When training your dog it’s important to always remain patient and level headed. Remember your dog is a dog! He doesn’t understand things the same way that you do. He will not understand if you yell instructions at him. He will only become scared of you if you do this. This is not a good way for him to learn.

Dogs are very habitual. Their lives revolve around ritual and their internal body clock and routine. They anticipate your return from work at a certain time. They expect their meals at a certain time.

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A calm, obedient and faithful dog – it’s what we all want, right? To begin with, obedient and trained dogs are happier dogs, less likely to get into tussles with people or with other dogs. Another reason is that many communities require that the dogs living in their neighborhoods be well trained. This is especially true for many breeds thought to have aggression and behavior problems – large dog breeds such as german shepherds and rottweilers to name a couple. And of course pit bulls are almost synonymous with aggression in many people’s minds.

Now, I have a rottweiler myself, and she’s the soppiest thing out. So I don’t personally subscribe to the view that particular breeds are necessarily aggressive. But nevertheless, large dogs certainly do need to be adequately trained, just because of their size. Larger dogs can be very intimidating to people.

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All dog owners would probably want their dogs to be well behave in any instance and wherever the dog is taken to. However, some dogs can simply test your patience which makes dog training a challenging job for non-professional dog trainers. Do not despair because there are simple dog training tips that will help your dog be the best of what you want it to be.

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Although clicker training for dogs and other animals is a fairly new phenomenon, the idea behind it has existed for centuries, and until recently, it has been known as operant conditioning. Used by professionals, such as animal trainers and social scientists, clicker training was built upon the principle that you can achieve a desired behavior in animals by reinforcing that behavior with a positive action.  Operant conditioning is the process of matching a behavior you desire the dog to exhibit with a positive result that is pleasing to the animal.  For example, if a dog sits on command, the dog may be rewarded with a treat.

If you have a clicker, a small device carried by a dog trainer, and click it at the same time a dog is given a treat, the dog will associate getting a treat with the sound of the clicker.  As time goes on, the dog will begin to associate the clicker with positive behavior, even if no clicker is present.

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In most cases, potty training is done with puppies, but there are plenty of dogs that haven’t learned when and where is fine to poop. Even with the popularity that housetraining had in recent years, a lot of people haven’t housetrained their dogs yet. Don’t underestimate the confidence that having a housetrained dog can bring you, especially when you need to leave him alone.

Some of the things you need to do effective potty training are written below. There are steps to be taken, just like with any other type of dog training:

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Dog training helps you to change your dog’s behavior. By training your dog in a proper way, they will listen to your commands such as walk, come, sit, stand and hence your dogs will decrease jumping, barking and biting.

Few dogs are very friendly and easier to train. In case, if your dog is not responding to your dog training program, then you need to follow the below given tips:

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The sit and drop are only two exercises that we teach our dogs in dog obedience training. Walking, stays and recalls are equally important.

Walking

You can teach your pup to walk on a loose lead using two positive reward training methods.

Try this retraining exercise if you have a dog that tries to pull your arm out of its socket. When the lead goes stiff, stop in your tracks. Wait for the lead to go slack, call the dogs name and click and treat as he comes to you. You may find it takes an hour to walk down the garden path to the front gate. The dog will get to understand that a loose lead is more rewarding than a tight lead fairly quickly.

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Indi is now 6 months old and she knows how to sit, stay, shake and lay down. I’ve realized that I should start doing basic obedience training with her but I’m not sure how to go about it. I want to teach her to walk beside me and to pay attention to me while doing so, without constantly focusing on my hand.. she sometimes jumps up. I want to enter into canine freestyle a little later, and am having trouble teaching her new tricks. She just does not pay attention for very long. I know she’s a puppy, she just doesn’t seem interested sometimes.

So, how should I go about basic obedience training? Should I start it with her on a leash? Where would be best to do it?

Dog training mistakes are always human mistakes. Surprised? Don’t be. Many pet owners get frustrated when puppies “have accidents” or grown dogs bark like crazy at the doorbell, while, in fact, these and other problems cannot be faulted on the animal. If people don’t know what they want their dog to do instead, like sitting instead of jumping, going to their bed (when the door opens) instead of bolting out the door, dig in a sandbox instead of the garden, chewing appropriate objects, etc., the dog can’t figure it out either.

Mistake #1: Not Socializing a Dog Properly

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This article covers the theory of clicker training and introducing your dog to this valuable training tool.

The process of clicker training was developed through the training of laboratory rats and then sea mammals using a whistle over 30 years ago. It has recently gained popularity with various trainers due to its effectiveness.

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