All About Canines: Canine Training
The purpose of obedience training is to condition your dog to behave in a manner that is consistent with your lifestyle and desired household environment. No dog will be perfect upon adoption, and unfortunately, they don't come with an instruction manual! But proper training, patience, and love will ensure you and your dog pulling on leash (just click the next document) live happily together.
Dogs live very much in the 'now', they react to the 'now', yes, they carry past experiences and baggage similar to us, however, their REactions are in the 'now'. That's why does my dog bark at other dogs you can't expect them to know that, she's a really good pack leader sometimes but, has bad days and isn't so good on other days... they just don't understand this concept of inconsistency, they will simply give you the reaction you deserve or warrant in any given moment. Like us, they do carry triggers created in the past, but, and it's a big BUT, unlike us, their reactions can very much be controlled by the way their pack leader reacts in the 'now'.
Dogs at community parks should have friendly and outgoing personalities and display proper social etiquette. They should not be overbearing, obnoxious or bullying. They should also be obedient to basic commands of their owner such as "come" or "sit and stay".
Perhaps you have seen the show "It's Me or the Dog". This is a program that demonstrates in real life what can happen when a dog has not been sent to dog obedience School. The lessons learned can help your family avoid the feeling that the dog has taken over the house and make sure you stay in charge.
You can also try a high jet of water from a high powered water gun or hose connection. Remember to always give the clear, loud verbal command as described above, then if they continue give them the last verbal command and wet them.
What you want in the long run is to gradually socialise a dog until he accepts gentle handling, leashing, crating, and other day to day interactions. This can be a long process, though (an unsocial wolfdog "hybrid", for example, can take 6 months to a year of careful rehabilitation to become a reasonably civilised companion) and requires much more than a mere article or two to teach. This essay focuses on some short term techniques that can be used in reactive dogs a pinch.
To encourage your canine with associating the right command with the correct action, one must give guidance to your canine by performing actions clear following each command.
Moving objects such as cats, squirrels and kids on bikes are harder. Try them only when your dogs' behavior is consistent. If it's not working then you've simply gone too far too fast. Just back up a bit and try again.
After lunch, we walked around some more and finally before leaving found this wonderful bakery called the Diamond Bakery. Since they close early on Fridays, the shelves were a little lean. But oh, how wonderful the smells and the baked goods were wonderful and very reasonable. We all wanted something sweet and I had a Rum Ball that was to die for. Needless to say, everyone got something and a couple of the girls got extra bakery items to take home.
Dog obedience training could be easy when you will follow these easy yet effective ways. But then again, this is not an activity that your dog is the only player because this should be you and your dog. It takes love, respect and passion for you to be successful in this dog obedience training.
