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Dog Obedience Training
January 20th, 2011
Dog obedience training is one of the most important ways you can show your love for your dog. Contrary to public opinion, obedience training is not some method by which a dog learns to perform some necessary but artificial activity on command. One very good reason for implementing obedience training is to establish a foundation from which you and your dog will learn to successfully relate to one another.
Most behavioral problems are correctable with proper instruction and patient, consistent training by the dog owner. Obedience training doesn’t solve all behavior problems, but it is the foundation for solving just about any problem. The key to preventing or treating behavior problems is learning to teach the dog to redirect his natural behavior to outlets that are acceptable in the domestic setting.
Training your dog involves a routine of rules that the dog is expected to follow. Training opens up a line of communication between you and your dog. Training dogs should be fun, enriching and bond-building for both of you, if it isn’t, then you need to learn more about reward-based dog training for the benefit of both of you. Dogs are social animals and without proper training, they will behave like animals.
A good trainer will never use food as the ONLY inducement for making a dog obedient, but if your slow performer peps up when you give food, use it to overcome problems. Obedience-trained dogs have an easier life than their untrained peers. For a dog to be considered obedient rather than simply trained in obedience, it must respond reliably each time the command is given, by what is commonly known as its handler.
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