I have been a professional dog trainer for forty years now. One thing that I have seen come along and get very popular is the spike collar (pinch collar). Thirty years ago we tried to get these collars outlawed and off the market on the grounds they we cruel and usual punishment for a dog. Today people want fast results from training, so they use the spike collars. People want their do dog to to act instantly on a command. Well anyone of us would act instantly if I had a lot of steel poking us in the neck. Pinch collars do hurt an animal. I have seen other so called professional handlers using these colors. In my book there is nothing professional about them by wanting to hurt a dog to obey. I took a two year old Rottweiler who use to pull huge logs around the yard. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the first skills we want our flyball prospect to learn is “Focus”. This is one of those universal dog training lessons that can be used in almost any dog sport. If you cannot get your dog to focus on you, it is almost impossible to direct your dog into performing a desired behavior.

This exercise utilizes classic conditioning. I will write a more detailed article later as to what constitutes classic conditioning: what it is and how can we use it to achieve results.

In the meantime, I want to discuss how we get your dog to focus on you.

By now, I am assuming that you’ve had your dog long enough to know what motivates your dog. Some are motivated by a toy but, most will respond to food. Identify which is most important to your dog and have that “motivator” ready to use for this exercise.

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Choosing a dog trainer that is tailored for you and your dog is imperative. He or she means the difference between a nice, neat house or piles of doggy doo doo all over the place. And let’s face itsometimes we just can’t do it on our own.

As you would with any major purchase, shop around first. A good place to start is at your veterinary’s office. They are likely to recommend you to a trainer who has had other clients which he or she treats. Other places to check include kennels, various humane societies, or a breeder’s club. Of course there is also the Internet. To find a dog trainer near you in the US, visit: http://www.apdt.com/po/ts/us.a sp. For international services see: http://www.apdt.com/po/ts/inte rnational.asp.

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Dog training is never an easy task, however, it can very well be much easier, with the proper and most accurate knowledge regarding the best ways to properly train your dog. While surfing the internet you will more than likely run across several different websites that will provide free information to you about how to properly train your dog and how to get the most out of it as well. These websites can be so very helpful and some of them will probably even have more information posted concerning hiring a professional that could properly train your dog if you just do not have the time or the patience to give it a go. Many people have to rely on someone else to have the responsibility to train their pets the appropriate way and that is ok, different things work for all different people. It does make you a horrible pet owner, it makes you simply human. Not all of us are meant to be good at things like this, so paying for a professional is sometimes some of ours only hope for having a good behaved and very well trained dog.

It is good idea for anyone wanting a good dog to make sure that they make all proper preparations for training their dog in the near future. You could visit your local library to check out some books on more information regarding this type of thing, as well as doing all the research you want, right from your home computer system. You will find when doing some of this research that your dog will not listen to you if you do not remain patient and always be consistent when telling them what to do. Communicating with your dog is very important, yes, I know, they can not talk but they do understand your tone that you use each time you speak of a command. This works as long as you are using that same tone each time that you are wanting them to do that specific thing. They can be quite brilliant if they are trained properly and if it is done in the correct way.

Your dog will be so very happy with you once you begin your dog training skills and they start to figure all of your commands out and you will also be one very happy owner. It is very important for you to give plenty of love and affection to your dog throughout all of this so that they can feel how pleased you are with them and they will definitely respond accordingly. Who knows, with the right amount of training and enough time to instill all of the training in them, you could end up having yourself a really cool dog that could even win in big dog shows one day, if you choose to get involved with that type of thing. Remember to stay patient throughout this entire process because it sure can get frustrating at times but in the end you will be totally happy with the results.

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Dog Training Who is Really Being Trained?

I recently decided that I would like to take a dog obedience class with my eight year old corgi in hopes of doing agility classes in the spring. She is generally well behaved but tends to get commands like lie down and shake a paw confused and heel has always been more of a pulling match. I figured she would have to be much more reliable in order for us to compete.

I went around to all the local stores and centers I could find and called around in the yellow pages and finally came upon a local dog training facility that trains for agility in the summer as well. What luck!

We quickly signed up and I was quite excited to go to our first class. Now I should mention that although my sweet dog can sit and stay for five minutes she had Read the rest of this entry »

Dog training isn’t necessarily difficult, but it can be challenging and it can be stressful. But regardless what training method you favor, it is possible, if you follow a few basic guidelines,

1) Stay Calm

First and foremost, don’t loose your temper, don’t get frustrated – stay relaxed and in control. Remember you and your dog are really two beings from two different countries, who are trying to learn a common language, with only pointing and grunting to build your vocabulary.

It will take time, and depending your skill and your dog’s willingness, it may take a great deal of time. Be patient and don’t get angry if things don’t go well at first, just examine your strategy, take a deep calming breath and try again.

2) Be Consistent

Consistency is one of the major problems in training – especially in the words you use and your response to your dogs actions. Read the rest of this entry »

I think that formal dog training is very essential for dog’s safety. Years ago I lost my dog Tipsy, as she had received no formal training. We usually tried our best to keep her inside the house as my house was on the main road. But one day she managed to come out. As she had received no formal training she had no idea about traffic on the road and about how to cross the road. She became totally confused in the traffic and the noise and met with an accident and died on the spot. That painful lesson taught me, in future never to ignore the formal training lessons to my dog. Ever since that time, I ensure that my dog has been properly trained so that it can be safe and sound in human world. Also a dog needs to be taught how to differentiate between friends and Read the rest of this entry »

Me trying to get my two month old puppy Jedi to sit. Jana starts laughing so I flip her off:)