Train Your Dog - Use A Sled

By his eight week, the puppy should be able to know and understand what it means to use the sled and why they should be pulling something. Training collars or harness are being recommended by trainers that the dogs use when they are about ten weeks. You do not have to put the harness for the whole day. You can put it twice a day and for just a short period of time. The purpose here is for him to get used to wearing them. This is important since this is the initial step prior teaching him the 'line out' voice command.

The next stage of sled training is when the dog is four months old. By this time, you should try and putting some light weight load to the sled and let the dog get used to it too. Let this be one of his routine activity. Let him pull that load for a while, a couple of times a day in short interval of time.

When doing this, make sure that the object is stationary and not moving or bouncing around. There is a possibility that the puppy might get scared. It is important that you do not rush him. Just keep in mind that these is essential and the puppy must get used to it and must get comfortable with pulling in a taut line.

You might think that most of these training are for obedience only but you are wrong. There are plenty more training you need to do in order for your dog to do pull that sled perfectly. Asking help from a professional musher is a great idea.

Training a dog is not an easy task in the beginning we must find it hard to practice them regularly so that they can easily interpret our signs. We can make this method simple by rewarding them with prizes or treats for their correct interpretations and correcting them if they are wrong. It is not advisable to scold them or beat them in the initial stage of training.

We can train them by using commands like sit down, stay, close, come, go, shake hands, etc. The training process will take some time depending on the breed of the dog and the way how they understand our commands. So in training it is must that we should be patient enough to make our dogs the best in obeying our orders. Rectification of their mistakes must be handled softly because violent actions might make our dogs much aggressive or fearful and also can change their natural behavior.

The dogs must be trained in such a way they are kept hygienic by training them with proper food habits. If our dogs are trained well in table manners then we are most fortunate in this regard. It is also better to take our dogs for regular walks which enable them to socialize with the public and other dogs.

For the betterment of our dogs we can also prefer some professional training courses which are much effective compared to our own trainings. These training programmed are organized by some pet stores, kennels, and some skilled trainers. So we must be cautious to train our dogs properly to make them easily socialize with our family members and others in the society and also to serve us in the most excellent manner.