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Dogs learn faster when they’re having fun, or playing. Puppies naturally learn from playful interaction and so will your adult dog. Here’s some ways to keep your training fun!
1. Train with toys, playing tug will reduce stress for both of you. 2. Relax your [...] Using ‘Timeout’ to change dog behavior is easy and effective. To change your dog’s behavior, put him in “timeout” for 5 minutes when you catch him doing something wrong. Seems too simple to work, doesn’t it? It may be counter intuitive, but it’s extremely effective. Putting a dog in timeout allows him the time and opportunity to figure [...] It’s difficult for us humans to understand what dogs think. We can’t actually get inside their heads to see what they comprehend. However our knowledge of brain structure and observations of how dogs learn leads us to believe there are things dogs can’t understand and other things they appear to be very good at. One [...] I’ve read training articles and general interest stories about dogs, which imply there isn’t much going on in our dog’s brains. I beg to differ. I think that they’re thinking and feeling quite a lot, and learning all the time, especially when they’re young. Dogs Learn From Experience Dogs learn from observation, and experience. In the natural [...] We humans are bigger, stronger and arguably smarter than our dogs so it’s our job to be their leaders. Not only because we’re bigger and stronger, but also because we provide their food. In the dog world that makes us the boss. Dogs are good with this system; in fact it’s their system, and their [...] You’re the doggie sheriff; so let’s make some rules. Remember these are always rules, and they’ll always apply so think about them carefully, because you’ll have to enforce them. Here are some suggested rules that you can choose from to get started. No jumping up on people You learned in class this week how to ‘sit’ your puppy by directing his head with a treat. ‘Trainer speak’ for this teaching method is “Luring”. It’s called that because your puppy wound up sitting while his nose was following the treat or the ‘lure’. He didn’t make a decision to sit, it happened by [...] Dogs don’t have spoken language capability. They naturally read body language. They can tell if we’ve had a bad day, if we’re stressed, happy or anxious by looking at our faces or the set of our shoulders. I expect they can read tiny changes in our expressions that even other people miss. But we train [...] I’d like to you keep in mind for the duration of our puppy class that your puppy has ‘puppy brain’. This may seem obvious, but let’s talk about it for a moment. How many weeks has your puppy been on the planet? On average it’ll be 20 weeks or less. Holy COW! When we were [...] An open letter to my Puppy Class students at the Dog Training Club of Tampa.. Thank you for bringing your puppy to my puppy training class. I know that you’re here because you want a happy and successful relationship with your puppy. My goal is to give you everything you need to build a solid [...] |
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