Obedient Dog Training Tips

One critical part of being a good dog owner is training your dog to be obedient. A disobedient dog is a danger to the people around it and to the dog itself. Here are some tips to help you start off on the process of training your dog to be more obedient.

Make sure your dog understands that you are the leader of your household “pack”. If your dog sees itself as the leader of your family, it will be much less likely to obey your commands. Training will go much easier and be much more efficient if you clearly set your position as the leader. Having your dog recognize you as the leader generally goes along with the rest of the training exercises. Give your dog clear commands in a powerful voice, and don’t be afraid to let your dog know when it has done wrong. This way, your dog will quickly understand that you are in charge.

Make use of positive reinforcement techniques in training. This means you should reassure your dog of its good behavior every time they follow, begin to follow, or try to follow a new command that you’re teaching. Positive reinforcement will help your dog look forward to training sessions, instead of fearing them. This will also build a better relationship between you and your dog, as your dog will trust you to tell it when it has done well.

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Do not ignore any behaviors of your dog during training, whether positive or negative. Reward your dog with praises when it follows a command, no matter how small the action may be, and sharply reprimand your dog whenever it fails to follow a command. Allowing your dog to ignore your commands gives your dog the impression that it can do what it wants. Pay attention to everything your dog does, so that you as the owner can act appropriately. You will see faster and better results to training this way.

Do not anticipate your dog doing wrong. Only give reprimands if your dog actually performs an undesirable action. For example, if you’re trying to train your dog to stay off the sofa, don’t reprimand your dog for looking at the sofa. Wait until the dog actually jumps before you step in. Your dog is not good at connecting cause and effect unless the two events are immediately connected. If they haven’t done anything wrong yet, they won’t connect the reprimand with the behavior, they’ll just connect it with you.

Use repetition in training. Don’t expect your dog to pick up a new command or behavior the first time you teach it, or even the tenth time. Dogs are very much like small children. They only learn new things with time. You will have to tell your dog over and over again how to perform a certain behavior if you want it to stick. You need to make use of repetition during a single training session and between multiple training sessions. Remind your dog each time of the previous behaviors and commands that you’ve taught, before you move on to new commands.

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An obedient dog is the key to a happy dog and a happy family. Training your dog is a great way to build a bond between you and your pet, while also keeping your dog safe. These tips should be enough to get you started.

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For the well-trained dog that simply needs a  large dog harness for walking, style might be your main consideration and there is a multitude of designer and fancy harnesses to choose from.

Most large dog harnesses are constructed from leather or nylon, with each material having advantages and disadvantages. Leather gives you that elegant look but does not fare well in consistently wet Conditions. Nylon would be the better choice there.

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Some other options to consider are: padding, spikes, buckles, Velcro, front leash rings, or top of the shoulder leash rings. Using a harness for walking large, active dogs may seem difficult but many modern harnesses feature basic but clever techniques like the front-attachment rings. When a dog lunges, it causes a slight tightening or pressure across the chest and behind the legs. These gentle but odd feelings cease when the dog stops pulling or lunging.

Combined with positive reinforcement, most dogs quickly associate pulling with unpleasant sensations. If your goal is to train a strong dog that pulls and lunges on a leash, look for a no pull dog harness with a martingale-type closure that tightens in response to pulling and loosens up when the dog stops and the leash relaxes.

If your dog likes to swim, or you live in a rainy, humid climate, you’ll want a long-lasting nylon harness. For a well-behaved dog that doesn’t get wet very often, leather is an elegant, long-lasting choice.

A reflective harness and leash set should be considered if you and your dog walk at night. Whatever the choice, harness training, like all training, requires consistency and patience. Most owners who try harness training experience satisfactory results.

When shopping for a large dog harness, be sure to consider ALL the features you may require. Remember, just by choosing a harness, you’re already taking a positive step in protecting your dog’s health and well being.

Check out this video. A Different style of “dog scootering”

Where there is snow, dog lovers hitch their dogs to sleds and let their dogs run.

Where there is NO snow, dog lovers hitch their dogs to scooters and let their dogs run!

After work, they will hitch their dogs to the scooter and trot down the sidewalk, to the park, along the bike trail, across the soccer fields and dash back home. On weekends they load up the car and head for the trails in the countryside. Scooting along with an eager, running dog is a blast!

Here is a site all about Dog Scootering:

http://www.dogscooter.com/

Dog Pulling is akin to a tractor pull. Dogs compete to see who can pull the most weight 16 feet. They pull a wheeled cart on an earthen surface, or a sled on snow. The handler has no contact with the dog during the pull, so it is up to the dogs willingness to pull. Safety of the dog is of paramount concern. Since IWPA‘s organization in 1984, no dogs have been hurt in competition.

IWPA was organized in November 1984 when a group of dog pulling enthusiasts saw a need for an organization to promote this specialized sport. Our season for sanctioned pulls runs from September through March. We currently sanction around one hundred pulls a season throughout the contiguous United States and Canada. Membership currently runs around 250 to 300 with around 400 to 600 dogs in competition. We are open to all dogs, mixed breed or purebred.

The objective of a competition is to see which dogs (within their weight class) can pull the most weight 16 feet within one minute. A tie is broken by the dog that pulled in the least amount of time on the preceding weight. Dogs compete within their own weight class, of which there are eight: 0-20#, 21-40#, 41-60#, 61-80#, 81-100#, 101-125# , 126-150#, 151#and over.

Member dogs earn points based on their completion position and the number of dogs they beat. Their five best pulls are used in the total points for the season. They compete only within their weight class, and only within their region. Snow and wheeled competition are kept separate. At the end of the season, there is a pull-off and all first, second and third place dogs are invited.

We also have three levels of “Working Dog” certificates that a dog can earn for pulling certain percentages of their weight.

We have eleven regions across the country, some with no activity (1 and 8 last year). We have yet to see any involvement outside of North America. A region can cover a large area.

For more information go to:

http://www.iwpa.net/About_Us.html