Puppy Obedience Training – The Right Way To Train Your Puppy

August 28th, 2009

 

Puppy obedience training is something that you can conduct yourself , it’s really easy. Remember, training them right away after getting them is critically important.

 

The -Down- Command

 

For this puppy obedience training command show your puppy the treat to get his attention. Now, you’ll want to say “down” and move the treat towards the floor slowly. Only if needed, you can apply slight pressure to his shoulders to help him down. If you see that he begins to lie down even for a second or two give him the treat and a great deal of praise. As your puppy begins to make this a normal routine you can stretch out the time before giving him the treat.

 

So what is the right way to do puppy obedience training? Should you hire a professional or attempt to DIY? The truth is, it just isn’t that hard to train your dog when using the right techniques, and doing so yourself can save you some serious cash.

 

To do this puppy obedience training command make sure your puppy is in the “down” position and then say “stand” and lift the treat forward and up in front of him. If you need to help him into position. The moment he stands give him lots of praise and the treat. Again, the more routine this becomes you can make the time longer that he has to stand to get the treat.

 

The -Heel- Command.

 

For instance, don’t say “come” one time and “heel” the next, as your dog will not know what to do. Sounds obvious, but an important point nonetheless.

 

 

If you don’t have a treat then they won’t obey. For this reason clicker training is something many people like to do, because instead of giving them food you just click the clicker every time they do something good.

 

This works because the dog will come to associate the clicker with something good, and pretty soon will only look for that sound as opposed to a treat. The reason this is more effective than just praising them is that dogs hear you talking all the time, and therefore they won’t necessarily associate you praising them with something good.

 

However, since they will only hear the clicker when they’ve done something right, they will instantly know it’s a good thing and will start to listen for it after obeying; it basically takes the place of a treat. Sounds a little far-fetched, but using a clicker is very popular for one reason-it works.

 

Make sure not to go too long per session, and a couple brief sessions work more effectively than having 1 long one with puppy obedience training. Younger dogs don’t have much of an attention span and keeping it short helps them focus better.

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