BIG SKY DOG TRAINING teaches dogs that obedience and other desirable behaviors earn your dog rewards. Rewards include things he or she likes such as treats, toys, petting, verbal praise and play. This method creates a dog whose primary motivation to...
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BIG SKY DOG TRAINING teaches dogs that obedience and other desirable behaviors earn your dog rewards. Rewards include things he or she likes such as treats, toys, petting, verbal praise and play. This method creates a dog whose primary motivation to learn is based on earning reward(s), as opposed to avoiding punishment. Dogs trained this way end up as obedient pets without a breakdown in their confidence. Desired behavior is determined after the dog has shown an understanding of the desired behavior and should motivate the dog to obey without causing confusion or stress.
Training Guidelines:
1. Rewards are given for everything ?good or right? that your dog does. Even if your dog makes an effort in the correct direction, reward him.
2. Get your dog?s attention, i.e., call his or her name prior to giving any training command.
3. When giving commands correctly you should be clear and use a short command once.
4. Releasing your dog from a command is just as important as giving the command. An example might be to say ?OK?.
5. When training your dog, initially use hallways, doorways and quiet rooms with minimal distractions.
6. Always hold your leash with both hands during training, dog on your left. Do not wrap your leash around your hand or wrist.
7. Any training exercise should be initially established by an adult to reduce confusion on the dog?s part, and then have your children try.
8. Dogs, like any other animal can be trained in any language. While you are in the United States start with English, just in case your dog runs away, you have a dog sitter, or you might give him away. This will make your dog more universally trained. Dogs can be bi-lingual, too. If you want to use another language, use it for special commands, not routine commands.
