Train Your Pup Early

By Davidton George

If you wish to have a very well-trained dog, better start dog training early while your pet is still a puppy. As your pet grows older, the more he or she will exhibit mastery of your command since training started early. Your dog will instantly be accepted as member of your family if he learns to obey quickly and properly.

Since you are training your dog early, you are beginning on a clean slate, unlike when you train an older dog for he can troublingly respond in a disturbing manner. However, given you are training a puppy, you are up for more challenges in making your pet obey you.

Puppies' attention is very short so they are more distracted than the adult dogs. Just like a little child, they too are stubborn and you should stretch that patience a very long way for your pup to learn a new trick. Keep the training short so you do not exhaust your puppy as well as yourself. When you end the training, give your puppy a pat as a way of conveying you are pleased with his performance.

Do not browbeat your puppy into training. Give him time to play around and interact with other dogs. Your little dog also needs to socialize to make him familiar with people and other dogs so he will not display aggression.

Do not confine your puppy in just one place if you want him to be really well-trained. Walk your puppy to new places. Your dog will be more reactive when exposed to different environmental settings even under several distractions. One tip is to bring your puppy to a pet store where there are other dogs around.

If you find your puppy adorable when he jumps on you, think again. Once it has grown, the behavior can really be dangerous to people who do not know your dog and vice versa. As your puppy grows, do not encourage the jumping behavior by giving him reward. Instead, reward your dog for sitting and just wagging his tail whenever a member of the family arrives.

The reward system actually works for the different types of behavior that you want your dog to perform. You can do the reward trick when potty training your puppy. When doing this, introduce your dog in a surface that he can habituate. As time goes, your puppy will look for the same familiar place and spare you all the trouble of looking after his dirt.

Training a puppy or dog can be fun, as long as you have some idea of what you are doing! For tips and advice, visit How to Train a Puppy