Dog Training

TRAINING A DOG IS A MUST FOR SOME

Are you a first time puppy owner or do you have questions about your new puppy?

Puppy training, how is it different than training an adolescent or adult dog? Puppy training in many ways is easier than training an adult dog or training a hunting dog, in that puppies have just not yet had a chance to learn how to respond to their environments. This means you get to teach your puppy how to behave properly right from the beginning. It is sometimes easier to do things right or according to the systems (house) rules if the individual does not already have a history of behaving in a certain way. A good example is the act of the puppy jumping up to greet people. If you can structure the environment in such a way that the puppy is never rewarded for jumping and make sure the puppy is consistently rewarded for sitting instead, you will have an adult dog that doesn’t jump when greeting people. In fact an adult dog with this type of history will impress your friends by sitting when it greets guests.

There are other great instances of this principal, such as getting your new puppy accustomed to going potty on a particular kind of surface. An example may be teaching your pup to potty on gravel and it will be less likely to go on surfaces unlike gravel. It can be almost impossible to recondition them to potty in a more hygienically appropriate area of the yard.

A good deal of this resistance to change can be explained by the phenomena of imprinting. There are certain times when a puppy’s brain is developing in a way that enables life experiences and successful behavior to become permanently wired connections. By training at this age you are actually building your puppy’s brain and its future behavior. Remember, the puppy has a very short memory!

During puppy training you need to remember, puppies don’t have the endurance of an adolescent or adult dog. Puppies can be very active for short amounts of time and then they need to rest and sleep. Some believe this rest helps the puppy build those important brain connections, as well as the muscle and bones of a developing body.

When puppy training we must respect, understand, and use the rules Mother Nature has imposed upon the system we experience as a developing individual. In order to be most effective, all dog training should start from when the dog is a puppy. Also, a dog should be fully trained before being taken out to do his task.

While all dogs should undergo the most basic of training in order to become properly toilet trained and well-behaved, many dogs find roles as service dogs, where they must perform tasks for which they are better equipped to perform on a repetitive basis, than we humans. For these tasks they must be trained, usually with a handler, who often becomes a companion for life. These tasks include a tireless pulling ability (sled dogs), Sharp eyesight (seeing eye dogs), uncanny hearing ability (assisting the deaf), extreme smelling ability (police and military work and drug work), and, in some breeds, speed and stamina that is able to be put to use.

When a dog is trained right the experience of will be enjoyed by the owner as well as, the dog. For further articles, please go to this resource.

Training a hunting dog is a part of the sport of hunting. Properly training your hunting dog is a part of having an enjoyable hunting experience.

Training a hunting dog takes time and effort from the person training the hunting dog and from the dog as well.

The hardest part about training a hunting dog, is that the dog is likely to be called upon to do two tasks: 1. The dog is called upon to be a family pet and 2. The dog is called upon to accomplish the task for which he was trained.

The dog should be trained using basic obedience commands first, such as sit, and stay and stop. The dog should be trained to respect the owner first and foremost. This is accomplished through kindness and gentleness and firm discipline. By using these commands when training a hunting dog, it will help in your dog looking for the game you’re hunting for rather than you having to end up looking for your hunting dog.

If a dog is trained well it will always keep it’s eyes on you for the next command. Dogs should be taught to focus on the commands that their owner is giving them. A dog that is not trained well will go off on his own. Part of a hunting dog’s training is that it must be gun trained. If it is not, the sound of the gun can freak out the dog.

A hunting dog should be taught to hunt from scent rather than being trained to hunt by their eye sight to hunt for game, because the dog may not always be able to see the game. They can always be taught to smell for the game, however.

During the off-hours, make sure the dog gets plenty of exercise and that he or she is not overfed.