Free Online Dog Training Tips

By Juana Cruz

Dog training could be a difficult and long-term task, but in the end, the rewards are huge and worth your time and patience. There are options to house training dogs: either you train your dog on your own or you send your dog to a dog training and obedience school where he will be taught by an expert. If you train your dog by yourself then you can do so by using free online dog training tips or from books and magazines, or buying a worthy manual that teaches the subject.

Knowing deeply a dog's intrinsic behavior, how dogs interact with each other, and how dogs evolved are keys to training him successfully and making him become a more well-behaved pet. By studying how they interact and why they behave in a specific way, not only will you train him to become a more well-behaved pet but also you will be knowing him much better.

Dogs probably descended from orphaned wolf pups adopted by early humans. After some time they probably learned particular behaviors from humans, like guarding the cave or scaring off predators. As an exchange for performing these learned behaviors, humans gave these dogs food and shelter.

At present, this kind of relationship still exists, with dogs shielding people, property and livestock for their human masters.

If you will train your dog on your own, it is important to bear in mind always that dogs are naturally pack animals. When dogs are living in packs, hierarchical orders are built, which do not change unless the alpha dog is injured or dies. All the other dogs are aware of their place and learn to take orders from the alpha dog, which acts as the leader of the pack.

The alpha dog, being the leader, is the head of the group and leads the pack in tough survival issues like finding food and avoiding larger predators. For a dog training program to be a success, you should stand as the alpha dog your dog should follow all the time. For you to successfully be the alpha dog in your master-pet relationship, you should deserve his respect, and when you do, he will look up to you, which then is very essential in the next period of the dog training program.

It is obvious why dog owners want to train their dog successfully. For one, a very obedient dog is a joy to have, brings the family members at ease, specially with breeds of dog considered to be dangerous, such as Dobermans, rottweilers and pit bulls.

To train your dog become more obedient, you should go to the underlying causes why your dog behaves that way. For example, one of the reasons why a dog chews is separation anxiety.

If your dog suffers from this certain behavior, addressing that cause itself is the way to make him behave more properly. You should not also assume human behavior and dog behavior are the same. Dogs and humans react and behave differently to the same situations.

But there is one characteristic which humans and dogs have in common, and that is their need to establish bonds and socialize with their groups. This need has been an innate need for a purpose, and will continue to be there for our benefit over time.

If you want to teach your dog become more obedient, more disciplined and more well-trained, I recommend "SitStayFetch" by Daniel Stevens. It's a complete dog training and obedience manual that answers every issue dog owners, regardless of experience, face. Check out my review of that ebook at my Dog Training And Obedience Squidoo page.