Dog Training

Dog training

The best way to build a mutual friendship with your pet is through obedience training. It's a way to communicate with each other. When training your pet, show patience and respect while he learns the "house rules" as well as those of their environment. And the greatest reward of obedience training is freedom to enjoy the good things in life whenever and wherever together.

When training a dog, he or she will learn best if they are rewarded immediately for their actions. You need to give them the personal attention in the learning process, this is very important. If the dog isn't paying attention to you, the training will not be successful. A tired or anxious dog will have more difficulty concentrating. Distractions also can interfere with them learning. Give him or her an enticing reward as this can help bring back their focus to the task at hand.
Beyond basic training, some dogs can learn to perform more elaborate tricks, like standing on their hind legs to beg. This level of trainability rises to an even higher plane with some performing dogs. You may have seen a lot of this on tv. Your pet can learn to carry out almost human like tasks on cue from a trainer. These dogs are often chosen from the herding group, which includes breeds such as collies and shepherds which are among the most trainable of domestic dogs.

Benefits of Training
Bond and build a lifelong friendship with your pet
Freedom for you and your pet
You will learn how to train and handle your dog.


The style of training used most is operate conditioning with a lot of motivation. You can use a 5' leather lead, training collar, a lot of heart and soul. Rarely use treats except for parlor tricks and imprinting on young pups. Your praise and play is what you should use as a reward. This style of training, will be the most effective in real life, day to day situations with your pet.

It takes a professional trainer 5 full days to teach what the average owner would attempt to teach in 6 weeks and usually not accomplish. There are many reasons for this: the most obvious a professional trainer knows alot of little tricks. A pro is more consistent in all aspects of training. Your pet can progress very quickly as a professional trainer knows when the pet understands commands. They will know if the pet and owner really practiced last week and if the pet understand the commands. You can use a professional but you will need to be there also to have the hands on approach. Click Here!

If you decide to use a professional service or an animal resort, the training your pet will receive will consist of being on a lead without pulling, jumping, mouhthing or barking. They will teach him how to heel, and all of the following commands: HEEL, AUTO-SIT/SIT, STAY (or the action of stay), OFF, NO, DOWN, SIT from DOWN and DOWN from SIDE-FRONT and in MOTION, and COME. Verbal and hand signals are taught also.

There are mini-camps where your pet will stay with them for 5 full days. A regular camp can cost $1000 and your pet will stay for 2 weeks. You also have the option of a Boot camp where your dog will stay for 21 days and he will have 16 days of training. Electronic Collar camps can cost $1800, your pet will stay for 28 days and have 20 days of training. You will also find some trainers that give private lessons for around $75. The least expensive are the workout programs which are around $30. These are best for previously trained dogs. It will be up to you to decide which training technique you think is best for you and your pet. Check and see if you can find a traning facility or even an animal resort which will have both indoor and outdoor training areas.

To be successful with any program, you the OWNER must be patient and follow the trainers instruction, practice daily with your pet, and incorporate training into all aspects of daily life. Remember Rover, Lassie, or Fido or whatever your pets name is, he or she is part of the family.



Dog Training