Leash Training Puppies Form The Start Of A Great Relationship

There are some good ways to train dogs and some not so good ways to train dogs. Learning about leash training puppies is the start of a good path of training. My uncle and my best friend were both dog trainers and both were successful in their endeavors, but each had a radically different way of training their dogs.

My uncle was a trainer in the army. He was taught how to train dogs with a stiff resolve and how to make them working dogs with a knack of obedience and discipline. His dogs were taught with simple methods and the dogs that stood out as fighters were then pulled into service for additional work as military or police dogs. It wasn't difficult to understand which dogs were the fighters and which dogs were the caretakers.

It doesn't take a police or military dog trainer to understand dogs and it doesn't take a dog professional to figure out whether a dog is a working dog, a hunting dog or a docile family dog. There aren't many people who can understand the temperament of a dog unless they've grown up with dogs and know how to judge them. My best friend who grew up to train dogs taught me this and I've carried it with me until this day.

Leash training puppies is the first step on teaching a dog how to behave. You need to find a collar that will fit around the dog's neck but not choke it. If the dog does not respond to the collar, then you need to consider a choke collar or collar that constricts when pulled by the leash. That'll be sure to get the dog's attention.

Choking a dog is not the way to train it. Having the dog walk next to you and teaching it to behave by keeping pace with you is the first step of training. Teaching the dog how to stop and sit next to you when you command it to do so is an important part of training and obedience. Your dog must be able to follow these basic commands in order to begin its training.

Once your dog can walk next to you and sit on command, then you might be ready for the next course of training which would include something like sitting your dog down and undoing the leash and walking away while making sure your dog is still seated. Then, giving a command should bring your dog to you. These are the next stages of leash training puppies.

By: Sandy Rutherforde

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