Dog Training | Dog Training – Make Your Dog Listen To You
How many times have you seen dog owners shouting at their dog while the dog blatantly ignores them? Often I presume!
However, if you consider what normally happens in situations like this it is quite easy to understand why. An owner starts shouting at their dog to come to them. The dog ignores them and the owner starts shouting louder and louder and more angrily (often not the same command). The dog continues to ignore them. Then the dog owner walks after the dog at which point the dog starts sulking towards the owner in full appreciation that its owner is annoyed. Upon reaching each other the dog is treated roughly (e.g. a rough pull of the collar or even a smack).
You can see two problems here. One, the dog starts associating whatever come command you are using with a form of punishment. Hardly surprising the dog does not want to come to you. Secondly, the owner has often used several commands, which mean absolutely nothing to a dog. In case you forget a dog can’t speak your language!
Long term the relationship between dog and owner is one of fear rather than respect.
Generally a dog will disobey for two reasons (I use the word disobey lightly for the two reasons below):
1. Your dog doesn’t understand the commands.
2. Your dog is simply ignoring you.
When training your dog you need to establish commands that your dog understands. In essence, this is teaching your dog to understand a bit of your language. These should be short, ideally one or two word commands. They should be different enough from each other that it is clear what each command is. Commands that sound the same will only make learning them harder for your dog. Once you select different commands, keep the same commands forever. Remember, your dog lives in a world where people are constantly talking in a full breadth of language that they will only ever realistically pick up 20 words of.
In teaching your dog the commands, you should also adopt hand signals specific to that command. As dogs can be trained very quickly by associating a command with an action, dogs often learn what the hand signal means before they really associate the voice command with it. As with the voice command, be consistent with the hand command and make it clear. Bad example, but you don’t want to associate the sit command with folding your arms – how often do you fold your arms and how many times would you do it solely to get your dog to sit?
The presentation of your commands is also crucially important. Your commands need to be short, sharp, clear and obvious that you mean what you say. A weak or playful voice command will not work and your dog will firstly think they have an option and secondly think you are not the alpha dog.
In the case of a dog simply ignoring you, the dog understands the command but just chooses to ignore you. It
Dog Training | Few Dog Training Tips For Determined Dogs
Some dogs are tough to train and thus, people presume that there is something wrong with such dogs. Generally, many such dogs are of high intellect. These dogs are smart and determined and these features act as hindrance, when it comes to training them. You can use a variety of dog training tips to train them.
The difference between a simple and smart dog is that a smart dog knows exactly what is going in his/her master’s mind. The dog can easily influence the master. Few characteristics of smart dogs are as follows:
They always have some innovative ideas for mischievous behavior.
They have an excellent skill of understanding the words.
They evaluate the commands and react accordingly.
In fact, many determined dogs do not allow humans to train them easily. Determined dogs are tough to train and if you find your dog is diverted to any particular thing, then you need to leave him/her alone and stop the training immediately. Avoid forcing a determined dog for training, as this can make the dog even more determined and stubborn. Therefore, you need to make use of proper dog training tips to train such dogs.
You can find whether your dog is a determined if he/she shows the following traits:
Your dog’s interest might be for the time being distracted by a unique indulgence such as a small toy or some shinny thing. However, after providing the dog with that thing, he/she returns to fulfill his or her initial target. This initial target can be anything such as digging of ground or chewing your sofa cover. You can control such dogs by using a few dog training tips.
If you find your dog behaving in this manner, then the training him/her may be a tough task, but it is definitely achievable. You need to understand and analyze the dog’s behavior keenly and accordingly make a list of exercises that you can make your dog perform. Remember that pressuring the dog for performing exercises can turn him/her into unruly and unpredictable pet. You can include training exercises that stimulate the dog’s brain and make him/her think. By following these Dog Training Tips, you can restrain your dog from behaving in erratic manner.
