Getting Dogs to Sleep In Dog Beds

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     Getting dogs to try dog beds can be simple or quite a job. Depending on when you start teaching dogs to use dog beds you could discover it to be a simple thing to do or one that might have you considering sleeping in a dog bed yourself.

A lot of dog owners pick dog beds the moment they get a dog. If you start training your dog to sleep on a dog bed from their initial night at home you may realize that it's a good deal simpler than teaching a dog that was sleeping in a different place.

A new dog ought to be shown to his bed at night. You can call the dog over to the bed and persuade him to lie down. If they get off the bed to go to sleep in another place bring them back to the bed. You might need to keep doing this until they fall asleep. Normally they抣l get into the routine of slumbering on dog beds after one or two evenings.

Getting Dogs off Your Bed and onto Dog Beds

Dogs familiar with sleeping in human beds might be a little more difficult to teach to snooze on dog beds. They have been taught that it抯 acceptable to snooze in a human bed and might not grasp why suddenly they are supposed to be slumbering on another bed.

You have to be particular how you train dogs to snooze on dog beds. If the reason that you want the dog to slumber on a dog bed is that you are no longer single, you want to ensure that that the dog doesn't start to resent the other person. You must make dog beds seem to be a reward and not a punishment.

You could begin by giving the dog a cookie whenever they lie on the dog bed. Even if it is not to sleep, whenever the dog goes onto the dog bed you ought to reward him or her with a cookie and positive words.

Slowly you need to start getting the dog to slumber on the dog bed. Dog beds may be positioned near your bed so they feel close to you. You can move the dog beds later if you don抰 want them right next to your bed for some reason.

Encourage the dog to lie on the dog bed and reward him with a dog snack. Pet them and rub their bellies or anything else they love. They will start to equate the dog bed with rewards. You will have to be firm anytime the dog wants to leave the dog bed and on your bed.

If they leave the dog bed and walk toward your bed tell them 揘o?in a harsh voice and point them back to their bed. Don抰 offer them a cookie but give them encouraging words of encouragement. If you give them a cookie when they get off your bed and go on the other bed they might equate your bed with the dog snack.

It might take a couple nights or even a couple weeks before your dog is trained to snooze on dog beds. Once they get accustomed to dog beds you should never encourage them to get back onto your bed or you might mix up your dog.

Go ahead and buy dog beds cozy and large enough for your dogs and begin to coach them how to snooze on their bed.