Puppy training is very important, whether you are training your first puppy or your 20th.
Properly training and socializing a puppy is vital to making it a valued member of your family and your community.
In some ways training a puppy is easier than training an adult or adolescent dog.
One reason is that [...]
House training is one of those issues that every dog owner must grapple with.
In most cases house training is the first major milestone in the relationship between owner and dog, and it can sometimes be difficult and confusing for owner and dog alike.
The best house training procedures are those that use the dog’s [...]
House training your dog properly is one of the most important aspects of dog ownership.
More dogs are surrendered to animal shelters for elimination problems than for any other reason, so proper house training can literally be a lifesaver.
The most popular ways to house break dogs, and the ones that are the most effective, are [...]
Dogs by nature are predatory animals, and all predatory animals share the motivation to chase fleeing objects.
While this may be a natural instinct, it is not appropriate when those fleeing objects are joggers, bicyclists or the mailman.
Training the dog not to chase people and bicycles is an important thing to do, and it [...]
Biting is one of those things that every puppy seems to do, and every puppy must be taught not to do.
Like many behaviors, such as jumping up on people, biting and nipping can seem cute when the puppy is small, but much less so as he gets older, larger and stronger.
Left to their [...]
House training a puppy is very important for the well being of both the puppy and the owner.
The number one reason that dogs are surrender to animal shelters is problems with inappropriate elimination, so it is easy to see why proper house training is such an important consideration.
It is important to establish proper [...]
There are many reasons for teaching proper dog behavior, and teaching such behavior has many benefits for both the human and canine partners.
Dog behavior training is vital to such life and death issues as preventing aggression, controlling dog on dog aggression problems and teaching dogs to interact properly with both their handlers and [...]
Learning to walk on a collar and leash is the basis of all further training for every puppy.
Until the puppy has learned to accept the collar and leash, it will be impossible to perform any additional training.
The first step toward getting the puppy to accept the collar and leash is to find a [...]
Rewards just may be the single most important motivator in dog training.
Obedience training through the use of rewards and other positive reinforcements has long been recognized as the most effective method of reaching most dogs and getting the best possible results.
Making obedience training fun, and even making it a bit of a game, [...]
Reward training is often seen as the most modern method of training a dog, but reward training is probably much older than other methods of dog training.
It is possible that reward training for dogs has been around as long as there have been dogs to train.
Early humans probably used some informal [...]
