How To Train A Dog

If you’re new to dog training or this is just the first dog you’ve tried to train on your own, it can be very difficult. It can be very frustrating trying to figure it all out for yourself. Luckily, there are really only a few guiding principles you need to learn in order to get a hang of everything else that the training process entails…

Consistency, Consistency

You absolutely need to be consistent in training your dog. You can’t do one thing one day and another thing the next. If you whack your dog on the nose when they steal your food from the table, you must always whack them on the nose for stealing people food. If you pet them for catching a frisbee, you must always pet them for catching a frisbee. They learn to respond to certain situations this way.

Reinforcement, Positive and Negative

Don’t just punish your dog for being bad, reward them for being good. You need to include both in your training regiment in order to raise a dog who is well disciplined, loving, and who knows that they are loved. If you’re inconsistent or if you use an unbalanced training program where it’s all punishment or all reward, you wind up with one of those dogs that we like to call “a spaz”.

Love Your Dog

Don’t just devote all your time with them to training. If you’re only a disciplinarian, they might listen, but they’ll only be listening out of fear. If you take care of your dog, if you give them good food, play with them, scratch and pet them just for fun and to show affection, they’ll obey out of love, out of a want to make you happy, not merely out of being conditioned to listen.

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