{"id":261,"date":"2014-06-29T10:02:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T15:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/?p=261"},"modified":"2014-06-29T10:02:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T15:02:55","slug":"how-you-can-successfully-train-your-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/dogtraining\/how-you-can-successfully-train-your-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Successfully Train Your Dog."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The benefits to dog ownership are endless. Perhaps it was that irresistible puppy or the dog with lovable eyes! However, having an obedient dog is very important. But this takes some time to do! You will find great tips below that will help you to properly train your dog.<\/p>\n

Rewards are essential to effective training. It is important that you provide the right amount of treats at the correct times. The reason is that dogs may not grasp why they receive rewards if they are given at odd times.<\/p>\n

Dogs have a tendency to zone in on one particular thing until something else grabs their attention. Once your dog knows his attention command, you will be able to coerce him to ignore almost anything.<\/p>\n

You should never tether two dogs in close proximity to one another. The dogs could get wrapped up and they may be injured. If one dog happens to be much larger than the other, the small dog could get tangled to the point that it could choke to death.<\/p>\n

Begin the training with an easy to learn behavior. Not only will you achieve gratification due to your success, but your dog will know what acceptable behavior is. This gives you awesome results during the training process.<\/p>\n

Among the first commands that you should teach your puppy is the command “leave it,” which tells the puppy to drop whatever he has in his mouth and back away from it. It ensures they don’t eat food they shouldn’t, chew on items not intended to be chewed on or even pick up dangerous or poisonous items in their mouth.<\/p>\n

You should never do long sessions of training. By keeping the sessions short you will be able to hold your dog’s attention. If you desire to do a lot more training, be sure to give your dog breaks in between training sessions.<\/p>\n

Always train your dog with positive reinforcement. If you are happy with your dog, give him pets, happy words and the occasional treat. Refrain from any physical contact if your dog does not follow directions. These tactics backfire and just make your dog believe you are incompetent. Stick to the plan and maintain a positive attitude for great results.<\/p>\n

Be consistent when training your dog. When many members of a family are working to train a dog, be certain that each person uses identical commands, rewards and discipline. Dogs will learn better and faster if they have a set commands that they need to follow.<\/p>\n

Effective dog training requires instilling good behaviors from day one. It is easier to instill good habits than it is to deal with bad ones. For example, if you are adamant about your dog not being a beggar, then never make any exceptions to handing him food from your table.<\/p>\n

When you go out with your dog, always pay attention to other dogs and animals you come across. There are irresponsible dog owners and dogs who feel they need to be in charge to make up for this. This is a bad combination. Refrain from walking near dogs that are aggressive.<\/p>\n

Ready to begin? Hopefully, the ideas in this article gave you some helpful ideas to train your dog! A well-trained dog is a good dog. But, you have to apply yourself. The minute that your puppy starts obeying every word you will be happy that you decided to train him! Use the advice which applies to your situation and get the job done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The benefits to dog ownership are endless. Perhaps it was that irresistible puppy or the dog with lovable eyes! However, having an obedient dog is very important. But this takes some time to do! You will find great tips below that will help you to properly train your dog. Rewards are essential to effective training. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogtraining"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}