Simple Steps To Puppy Obedience Training

The best way to start your puppy with obedience training is to
visit a training school. Not only will puppy become well versed
in the required commands and actions, but you will also learn
what is required from both of you. If you have never obedience
trained a dog before it is unlikely you will instantly and
automatically know what to do. Another advantage of training
school is the social aspect. Meeting other dogs and other people
at an early age can prevent your puppy from becoming frightened
and possibly aggressive in the future.

Once you have attended a few classes, you should continue the
work at home. You may want to continue with dog obedience
training classes for the social aspect but either way it will be
necessary for you to continue with the training when you are at
home otherwise puppy will never learn anything.

Set a time every day to complete the training and work on
several different areas of obedience. By giving this variety to
your puppy you are still teaching him or her some of the
commands and actions but they won’t become bored and let their
attention wander.

As with all forms of dog training it is vital that you use
reprimands and rewards in appropriate quantities. When you are
first starting out, bear in mind that your puppy does not yet
know what is right and what is wrong. They will not know without
you telling them. This essentially means that you aren’t
reprimanding you are informing. You do need to use a reprimand
though, even in the very early stages but the reprimand should
only ever be a vocal one. Do not use a physical reprimand
because this not only scares your puppy but also can lead to
aggressive traits when they grow up.

Teaching your dog some simple tricks is an excellent way to
teach obedience training. Sit down, shake paw and similar tricks
are not only cute and effective as a party piece but they also
show that your puppy is submissive towards you. It certainly
isn’t necessary to teach them extreme submissive tricks such as
the submissive roll. Puppies love to do tricks and they love to
get heaps of praise for doing something well and this is the
most effective way that they will learn anything so make the
most of every single action they do that is correct but try not
to dwell on the mistakes for too long.