Train Your Dog - Professional Dog Training a Must?

By Rikard Ingvarsson

Of course we all want to have trained dogs as nobody likes to make an effort on these things nowadays, specially because of the ever busy life that we all are leading. A lot of problems are usually discussed in many a book about dog training and some people also adopt the option of taking their dogs to a professional for training. The point of this article is to give you a valid answer of the often asked question, is professional training a must?

Now to me, professional training is not absolutely necessary because if you start training the dog from a very early age, like four to six months, chances are you won't need the help of a professional trainer to do that for you. The right age and the maturity level of your dog to be trained can be determined only by you and nobody else.

Never take him to a group class until he is six months or older. He won't be able to mingle if he's younger than that and might come home feeling under confident and shy. A very good reason that these socializing classes are all the rage is that dogs of different breeds can get to socialize over ere which is very important for a dog's mental personality development. You can find many such groups at a lot of places but please check out if the professional trainer yells or not, before you take your dog there along with you. Yelling or shouting can actually destroy the dog's self-esteem; making him unable to learn anything else afterwards.

There are some breeds which do require professional training like Labradors. Not each and every dog requires it. It is possible to find a trainer who has agreed to come to your place to impart training. Dogs tend to learn more in their own environment. In this way, the fear that the dog might forget everything the moment he steps in the house also vanishes in thin air.

A veterinarian or breeder can give you the names of the best possible professional trainers who can come to your place to get the dog trained. Your family relatives or friends can also play a great role in all this. Always meet the trainer before giving a huge amount of money.

Training your dog will take an awful lot of time and energy; not to mention immense self-control and motivation to achieve it, no matter how much the stress is. Your dog's intelligence, temperament, and age will have an impact on the duration of the training. Also, if he belongs to the rough breed, he will take a longer time to unlearn the habit effectively so the process might go slower in that case. It is not only important to teach him the right manners; it is also to let him know who is boss. Never let him come back to his filthy ways once he gets rid of them as dogs can remember even the little of all things.

Save yourself a lot of time as a dog owner and train your dog to be obedient. It gets so much easier for both you and your dog when you have trained your dogs obedience. Click here to learn more about training your dog.