Training

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Obedience training is a means to keeping your puppy or older dog happy and will bring order to his life. It appeals to the dogs need for leadership and security. Dogs need this pack-life, leaders and followers, as well as a safe place to live.

Obedience training is based on the dog's acceptance of the human's position of "leader", or being dominant, and his desire to please. When he is taught an obedience command, he is to be praised for doing the command properly and corrected when he does not.

A dog being obedience trained works for your praise and/or the reward. So you must be certain when training your dog that he has really earned the reward.

Every time you praise or reward your dog, you are teaching him to do a certain "behavior" for whatever he did just before the reward was given. A correction is a signal to the dog that he did not obey a command or did it wrong. The traditional correction is a "tug" or "pop" of the leash with a proper training collar on. This will usually communicate a negative message to the dog as the tug is accompanied by a firm "NO" from the trainer.

There should never be abuse or pain connected with corrections. And corrections must never be used as a punishment. Punishments are not an effective teaching method. Praise is the language of dogs and humans alike it is the most effective way of communicating with them.

What Every Dog Owner Needs To Know

Everyone needs a good friend. Life would be unbearable without one. In the same way, dogs have this potential, provided that they behave in a manner that is acceptable to a humans home life, and by the same "reasons" humans must also know how to behave properly in order for their pets to become welcome additions to the home.

When you bring a new puppy home, it takes less than one day to start forming a bond between itself and the new family and once formed, this bond is nearly impossible to break. Older dogs can also bond to a new family, although it may take a few days to a few weeks to permeable set.

This bond consists of friendship, companionship, and complete acceptance of each other. While there are many means of communicating with your dog, the miracle of the dog to human communication comes from a brief and basic understanding of the dogs behavior and simple obedience. Dogs will also respond to our "tone" of voice, gestures etc.

We do know that dog training and their behavior are similar to wolf behavior in that they require 3 things:

Social attachments - A wolf lives in what we call "packs", or a group of "animals" The wolf pack will work as a team to provide food and defense of its territory. When living with humans as pets, dogs will view the human family as its pack, even if it is only one person. This is why dogs are constant loyal companions.
Leadership - They must have a leader. The dog requires that someone will assume a leadership position, if not the family pet will accept the position of command. Once "YOU" take the position of leader, the dog will accept it for life. Without a leader, dogs will grow insecure, which can cause a number of problems.
Territory - They will claim a territory, which has a den in it. Dogs require an area which is the dogs" range" which may or may not be shared with other animals. This range may be guarded with "vigor". In our human world, dogs may consider the complete house as the den with the area around the house as its "hunting range". This place that the dog will rest at in the house or crate is considered to be a den that provides comfort and security.