You must remember that patience is your biggest virtue when dog training.
Reprimanding or punishing your dog for wrong behaviour is completely counter productive.
If you must show your displeasure then simply ignore your best friend and that will send him a clear signal not to repeat whatever he did wrong.
He might still do it again but this is where your patience and persistence comes into play, eventually he wont do it.
Your dog wants nothing more than to please you and this is how you are able to train him to do your bidding.
Dog training is essentially a process of instant positive reinforcement, it should be fun for both you and your dog and neither of you should be getting bored with the process.
Consequently it is better to limit any training session to about 15 minutes a day particularly for young dogs.
Initially you should use a quiet area of your home or garden and start with basic commands like heel, sit, stay and come.
Praise him as soon as he does something right, ignore wrong behaviour.
Backup the praise with a small treat.
I emphasis the word 'small' because you don't want to make your pooch fat in the process.
Do not move on from these four basic commands until your dog correctly obeys them every time.
I should also emphasize what I mean by 'instant positive reinforcement' because this is where so many owners go wrong.
Instant in this context means within 2 seconds of the action.
Any longer and your dog will fail to connect the action with the reinforcement.
It is so easy to confuse your dog if you are slow with the encouragement.
For instance, suppose your are teaching your dog to sit.
In the early stages of training dogs will often sit and then almost immediately stand again.
If you are at all slow with the praise then you could cause your dog to associate the 'Sit' command with a 'stand' action.
So beware! As your dog begins to master these commands you should continue to praise him instantly but delay the giving of a treat.
Eventually he should perform the command without any treat at all.
You should also go to busier and louder places where the dog's attention will be compromised and make obeying more demanding.
Only when your dog has mastered the four basic commands in all situations should you move on to other commands.
Finally you have to be consistent.
If more than one person in the family is training the dog then they should all agree on the commands and the general approach to the training.
Reprimanding or punishing your dog for wrong behaviour is completely counter productive.
If you must show your displeasure then simply ignore your best friend and that will send him a clear signal not to repeat whatever he did wrong.
He might still do it again but this is where your patience and persistence comes into play, eventually he wont do it.
Your dog wants nothing more than to please you and this is how you are able to train him to do your bidding.
Dog training is essentially a process of instant positive reinforcement, it should be fun for both you and your dog and neither of you should be getting bored with the process.
Consequently it is better to limit any training session to about 15 minutes a day particularly for young dogs.
Initially you should use a quiet area of your home or garden and start with basic commands like heel, sit, stay and come.
Praise him as soon as he does something right, ignore wrong behaviour.
Backup the praise with a small treat.
I emphasis the word 'small' because you don't want to make your pooch fat in the process.
Do not move on from these four basic commands until your dog correctly obeys them every time.
I should also emphasize what I mean by 'instant positive reinforcement' because this is where so many owners go wrong.
Instant in this context means within 2 seconds of the action.
Any longer and your dog will fail to connect the action with the reinforcement.
It is so easy to confuse your dog if you are slow with the encouragement.
For instance, suppose your are teaching your dog to sit.
In the early stages of training dogs will often sit and then almost immediately stand again.
If you are at all slow with the praise then you could cause your dog to associate the 'Sit' command with a 'stand' action.
So beware! As your dog begins to master these commands you should continue to praise him instantly but delay the giving of a treat.
Eventually he should perform the command without any treat at all.
You should also go to busier and louder places where the dog's attention will be compromised and make obeying more demanding.
Only when your dog has mastered the four basic commands in all situations should you move on to other commands.
Finally you have to be consistent.
If more than one person in the family is training the dog then they should all agree on the commands and the general approach to the training.
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