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Best Tips on How to Start Training Your Dog

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Best Tips on How to Start Training Your Dog






     When a person gets a dog for the first time, one of the main questions they may find themselves asking is how to start training your dog? This can be a very important question, because without the proper training a new dog can quickly become a problem to its owners and the family in which it has become a member.

There are countless books, videos and other instructional aides that can help a new pet owner in learning to teach their dog to behave properly. In most cases, the first and primary issue that needs to be addressed with a new pet is who is the boss or pack leader. In most cases, if this is not established early on there will be countless problems between the dog and the family.

A dog is a pack animal and even though they are domesticated, they still have certain instincts and one of their primary ones revolves around the hierarchy of the pack. In order to have a dog that listens to you, it must view you as the pack leader or person in charge.

One of the most basic ways to do this is through the way the animal is fed. The feeding routine that is established with a new pet can be a vital way to establish the hierarchy within the family. The pet must come to see that he or she is only fed when the leader decides so.

In many instances, just making the dog maintain distance while you prepare the food and then set it down can be a good way to establish the ground rules. By not allowing the animal to just run up and get the food, but rather making them wait until they are told to eat can be a good way to let them know who is in charge, and who is not.

Animals have to work for their food in the wild, but in today's world, pets do not have to do anything to get their food. This can change the dynamics for a pet, and in many instances can cause them stress. By establishing routines such as making them sit and wait for their food, they are in affect working again and this can be of great help in many cases.

It can also be quite beneficial to incorporate the same commands in other activities as well. Consistency is very important and the owner of the pet and others in the family should all use the same commands when dealing with their animal. In addition, they should all try to follow the same routines when giving the pet a treat or taking them out for a walk. Making them sit and wait can be an ideal way to start getting them to understand the rules of the home.

There are many answers to the question of how to start training your dog, but the most important answers are the ones that the owner of the animals comes up with themselves. While there are many ways to train your dog, the only way that matters is what you are able to follow through with it.