Start Early and Train your Puppy
Posted on Nov 26, 2008 under puppy training |Housebreaking any new pet can be a difficult chore, but with repetition and practice the challenge will become easier and easier. If you want the puppy to listen only to you, then don’t allow him to play with other persons. Potty training your new puppy is a necessary evil.
You must do the same routine every single day and it is important to give your puppy a lot of extra attention as this will make the house breaking process much easier.
Your pet is living in a human world full of confusing things and behavior he can’t understand. It is better to create good habits in the beginning, if you start early you can stop behavior problems such as biting or jumping on furniture.
Every dog owner knows that when he/she treats the dog with praise the dog will get greater satisfaction and will execute the command more readily than if the dog receives discipline in another fashion. So when training your dog needs positive reinforcement.
You can train a dog on your own, or you can join an obedience training class and get instruction from professionals. You will find many resources online and most of the online sites are free and you will find many tips and secrets to dog training.
If you really want to train your puppy you will need to put some effort into it. And some type of dog is trained just for that.
Having a dog that can perform tricks and is very obedient and well trained is the pride and joy of every dog owner. While they are generally warm, loving and loyal, they can be trained to be more obedient. Even if you only have your dog inside for a short amount of time he or she must be trained not to leave a mess.
The correct position for the heel command is your dog at your left side with his shoulder and front leg aligned with your left leg. When you and your dog have a good relationship and training will come very easily. As your dog progresses in his training, youâ??ll be able to give him a command in the middle of a crowded area and heâ??ll obey you.
When training your puppy make sure you use positive experiences because negative experiences might affect your puppy, so make sure you make the training positive and fun. And this training requires frequent, consistent, and appropriately timed positive reinforcement. Unlike man, dogs do not know how to differentiate between positive and negative attention.
Your dog will its best when it receives praise, so using positive words and reinforcement you dog will do it best when training him/her. There are two elements at work here: positive reinforcement and intermittent reinforcement. All positive commands should be spoken sharply and distinctly during training.
When training your pet you can use the treat system, this system is training with a treat by rewarding your dog with his/her favorite snack for following your commands or doing something good. Try to go outside with him at least every thirty minutes or so, and make sure you praise or reward him for relieving himself outside.
Properly crate training your puppy is one of the best things that you could possibly do.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
What is the earliest age to start training your puppy?
I just adopted a pup that will be 2 months old in a few days…. I want to start training him early and, although I realize that he won’t be able to do complex tricks for awhile, I want to get started on stuff like sit and lay down. When is the earliest that puppies are known to absorb information like that adequately??? Thanks.
November 26th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
ASAP.
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
You can start training a dog at any age. It’ll be helpful if you begin crate training and of course, housebreaking, right now.
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
right when you get him/her!
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
You can start now
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
start now like now is perfect dont waste anytime, and just go one trick at a time, reward him with cold cut up peices of hot dogs, it worked liek a cahrm for me!
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
I’ve seen a video of a 5 week old pup learning “sit” and “down.” I’m sure you could start with those basics right away.
Check out these training articles for puppies, you’ll find some great information.
http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/#puppy
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
you should definatly start right now ! LITTLER THEY ARE THEY ARE EASY TO TRAIN!!!
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
they learn very early and need repetition and consistency. It took 3 weeks to housetrain my puppy-she’s 4 months old now and is now learning tricks-fetch, sit, lay, heel. She would come when her name was called after only 3 days when she was 12 weeks old–when we adopted her (because I rewarded her in the beginning).
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I’d say once the dog is fully weaned….
So if your dog is off the milk then now. Start house breaking too.
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
About when they’re 61.
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
You need to start training him NOW. He needs to learn you are the alpha leader of the pack. Forget the stupid dog tricks, he needs to be obedient and respectful first. You don’t get that done when they are young, everything else is impossible, he turns into an ill-mannered, nuisance dog barking 24/7 because he doesn’t know what else to do with aggressive, dominance tendancies and he’ll end up killing some kid. Too many bad dog owners in this world who get dogs and don’t know what to do with them making all dog owners look bad.
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
You can start right now! : )
Keep training very very short and always positive. For instance use a treat held very close over the pups nose and bring it over it’s head - if you do it just right the pup will sit. Say “sit” - “Good!” and give the treat.
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Biggest thing is to decide what kind of rules you will want your pup to follow when he/she gets big and start now. Be consistent. It’s the only way! For instance, if you don’t want your dog to go on you furniture, to jump up on people, or to bite tell him/her NOW while he/she is little right away and always be consistent.
Teach your pup to respect you right away and be the pack leader. Give that pup someone to follow.
Good luck!
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Pups start learned the moment they are born. Keep the sessions short (no more than 5 mins), fun and no more than 4 times a day.
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
You should start training it to go down and sit straight away because as it gets older it will be harder to train.
To go down: What i did! They need to be able to sit before they do this.
Well you get a treat that your dog likes and tell it to sit. You get the treat and put it next to its nose and slowly move it towords the ground. The dogs face should be following the treat which causes it to go down. Say down and then give it the treat!
I HOPE THIS HELPED!
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
You can start at any time but i think you should start with basic training like house breaking and sit. Once it gets that down start moving on to more complicated tricks.
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