Dog care training

Form a good relationship with your dog. If you and your dog are closely bonded, he is likely to feel more secure just by having you around.

1. Teach your dog the basic commands. Teaching your dog to respond to basic commands, such as sit, stay and come, is important for many reasons beyond simple training. It also gets your dog used to responding to you and your direction.

2. Get your dog used to being handled. If your dog is skittish or shy, you may want to spend a few minutes each day just gently handling his ears and belly so he gets used to that kind of contact.

·3. Take your dog to the vet before the first appointment. Bringing your dog in to meet the staff and to get a feel for the office before his first exam may help to relieve his anxiety the next time he goes.

5.  Arrive a little early. Make sure you get to the vet early enough to give your dog a chance to sniff around outside and to do his business.

6.  Keep him close while waiting. While in the waiting room, keep your dog close by, and try to distract him with a toy or treat. This may help to ease his anxiety.

7.  Be mindful of other pets and people. Maintain a respectful distance from other pets in the office because you do not know how they might react to your dog. Similarly, if your dog is afraid, he may act out in a different way than usual.

8.  Distract him during the exam. It may help to give your dog a treat that takes several minutes to eat, so he is distracted while the vet performs the exam.

9.  Remain calm yourself. Dogs are very sensitive to human emotions, so if you are frantic, he is more likely to be frantic as well.

10. Teach your dog a "watch me" command. Hold up a treat when you use the command, and give it to your dog when he makes eye contact. You can use this command in the office to distract your dog when he is being given a shot.

Why you have to trained your dog:

If you want to train your dog, you have to understand that consistency is key. Most people translate this to mean they must daily train their dog for extended periods of time. They tend to think they don't have time to train their dog. However, that's simply not true.

Training is much easier than the average person thinks. Repetition of course is the number one principle of dog training so being able to train your dog at least once a day for a 15 minute session will allow your dog to be trained consistently. However if you have time training your dog to our three times a day is even better. Just remember to keep the sessions short never more than 15 minutes at a time, otherwise you'll lose the dog's attention.

Some dogs really enjoyed the training and other dogs don't. However I've got a secret that really helps those dogs that don't enjoy training enjoy a little bit more. After each training session do something that your dog enjoys for five minutes. For example if your dog likes going for a walk take him for a short walk. If your dog enjoys chasing a ball throw the ball for five minutes in fact you can even rub its belly if that something that your dog really enjoys. Simply put give your dog something to look forward to after each training session and then he'll enjoy the training even more and look forward to it.

As the title implies consistency is very important so that means that if you don't want your dog jumping on you then the whole family should do the same. Jumping simply isn't allowed. If as a family you decide that you don't want the dog begging at the table, then nobody should give the dog through the table. You just don't want it confuse the dog by allowing something one day and not another.

The same theory goes for walks. When you go for a walk your dog should always be consistently and your left-hand side and not in front of you if you allow your dog to drag you down the street it becomes dominant and feels that it is in charge. Your dog should always be at your side are slightly behind you so that you are the master and the alpha of the pack.

Three reasons to trained your dogs:

There are 3 great reasons to teach your dog the down exercise. To start with the down exercise is probably the most important thing you can teach your pet. I always tell my clients that when your dog is 20 feet away and you give the dog command it should drop to the ground without you having to do anything else. No treat, no nothing. When your dog does that your dog is acknowledging that you are the master.

Let me start off by saying of the down command is probably the hardest exercise for any dog to do. Big dog, little dog, old dog, and young dog it simply is the hardest exercise. Now when I say hard I don't mean physically difficult I mean mentally difficult. That is because the dog does not want to submit to you and do the down exercise. In fact a dog in the down position in the wild would be subject to attack by other wild animals. However it's one of the most important exercises there is.

Safety

The down command can save your dog's life. Let me be a picture here in the front yard with your dog and it's not on leash. It spots squirrel on the other side of the street and there goes your dog. However before it reaches the street you give the down command and your dog drops to the ground saving its life from that speeding car. Yes every dog should a great down.

One simple word can stop your pet in his or her tracks before something dangerous or disastrous happens. Many owners fail to recognize this potential of teaching their pets behavior but it's as simple as the command, 'down'.

Aggression

A lot of things have been written about aggression and in several of those things they talk about the down command. They mentioned that if the dog had been taught the dog command as young dog you would have probably never seen that aggression. It makes sense because the dog has learned to respect the master from the very beginning.

When we are rehabilitating aggressive dogs the down exercise is quite often one of the main exercises we work on to establish the trainer as the alpha.

Behavior Issues

Some dogs are more challenging to train than others. However by starting with simple commands such as the sit, stand and down an owner can help to train their dog and stop future bad behaviors.

Taking the time to train your pet the down command has many great benefits. Remember that having a well-trained dog is part of the owner's responsibility.

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