The other day we talked about how important it is for you to remain consistent with your puppy training techniques. We cannot over-state the important of keeping your level of consistency, well consistent. The more repetitive you are, the quicker your pet will learn, and the more readily your pet will listen.

Today we are going to discuss one of the biggest setbacks a beginner pet trainer will encounter. Unfortunately this is a real pain to have to deal with, and can often get you in trouble. That is the problem of having “too many trainers”.

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Introduction

There are many reasons to train your pets. Most of all it will make your pets life better. A properly trained pet is less likely to disobey your commands, will be less likely to get into trouble, and will also be less likely to be punished. This provides a better quality of life for both you and your pets.

Unfortunately, many people do not train their pets properly. How come? Well, mostly because they simply do not know enough about how to properly train themselves. You thought I was going to say their pets, didn’t you. Well, the truth is, before you can even think to train your pets, you have to take steps to insure that you have a proper foundation to work with.

Over the next week or two we will be discussing “10 Dog Training Tips You Must Know Before You Train Your Pet”. So lets start with tip number 1. Continue Reading

We get e-mails every day from people just like yourself. Many of them have become frustrated, stressed, and say they are ready to give up. Often we here the same complaint: “My dog isn’t trainable”.

Yes, You heard me correctly. People are claiming that their dogs cannot be trained. As we know and even Pavlov himself has proven time and again, ALL DOGS ARE TRAINABLE!!!

Yes all dogs, without exception can be taught something, and they can learn something. However much like going through school ourselves, it is not always the students fault. Sometimes the blame is the teachers. No, not our fault, but you the one training the dog.

This has prompted us to release a series this week of ten things you (the dog trainer) must learn, know, or do before you can even start to train your dogs.

For some of you these steps may come as a shock, others maybe not. But they are all necessary and they will all make an impact on how you train your dogs.

So since dogs can learn, and it is up to you to teach them, lets spend a few days to see how we can become better trainers. See you this week.

Isabel had always loved and wanted a small dog to keep her company. That is the reason why when she got her first apartment in New Jersey, she made sure the neighborhood was dog-friendly. One early morning, she came across a nice family that was giving away some mixed breed puppies, she picked and brought home a little girl pup that was bouncy and full of energy, just like her! It was the best feeling she have ever felt in years.

When Isabel first got Tiny, she enjoyed watching her bounce up and down, and loved it especially when Tiny greeted her at the door when she comes home from work. Yet one day, when Isabel brought over her four-year old niece she noticed that Tiny would not stop running around and jumping on her, causing her niece to fall over and hurt herself. Isabel then thought of all the snagged sweaters and times that the jumping habit got out of hand. She decided then and there that the jumping behavior had to stop!

Isabel began her quest to stop Tiny from this risky behavior by seeking some expert advice. She scoured bookstores and spoke with trainers to find the right method for training Tiny on how to stop dog jumping . She learned that consistency and patience was important! She also decided that she would have to be firm in her decision and be really committed to keeping up the training in the long term, so she set her mind to giving Tiny a lot of love.

Isabel started to daunt off Tiny’s jumping behavior by commanding, “Down!” every time she enters the room. She has chosen the word “down” because it was an easy word for everyone to use. Every time she walked in the door, she would firmly say “Down!” until Tiny was no longer jumping and acting over excited to see her. The training got her a little frustrated at first, because Tiny just was not getting the command. Isabel even tried giving Tiny a little nudge to get her to back off while she firmly said, “Down.” But after a week or so , Isabel began to see that it was taking lesser commands to get Tiny to stop jumping and she felt that the hard work was not in vain.

Few weeks have passed by, and it was taking no more than two “Down” commands for Tiny to stop jumping. Once Tiny had observed that she would gain praise for not jumping at all, the behavior started to cease completely. After a few months, Isabel felt more relaxed bringing her niece again over to her house to play with Tiny, and found that the two of them now got along beautifully. Her niece even feels that Tiny is now her new best friend!

From Isabel’s status, we can see that it will for sure take some time, patience, and consistency to train a dog to stop an unsuitable behavior. But, always bear in mind that not all dogs can be taught simply at home. Isabel was prepared to use a trainer for assistance in curbing Tiny’s behavior, but found that her patience paid off in the end. The key was using a consistent command and praising Tiny greatly when she behaved.

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