From the past period of time until nowadays, dog is a species that has the instinct to protect its owners from harm. Nevertheless, a dog needs to be trained in right ways in order that he may be fast and flexible enough to help you escape from dangerous situations. One special thing is that you can train your dog to become guard dogs while he is still a puppy or an adult dog. With today's advanced technology, methods for training a dog are much found on the Internet, yet you can easily choose the suitable ones for your dog without spending too much time and money. The followings can partially support you in this work.
Firstly, Utilize Proper Commands
During the process of training your dog, you should tend to choose proper commands to use. Underestimate the importance of commands is a serious mistake in training the dog. Once you expect your dog to defend you against dangers, you must clearly teach him which kinds of command are supposed to imply the rescue. For instance, shout out the word "Attack" to give your dog an order to attack. With this command, he will understand that his master is under threat of enemies, and in need of his help. You need to point at the things you would like him to attack along with saying "Attack" loudly many times in order to form good reflexes for him. It's noteworthy that if your dog is trained to attack, it must be also trained to stop attacking. In this case, let's utilize the order "Stop Attack".
Secondly, Encourage Socializing
While training your dog, you should not forget that he needs to be introduced to people as well as let him interact with them. He will become a good guard dog if you create favorable conditions for him to be friendly to everyone and realize what he should do to protect his master. It's absolutely certain that such lesion is useful for him to understand and differentiate between wrong and right, people who are safe and the unsafe ones. Frequently use a leash whilst taking the dog for a walk, and pull it away from things of threat; this helps him know that he must be careful and try to keep himself as well as his master away from such dangerous things.
Thirdly, Teach Night Guarding
Don't skip the step of teaching your dog how to keep and check your house every night. Let him practice this exercise until he can understand and realize that checking the house at nightfall is an automatic reflex. However, make sure that the dog will return indoors as soon as the task of checking everything around the house is finished. In the case he does not turn back, you need support of the command "Come".
Fourthly, Reward for Good Behavior
Remember to give your dog rewards like a hug, pat or simply praise "Good Dog" because this is the excellent way to let him understand that you is pleased with his behavior. Besides, punishment also needs to be used for your dog when it does wrong.
