The dog has been man’s companion through ages. To have a good relationship with your own dog, one must start while the dog is still young for him to remember the training until he grows old. A puppy can easily train because of its innocence to the world. However, training a puppy requires commitment, patience and consistency on the owner’s part.
Know Your Dog
Dogs are intelligent; they can have the capability to understand what their pack leader is feeling. Moreover, when your dog learns to respect you and becomes at ease with you, most of the training will be easier for him. For starters, get to know your dog, look how he reacts, his facial expressions and posture. A dog’s mood is very important to consider because it is an indicator if he wants to play or shows irritation. A happy friendly dog wags his tail, with eyes open wide because of excitement, perked up ears and mouth open as if he is making a joyful smile. If a dog is showing hostility, he will have his mouth open showing his teeth, crouch position as if ready to attack, and his coat sticking out. These things enable you to understand the emotions of your dog towards you and other people.
Befriending the Man’s Best Friend
You can train your dog with firmness at the same time making friends with him. To do this, one example is make your dog watch you eat then feed him after you are done. If he tries to beg food from you, growl at him for him to go away. Make him realize that interrupting his pack leader’s meal is not an appropriate behavior. Show your dog you are the boss not him by nudging him to move out of your way not by stepping over him or around him. Teaching your dog to be obedient is to encourage him to lick the back of your hand and show him you’re the leader. Rubbing his belly will make him think your playing with him can also be a way of making your dog submissive. Do not attempt to call your dog by their nicknames because dogs are easily confused. Try to be consistent with your training methods like for example, if your dog always goes out the back door, don’t change and let him go out of the front door.
As the training goes by, he will obey you and will trust you like a friend. This is the time for you to start with the tricks and commands you like him to learn. Always walk him out and play with him so that he won’t get bored. Dogs get restless when they are stuck inside the house that sometimes leads to hyperthyroidism, although not common.
Simple Commands
In teaching your dog tricks, make sure to always give him rewards when they do well. By saying “Sit” firmly at him and nudging him down can be a start of teaching him simple commands. Say “Shake” by putting his paw in your hand to make him understand the trick and by doing this frequently, he will do it on his own. To teach him to do the command “Down”, hold his leash not to tight downward to make him lie down. Do this often for him to master the trick.
It is a challenging task to train dogs but with determination, all the hard work will pay off once you have succeeded in making friends with this lovable animal.
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