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Pet Training Can Be Very Helpful

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Pet Training Can Be Very Helpful






     When you have any kind of pet, it is important to teach them the rules. They need to gain your trust also. Pet training is not about teaching them how to be a show animal or for teaching them tricks. It is nice to be able to do these things but there is other training that must be done first.

Everybody has visited a family that has a dog that keeps jumping on you and just will not leave you alone. That dog has not had the proper training. It is important that when you have a pet that guests that you have over feel welcome in your home too. You do not need to control every move that they make but they do need rules. They should have boundaries also.

The first thing you need to do when you are going to train an animal is make sure that it knows its name. If the animal does not know that you are talking to them, they will not respond. You have to be able to communicate with them. This should be taught before anything else.

If the animal is not house broken, this is very important if it is going to be living in the house with you. They need to know where they should go to the bathroom. They also should stay out of the garbage. You also do not want them getting food off of the counters.

It is important that you do not let them get away with it if it is something that you do not want them to do. Training has to be consistent. You cannot let them get away with it one time and scold them the next time. This confuses the animal.

It is important that you use the same command every time also. If you change it, they will not know what you want them to do. Some people say that animals understand what people are saying. This is true to an extent. They have learned what certain words are associated with. Eat is associated with them getting fed. Outside is associated with them going out. Bye bye is associated with them getting a ride in the car. Without knowing it, you have taught your pet these things.

A lot of people say that an older dog has already set its ways. They do not try to train them. Any animal can be taught what you expect of them. Some are just harder to teach than others. They seem to learn what they can get away with faster than they learn to stop doing it.

By teaching your dog, horse or any other animal that you have, you are making the bond stronger between you and the animal. Pet training takes a lot of patience. Some will pick things up right away while others will need to be shown over and over. There are devices that can assist you when you are training your animals also. There are also places that you can take them to be trained if you are unsuccessful.