Step by Step Guide For Training Golden Retrievers

     Golden retriever is an excellent dog breed, especially for the family. It is very smart, gentle, and friendly. It is not hard to train these dogs. It is why many people use them as guide dogs and service dogs. Training golden retrievers will make them perfect companions for you instead of destructive dogs with bad behavior.

Training a golden could be very easy. It is very eager to please, playful, and smart. The downside is, it picks up new habits very quickly, including the bad ones. You should begin the training as early as possible after it arrives at your house.

You have to learn some basic characteristic of a golden before you train it. A golden is naturally very intelligent, affectionate, sensitive, active, gentle, and eager to please. They learn very fast, therefore you need to establish good habits early on before they develop bad habits. Taking long walks with your retriever can be one of the great bonding moments with your dog but some owners find this quite challenging.

Understanding the golden retriever psychology is imperative before you start training it. Your dog is very sensitive and friendly. The best way to reinforce their behavior is through positive reinforcements such as encouragement, love, rewards, and praises. Dog treats are suitable motivation for it. Do not use negative reinforcement methods such as physical punishments, intimidation, or harsh words.

Aside from failing to teach it properly, you also hurt your relationship with it if you employ a harsh method. All you need to teach a golden is a little bit of patience, discipline, praises, and treats as rewards. This method makes your training very effective.

You should always be consistent in training the dog. If you do not want it to beg for food under the table, you should never slip scraps of food for it. If you do not want it to soil the house, you should take it out for potty walk regularly.

There are some basic things you should teach your dog. First of all, you should train it to allow everyone in your house to take away its food and toys at will. To do this, let everyone in the household try to take away its toys and food while it is eating or playing. If it starts to growl, firmly say no. Gently pry open its jaws to release its hold from its thing. Never get involved in a tug of war with it as it might see it as a game.

The dog and trainer should enjoy their training sessions. Training a golden retriever is engaging and fun. If both of you enjoy your training sessions, the dog will be more focused to listen to your instruction and learn more from you.

Training golden retrievers is very important because you need to establish firmly the pack order. The dog should never feel it has higher pack order than anyone in the household. This training is also useful in case you see it bites or eats something dangerous that you need to take away from it immediately.