Simple tips and tricks to get your buddy into shape!
Preparing You and Your Dog for Training
Must Haves:
- Bag of treats
- Leash
- 15 – 20 minutes of free time for training every day
Must Do’s:
- As training will take lots of time and effort, Stay Patient! It is highly recommended that you do not overexert your dog past the given training hours.
- Figure out the compatibility between your dog’s happiness and your lifestyle.
- Allow for 15 – 20 minutes of consistent training every day.
- Always reward good behavior and successful training with treats or other rewards.
*** Never forget to end training on a positive note and show affection ***
3 Essential Commands
Sit:
- Hold a single treat in your hand to captivate the attention of your dog.
- Move your hand with the treat a little past your dog’s head, which will allow it to follow through with the sitting motion
- Say the word “sit” after the bottom has reached the floor.
- Repeat the word “sit” each time your dog follows this step and give him a treat.
Stay:
The step after sit is often the command to stay.
- Command your dog to sit.
- Open your hand the way humans would use to high-five or command a “stop” motion.
- Using this “stop” signal while holding a treat in the other hand, command your dog to stay.
- At this time, your dog will want to come after the treat.
- Stop him/her, and reward him once he/she listens to your command.
- Focus on praising and encouraging them while they remain still as opposed to after them lunging for the treat.
- Repeat the steps by putting the treat down on the floor this time and command your dog to stay.
- As your dog improves his/her ability with this trick, inch the treat closer or get creative!
Come:
- Put a leash on your dog.
- Get close to your dog and say the words “Come” as you tug the leash closer to your body.
- Slowly repeat until your dog begins to understand the motion.
- Reward with a treat once the command begins to be recognized.
- Make sure to start your leash training with a shorter distance.
- Lengthen the leash as your pal improves this trick!
- Test your dog without your leash and practice the motion
Mastery of this command will make it easier to get your dog into the car when you take it places like the groomers. Mobile Pet Grooming is an option, however, if you have difficulty getting your dog to hop in.
Benefits of Training
The more trained your dog is with these simple tips and trick, the better your dog will be able to keep good relations with other people or dogs and not make a fuss when getting groomed, whether it be at a concrete store or at a mobile pet grooming service.
Obedience training will permit your dog to live life without issue and keep them out of trouble.
Most importantly, just taking a few minutes out of your day to train your dog also helps you save money from spending it on expensive professional trainers, which means more money for treats and toys to spoil your beloved companion!
