Giving Your Dog Commands

Short clear commands along with obvious hand signals are the best means of giving your dog commands. Never repeat your command over and over again, it may only confuse him. Start by getting his attention, this is best accomplished by saying his name. How you say the command is also important as is your expression, smile when you are pleased and do not smile when you are unhappy.

Your dog is smart enough to pick up on these things and they should be used in his training. Your posture should be straight with shoulders back, the treat should be held in your closed hand so he is aware it is there. When calling your dog to you, show welcoming body language, arms open wide to welcome him and a happy, friendly voice all combine to let him know it is good for him to come to you.

Verbal commands should be given in a firm voice not shouted, say no sharply and deeply in a lowered voice. The no command should be given as he begins to misbehave. This makes him aware that what he is doing is the activity for which he is being told no. For instance, if he begins to put his paws on you, lower your voice and firmly tell him no. In this, your body language is important, look angry and stand in a commanding stance, leaning slightly over the dog is a threatening stance and you should stand straight.

Hand signals should be clear and concise, they allow you to control your dog even if he is at a distance by calling his name and using dramatic hand signals. A dog will pick up on it if you are becoming bored with a training session, do both of you a favor and be alert. If you need to end the training session, get his attention, give him a command that he can and will follow and release him from the training session with lots of praise and rewards.

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Teaching Your Dog To Obey Your Commands

Dogs, like people in some way try to live up to their image, just like a children and their image for sure is what you want them to be. A dog that is trained with love, affection and attention will do anything in their power and a little beyond, to please you. The first way to damage a dogs self image is to ignore them, feeding a walking a dog is not enough.

They need attention and interaction with their family which is you, to build the image of themselves. Self-confidence building is as important to your dog as it is to you, spend time with them, help them learn to trust you. Another way to damage your dogs self-esteem is to tear them down. Dogs are not stupid, they understand when you are talking about them in unflattering ways and it affects them.

Yelling at a dog does no good to the dog. When training a dog, your voice should always be well modulated, not loud, and you should never have to yell at your dog to get them to obey a command. A dog that is well trained will respond to a whisper and eventually hand signals. Yelling at them tends to make them nervous, and fearful of you, neither of these things is effective when trying to train your dog.

Training your dog should be pleasurable for you and your dog, not a nightmare. Dogs are sensitive and emotional, regardless of size, this needs to remain at the front of your mind any time you are trying to train them. Dogs only learn by their mistakes, just like humans do, how many things in life did you learn because you did it wrong the first time? Dogs are the same way, they learn by doing something wrong the first time.

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Expanding Your Dogs Training Area

Dogs have very short attention spans and so your training sessions should be limited to 15 to 20 minutes a couple of times a day. Never attempt to train your dog if either of you cant concentrate completely on the session. The best time to train a dog is when he is hungry, if he is a very active dog, it may be best to allow him to run a little, and train him when he is a little tired, this does not mean exhaustion!

Stagger his lessons so he doesnt get bored and refuse to get involved in the trainings sessions. Over a short period of time reduce the number of edible and physical rewards, always give verbal praise, regardless of how long he has been training. After he has learned his lessons well in a quiet environment, gradually begin adding distractions and repeat the lessons. Once these lessons are completed indoors, move to a quiet location out of doors and repeat the lessons.

Again, gradually increase the distractions as he shows success at the same lessons he has learned in each of the above situations. Now take him to a busy place and train him there, it may seem repetitive to go over the same lessons each time, but he needs to be trained in each situation. You can not guarantee that every time he needs to follow a command he will be in a quiet indoor place. Refusing to train in other situations is setting your dog up for future failure.

Training sessions should always be ended on a note of success, and with play time. Dont make the mistake of only playing with him when training time is over, he may decide to get the session over with quickly so he can get the play time. Last but not least, training time is not exercise, or the only exercise your dog should get. He needs time to play with you and other dogs that are not connected to his training times.

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