Most new dog owners undoubtedly find themselves falling in love with their adorable new puppy dog. We all know how cute puppies are, being woolly, filled full of vitality and love, and irrespective of just how hard you might be it's difficult to look at a puppy playing and not be totally overcome with fondness for your new pet. Never the less, even whilst your puppy is still a baby, training ought to take place, and of course if you would like your puppy to develop into a healthy and well-socialized dog, you will have to learn and understand the puppy training tips that follow.
What you need to understand when training your puppy.
1. You must establish yourself as the alpha dog.
Dogs are pack animals and as such there is always a leader of the pack the one that the other dogs look to for leadership. It is important that you take on this role.
Puppies definitely have to understand from a very early age that they will forever be looking to learn what is right and wrong from you. It is extremely difficult to be firm with your puppy, but not only is a dog that is taught good manners going to be well behaved when it grows up, it is probably going to live longer as well.
It is therefore essential that your puppy undergoes obedience training.
2. Puppies are not born with an understanding of English.
Because no dogs, regardless of what age they may be have the ability to understand all the words of English, it therefore depends on you to teach your dog. Unfortunately in the case of puppies, they have not had the time to grasp what is meant from the tone of your voice or actions. That being the case you must not become annoyed with them if they do not respond as you would like them to. Unfortunately you will find that puppies haven't had enough time to respond to the hints you give from the tone of your voice or actions, so be patient when your little bundle of fur does not respond as you want him to.
3. Start training promptly.
From the first day that you have your puppy you must start training him. Whilst training your puppy ensure that you are aware of the importance of effective obedience training, because you will find that a dog that is well behaved will reward your training efforts and will be a pleasure to be with. As said, you must start teaching manners as soon as your puppy is brought home. Just simply begin with whatever you find acceptable to yourself.
Irrespective of age, all dogs unfortunately have very short memories; for example whilst you are potty training your puppy and he has a mishap when you were distracted, if you just grab him and then push his nose into the poop you will not have taught him that to poop indoors is unacceptable. More likely is the fact that your puppy can no longer remember what it has done to annoy you and the only thing you are doing is to make him afraid of the stench you are pushing his nose into. If you reprimand your puppy inappropriately it is most probable that he will mature into a badly educated and neurotic dog who in the case of the pooping example goes on to either hide it or eat the evidence to avoid you punishing him. So be careful to control your emotions when training.
4. The more you educate your puppy the better.
It has been established through studies of dog behaviour that dogs trained at an early age mature into more intelligent dogs. So the truth is that a puppy that has been well trained when it young is very likely to become a properly trained mature dog, So it is up to you to start training your puppy whilst it's young.
5. Socialization is an important part of training your puppy.
Right away whilst your dog is still young, you need to get your puppy used to meeting others, be them other dogs, members of your family and complete strangers. By correctly socializing your dog many behavioural problems can be averted so it is very important that this aspect of training is started as soon as possible.
Educating your puppy is an ongoing activity that can be a lot of fun, but does require some patience on your part. However the effort is well worth while as you will bond with your dog as well as producing a well socialized and educated dog that you will be pleased to be associated with.
What you need to understand when training your puppy.
1. You must establish yourself as the alpha dog.
Dogs are pack animals and as such there is always a leader of the pack the one that the other dogs look to for leadership. It is important that you take on this role.
Puppies definitely have to understand from a very early age that they will forever be looking to learn what is right and wrong from you. It is extremely difficult to be firm with your puppy, but not only is a dog that is taught good manners going to be well behaved when it grows up, it is probably going to live longer as well.
It is therefore essential that your puppy undergoes obedience training.
2. Puppies are not born with an understanding of English.
Because no dogs, regardless of what age they may be have the ability to understand all the words of English, it therefore depends on you to teach your dog. Unfortunately in the case of puppies, they have not had the time to grasp what is meant from the tone of your voice or actions. That being the case you must not become annoyed with them if they do not respond as you would like them to. Unfortunately you will find that puppies haven't had enough time to respond to the hints you give from the tone of your voice or actions, so be patient when your little bundle of fur does not respond as you want him to.
3. Start training promptly.
From the first day that you have your puppy you must start training him. Whilst training your puppy ensure that you are aware of the importance of effective obedience training, because you will find that a dog that is well behaved will reward your training efforts and will be a pleasure to be with. As said, you must start teaching manners as soon as your puppy is brought home. Just simply begin with whatever you find acceptable to yourself.
Irrespective of age, all dogs unfortunately have very short memories; for example whilst you are potty training your puppy and he has a mishap when you were distracted, if you just grab him and then push his nose into the poop you will not have taught him that to poop indoors is unacceptable. More likely is the fact that your puppy can no longer remember what it has done to annoy you and the only thing you are doing is to make him afraid of the stench you are pushing his nose into. If you reprimand your puppy inappropriately it is most probable that he will mature into a badly educated and neurotic dog who in the case of the pooping example goes on to either hide it or eat the evidence to avoid you punishing him. So be careful to control your emotions when training.
4. The more you educate your puppy the better.
It has been established through studies of dog behaviour that dogs trained at an early age mature into more intelligent dogs. So the truth is that a puppy that has been well trained when it young is very likely to become a properly trained mature dog, So it is up to you to start training your puppy whilst it's young.
5. Socialization is an important part of training your puppy.
Right away whilst your dog is still young, you need to get your puppy used to meeting others, be them other dogs, members of your family and complete strangers. By correctly socializing your dog many behavioural problems can be averted so it is very important that this aspect of training is started as soon as possible.
Educating your puppy is an ongoing activity that can be a lot of fun, but does require some patience on your part. However the effort is well worth while as you will bond with your dog as well as producing a well socialized and educated dog that you will be pleased to be associated with.
Training your puppy can be fun but there is a lot for you as the owner to learn as well if you are going to end up with the dog you will be proud of. To help you train your dog I invite you to check out my Dog Training Academy, where you can learn like so many others, just how to train your dog by following simple steps.
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