic training or obedience behavior that we would want to cultivate into our dogs?

When you bring home your puppy, it needs to feel safe or secure in its environment. You should have bought a crate and spend some time helping the puppy to familiarize itself with the crate so that it will treat it as its home or den. The crate will serve as a place to sleep peacefully and to seek shelter or comfort at times, e.g. during thunderstorm.

You will also want to potty train your puppy so that it will always go to a specific spot to ease itself; especially so if you are living in an apartment or your dog is meant to be kept indoors most of the time. Another option is to train your dog to ease itself when you walk it in the mornings and evenings.

Some basic commands like sit, stay, come and down will definitely be very useful.
These commands are for the safety of the dog and also to ensure that it will behave properly in public. A well behaved dog will be a joy to have around as another member of your family.

Situations where you want your dog to sit and stay are when you are about to feed it, when you meet a friend during your walks. Come is a very important command to instill in your dog as there will be a few instances where it got itself free from you and you have to get it back before it harm itself or frighten someone out there. My Corgi responds to the Come command very well but I will have a hard time getting my Beagle back if it runs out of the gate.

Commands like paw is not really an obedience command but when your dog is well trained on the basic commands mentioned above, it may be fun for you to proceed with some of these commands like paw, rollover, etc. but please do not force it on your dog.

Finally, you should also introduce your puppy to other puppies or dogs and other humans other than those in your family. This is to teach your dog to socialize or interact with its world.

Training your dog will require time and patience. You may want to get a professional dog trainer to help you initially. You may then follow-up by reading up books from the library to enhance your training skills. Another benefit of training your dog will be that both of you are getting to know each other better.

About the Author

David Poh has a Beagle and a Corgi dog. He has a website where he shares his experiences and tips on caring for dogs. For more information and to view photos and videos on his dogs, go to David website

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