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General Dog TRAINING
The most your dog learns and the most experiences it gets before adolescence, the better. Dogs, like people, need to be motivated to learn. Only a few humans would work in exchange of a little pat from his boss or some congratulations. For many dogs, especially in the case of puppies, food is something like the salary that makes working worth it. One serving can be the biggest prize and also a good decoy during the first stages of training.
APPROVAL SIGNS
Dog owners don't want to depend on the traits for a lifetime as a way of getting the dog to obey them and to avoid this they use the conditioned positive reinforcement that consists in a phrase or gesture than means that the dog's performance has been adequate and there is a prize waiting for the animal. This approval sign substitutes gradually the effective prize and finally ends up being a prize in itself for the dog. The most usual approval signs are one syllable words (such us "Yes", for example) or sounds like a click or blow that are pronounce right before giving the dog a serving or treat. This has to be repeated until the dog looks for the prize as soon as it listens to it. Then you can begin with the training. cheap dog shirts
COME TO ME WHEN I CALL YOU!
- Place yourself in front of the dog and call on a friendly tone by using the word "come..." (And the dog's name).
- Hold some food with the arm straight and slowly wave it while you walk backwards. If the dog doesn't react, clap once or make any other kind of noise to call its attention.
- If the dog takes only one step on your direction, let it listen to the approval sign you have chosen, either a click or a "Yes" and then give the dog its prize.
- Increase in a gradual way, the distance the dog should walk to receive its treat. Practice calling the dog all of a sudden either inside or outside the house.
SIT!
- Hold some food very close to the dog's snout. Now you're had upwards and backwards, so the dog will have to look up to continue watching the food. Due to their anatomical constitution, dogs can't look up without lowering the rear quarters. If the dog raises the front paws, it is probably because the treat is held too high.
- As soon as the dog's rear quarters touch the floor, pronounce the approval sign and give the dog its prize.
- When the dog sits easily, you can begin to say "sit" right before the dog's rear quarters are about to touch the floor. Ask your dog to sit before giving it anything, such as dinner or a walk on the garden; it will soon learn to use this gesture to say "please" and "thanks".
LAY DOWN!
- Place the treat higher than the dog's snout. Then lower your hand up to the floor, right between the dog's front paws. Close your hand hiding the treat on your fist.
- Be patient! If the dog wants to reach the treat, it will have to get its head and body close to the floor. As soon as the dog touches the treat with its chest, make the approval sign and give the treat to the dog. If your dog takes too long to understand what you are expecting, you can pull the food or a toy under a low chair or table, in order to make the dog drag itself chasing them.
- The practice will improve the results. Do no include the order "lay down" in the exercise until the dog is able to do it without a problem.
PROGRESSIVE REDUCTION OF THE EATING DECOY
Demand more and more from your dog before giving it a prize, that is, oblige it to remain sitting or lying down for longer periods before giving your dog your approval or the treat. Increment the distance between them and the distracters when you practice the "come" command. When the dog learns how to perform these actions on an easy way, reward it only for doing it faster, sometimes with food and some other just with congratulations or a toy. In this way, the dog will be always waiting to see what you have to offer it for the action it has just performed. Dog Training Tips
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MIS SOCIALIZED PUPPIES
If you see your dog getting scared or showing aggressive in the presence of other dogs or humans act quickly. It is vital for your dog to meet the outside world before 8 weeks of age. Register your dog in a good socialization course for puppies or ask the veterinary to recommend you a good specialist on canine conduct. If you let more time pass, your dog may show conduct problems in the future.
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