Importance of Dog Training

I bought a German shepherd back in 2000 when it was around barely three months old. I am obsessed with this kind of breed. They look big and sexy in appearance. Well I also envy my neighbors who own the tricky and tactical rotuela. I hated to see my pet get into trouble with neighbors. Every time I heard them scorn at ‘sassy’ I knew he was in shit. One time ‘sassy’ made the neighbors cat to spend the night on a tree after the cat gave it the rare challenge of mounting a tree. It was time to learn some manners. I couldn’t keep up with its habit, he was becoming a nuisance. I ventured into dog training and this is what I pulled out.

If you thought dog training is about subduing your dog to follow every whim, you missed it; it is about communication. Regardless of your purpose for owning a dog, be it for company or for protection, you should train your dog so that you will not have any behavioral problems with it in the future. Dog training will turn your frisky puppy to a more docile dog that will obey your command and stay away from trouble.

Regardless of your lifestyle or the breed of your dog, training is highly recommended. The saying that goes you cant teach an old dog new tricks perfectly holds and the advice sent forth is that start training your dog while still a puppy. This is because older dogs are more difficult to train. Sometimes, different dog breeds may require different dog training techniques. For instance, you can't use the same technique to train a large Great Dane and tiny Chihuahua neither my German shepherd.

Dog training starts with simple “obedience training”. First, your puppy must recognize his name and be responding to it every time you call it out. You can then start to train him to come to you whenever you call him. Use the verbal commands come and here when you are calling him. Then you can start introducing some other techniques such as the sit command. You should start with the simple commands first and gradually advance to more complicated commands.

The importance of training your dog is to have a disciplined and docile companion who can follow simple commands and keep away from trouble such as destroying your neighbors flower patch. A trained dog will simply not run off to chase a cat and will not be aggressive to other pets, children and adults. Also, the goal of dog training is to make your dog safer, not only to you and your family, but also to everyone in your neighborhood. This is especially important if you have a large dog that can be capable of damage or injury. You should keep in mind that you’re not dealing with a robot. Dog training is not easy. You have to possess patience and perseverance to be always consistent in your commands so that your dog will learn faster and more effectively. You should also respect your dog after all you chose him and he didn't choose you. You should treat him right in the first place, because if you don't you will end up with an unhappy dog who will likely run away from you and be quite difficult to train. I hope you’re getting the concept.

If you’re truly determined to train your dog personally, I highly recommend this because it builds a personal relationship or let me call it a bond with your dog, there are plenty of resource material on dog training in many books, manuals, pamphlets and others. It may be helpful to get some information about dog training even before you get a puppy. Some pet shops will offer dog obedience training either for free or for a fee. Just make sure its in relevance to the requirements of your dogs breed. A professional dog trainer may also be hired to assist you training your beloved pet.

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