The first Dog Training Tip in Dog Obedience Training

Dog training is much like child training; your child will not listen to you and obey you unless he/she trusts you first. This is even more so with your dog, unless he/she trusts you, your dog obedience training may not bear much success. There are also other factors to consider such as the age of your dog, how long you have own or been with the dog, and the former status of your dog among other factors. Most dog behavior problems can easily be prevented from when they are puppies if the right dog training is used.

In order to gain trust of your dog, you have to be able to do it a manner that your dog or puppy will understand you love him/her, but you are the one in control. In other words, you are the boss and what you say must be obeyed less there are consequences. Most people have mistaken babying and building trust and they end up doing too much of the former and end up creating dog behavior problems. The easiest way to build trust is by using come command. Your dog must run or come to you whenever you call him/her. However you need to reward the response accordingly, in other words if your dog comes when called, show your appreciation by giving your dog a treat, or nice comment like “good dog”. Likewise when your dog refuses to come, you need to explain and show him/her that it is wrong by punishing. The emphasis here is explaining why you are punishing the dog; this will help him/her refrain from displaying the same behavior in future.

One common mistake that most dog owner do is to get angry with the dog for whatever bad behavior without letting the dog know. In other words, how will your dog stop misbehaving if you let him/her know why you are angry? When your train your dog with sober mind, you will accomplish more than if you do when you are angry. When you realize that you are losing your temper, stop your dog training until later, if you continue you be confusing your dog. You make more mistakes that may add to your dog behavior problems instead of getting rid of them.