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I cannot emphasize more the magnitude of obedience training for your dog. Besides it is very substantial to the well being of your dog and your own delight in having a dog.
Dog owners would undeniably enjoy more sharing a house, a car or even spending the moment together walking your dog in the public, when your dog can be told to eliminate outside (house training), to come, to sit or to stay easily at your command.
Obedience Training also evidence of a very clear sign of responsible ownership, it is so generally known that if your dog can display these basic obedience commands as well as walking on leash with ease and some other simple task, your dog can receive the American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizen Certification.
This Certification is a confirmation that your dog is sociable, well behaved and not dangerous to community. In some state this CGC Certification is a benchmark of your dog behavior and responsible dog ownership.
Dog owners especially those who are new normally faces challenges in training their dog, it is because they do not recognize that dogs think and act different from us. They failed to make much development in dog training because they failed to realize that dog communicate differently from us.
The major mistake made by new dog owners is having too many command and inconsistency in their training module. Remember that consistency is very important, do not say 2 words for the same of action that you want your dog to obey.
Here below are some commonly used basic dog obedience commands that you should start with prior going to other more more difficult command, that will help you as dog owner to feel comfortable bringing your dog for a walk in the park or in public places.
Come: this command is used to calling back your dog
Sit: this command tell your dog to be in sitting position.
Stay: the dog must keep still in any position whether it is sitting, down or in that location where the command is given until released by you
Down: this command tells the dog to go down with its front feet and rear legs are touching the ground.
Here are some tips how you can really improve the effectiveness and the speed of your dog learning:
1. Always use the same command words and in the same tone or speed of speaking
2. Have patience, your dog will fail you.
3. The dog has single track mind, teach one thing at a time, do not try to teach too many command in one single training session
4. When your dog did anything right or wrong, your rewards and punishment should come almost immediately. Do not punish or reward after a long delay from the act itself because your dog will not be able to connect the two.
5. Increase bonding with your dog by taking him out for an exercise or play with him. All training session should be based on this bond.
6. Prior training your dog, you should get reputable dog training manual and go through it thoroughly before starting your dog training session. It is harder to ask your dog to unlearn wrong things than learning new things
7. Never call your dog to come to you to punish, you will give them wrong understanding that the word come means punishment.
8. Never allow other people to give any command to your dog especially when you are training him.
9. Never train your dog when you are not in the mood or when you are not feeling well.
10. Never get violence with your dog.
Obedience Training is a clear indication of responsible dog ownership. Every responsible dog owner should strive to train his/her dog to at least acquire these basic obedience skills.
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