Hello fellow dog trainers and people alike. Now, a lot of people have contacted me recently to ask me to cut down my detailed articles on dog training and to just give the main key points that they need to get going with dog behaviour training in a relatively quick period of time. It should still be noted that successful dog behaviour training requires some time and patience at the best of times, but all the same you should find the following definitve list useful, it contains the top 5 tips to any successful dog training that you ideally need for maximum success. Please take some time to read this article and you should find it makes a huge difference to your dog behaviour training success. Here we go:
1. Get your dog’s attention
Before you can start training your dog you first need to get its attention, this may sound like teaching grandma to suck eggs to you but you would be surprised how many people overlook this and just carry on trying to train a dog who isn’t really even paying attention to them in the first place! There are some easy ways to get your dogs attention such as simply talking to him and offering him a small treat in reward for his attention – dogs soon get to know and catch on quickly to this and you will notice this working very quickly.
2. Give praise
Time and time again it is the simplest and most obvious things that people neglect to do when training their dog, and surprisingly one of the most common (and most essential of the lot) is to give your dog praise when he does something right,as this helps to complete his association between your voice pattern and whether he has done good or bad. Whenever your dog obeys you and does something correct, make sure you give him plenty of praise and you will soon notice a change in his behaviour, even over just a short period of time, it’s that effective!
3. Reprimanding
When it comes to successful and effective dog behaviour training, giving a stern reprimand is just as important as offering plenty of praise as both are required to complete your dog’s association between your tone of voice and his behaviour. People come to me all the time with the issue that they just feel too horrible when they tell their dog off and they shy away from it. This is not good as if a dog is not told when he has done something wrong, then he will continue to do it knowing no different. You need to reprimand when needed to make all this work.Now, just to clear something up that is not always understood so well, to reprimand does not mean hitting your dog! This is totally wrong and will not help your dog behaviour training at all. Instead., any time your dog is engaging in bad behavior, use the opportunity to teach him the ‘stop!’ or ‘no!’ command. Using the ‘stay!’ command can also be effective in these situations and is a good example of a reprimand with a positive purpose.
4. Use the right dog behavoiur training tools
There is no good trying to train your dog if you don’t have the necessary tools and supplies to do the job, you wouldn’t really try to train a dog to obey your ‘sit’ commands without taking him out on a lead for a while would you? No, of course you wouldn’t and it’s another key factor in any successful dog behaviour training program. If you have a well behaved dog, then a 6 ft lead and a regular collar will easily suffice and will do the job nicely. However if you have a dog that is slightly more uncontrollable and unpredictable, then you should use a special training collar. You also need to make sure the collar is the right size (an uncomfortable dog is much less likely to play ball!) which you can do by measuring the dogs’ neck and adding about 2 inches, this should give a pretty good estimate of which collar you need to buy for your dog.
5. Do a little dog behaviour training every day
Don’t rush dog training. Trying to fill a dog’s head with too much information will more than likely end up working against you just in the same way a child would trying to learn the entirety of a subject in just one lesson, it doesn’t work. Teach your dog one command at a time and don’t move on until he gets it, keep at it and persistence will pay off.
Well there we go, I have listed the 5 most important and most essential tips you will probably ever learn when it comes to successful dog behaviour training. So please take them on board and make sure they are a firm part of your dog behaviour training program today and you will see dramatic improvement in your dog’s behaviour and how quickly your dog’s behaviour training improves. Please check back soon as I post regular dog training updates and articles that should really make a difference to you and your dog, or you can easily subscribe to my RSS feed at: dog behaviour training RSS feed.
Steven James
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Seamonkey
Anyone have good tips for puppy toilet training, over-excited behaviour?
My dog is a male, and when he gets in the house he tends to get very excited and starts jumping around all over the place and tends to knock things over.
Plus going toilet is a matter too, he doesn’t know which places to not pee.
How can I train him to be calm and to not go toilet where itis unwanted? Help? Please jot down any suggestions, Any at all!
How about keeping your dog indoors for the majority of the day, use a Crate. Let your dog outside from 10am to 4pm instead of in the middle of the night.
Crate him when he sleeps at night, and crate him when no one is home to supervise. Otherwise let him roam the house. Dog’s do not like to soil their "sleeping" place, AKA the crate. So they will hold it in as long as they can. A 6month old can hold their pee for 6hrs max, 7months 7hrs, 8months 8hrs, etc.
Look for signs that your dog needs to use the washroom (excess ground sniffing, twirling in circles etc.) If you catch the dog "in the act" scold him, but don’t scold him if it takes you longer than 5seconds from the "act", or else he will not associate the scolding with what he did wrong.
After you take the dog out of the crate, immediately bring him outside and teach him the cue "Go pee pee!" or w/e. Also bring your dog outside after each meal, each nap, and just as a play session starts. PRAISE your dog when he pee/poops outside. If your dog pooh’s inside, bring the pooh and the dog Outside, and tell him the cue "go pee pee" or w/e. Stop access to water 2hrs before bed and make sure to bring him outside to pee before you go to sleep and lock him in the crate.
Make sure to clean up any spots your dog peed on with proper cleaner (nothing with ammonia, cuz that smells like pee and a dog will just pee on the spot AGIAN.)
Eventually your dog will try to give you a cue when it needs to go outside. Mine sits against the door and whines if it’s an emergency. You could also try to train your dog to ring a bell.
anyways that’s all I can think of. Goodluck, I hope your parents help you with the training and you stop making your dog live outside simply because you don’t know how to potty train.
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crate training works great for house breaking. hes likely gonna whine and have a big ole temper tantram at first but dont give into it and let him out. stand you ground. dogs will not relieve themselves in the same place they sleep unless totally necesarry.
As far as being over active….exercise the heck outta the little guy so hes to tuckered when he gets home to have the sillys. Reward his calm behaviour with praise and yummy treats. Praise is very important in training and laying the basis for a good dog.
Puppies are great but a heck of alot of work. They are like infants. I say now that as much as i would love my 6 year old dane to be a pup again, i love being able to enjoy her now that she is well behaved and im not spending the majority of my time cleaning up after her
have patience and remember…everything is new and they dont know any better until you teach them
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I housebroke my dogs using a crate. He was crated when I couldn’t watch him. A dog usually won’t pee where he sleeps. When you suspect he has to go take him directly outisde. Then after you are sure he is done, give him some time to play around and either take him out again or crate until you can. Always take him out first thing in the morning, last thing at night and after feedings or big drinks and anywhere in between. Crating is not cruel as it becomes a den for the dog. You can give a little treat in there or feed him in there and he will figure it out that it is a nice safe place to go. Never overuse the crate and never use it as a prison. Its a place to keep him safe, and get him in the habit of only going pee outside. After awhile the cleanliness will also extend to your house. He will be so used to going outside that he will "hold" it until he can get out. The younger they are the less time you can crate them, but as they get older you can crate them longer. For awhile your back door will be a revolving door. Remember, at night sleeping dogs systems slow down, so even though the dog can go longer at night, it does not mean he go the same number of hours in daytime while awake. I too have an exciteable dog also. I use a low voice and talk slowly and calmly in the house. I can always say "Go to bed" and he will go to his crate and settle (door open). I move slowly when I know he is excited and say "SLLLOOOOOWWWW" or "EEEEASY" Never yell at an excited dog or use a screechy voice. Also the best way when he can’t seem to calm down is to give him a command, like sit or stay. I found it took longer to housebreak my dog but only a few "accidents" when a puppy and using the crate as a housebreaking tool. Once there is a habit of going in the house it may be hard to break.
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From experience.