Dog training

Now, the question of what is the best way to train a dog. And of course it all depends on what you want to train it to do.

But, most anything you want to train it to do, would have the same basic ideas in training. I have found with my own dogs, that a great amount of patience is needed to start with. And I personally like to use treats to start with the training.

For example, if you want to train your dog to sit, get your dogs attention on you, preferably while the dog is standing up, and has a collar on, and gently  back, while pressing gently on his back side, around the tail area, and ask the dog to sit. Make sure you use a tone of voice that the dog will remember, or say Sit in a certain way. You should make sure you press more with your hand on the top of the dogs tail, than pulling back on the collar. Then when the dog does sit, be sure to tell the dog, Good boy or girl and give the treat right away. Have the treat ready in your other hand or in your pocket. And the more you repeat this exercise, the sooner the dog will just sit when you ask it to sit.

That is the basic stuff to training a dog. Lots of repetition, lots of patience and some treats, lots of praise.  Make sure the treats are small so the dog doesn't gain 50 pounds while you are training it.

Same basic stuff for teaching the dog to shake hands. Get the dog to sit, have a treat ready, lift up a paw, and tell the dog, good dog, and give it a treat. But use a word and a tone of voice when you ask the dog to shake.

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Nancy Bertoni    Thanks, but I was hoping to get comparisons of different methods used, like clicker training, training collars and such (I haven't heard very positive things about the training collar though). My two dogs have learned the "basics" already. I'm looking to prepare them for Agility and Freestyle competitions here in France and am not sure of the best way to go about it. (You can see a picture of my two babies in my Blog: Lassie and Rough Collie Fans.) I've been using treats too, I guess that's how most trainings begin. What kind of dogs do you have? Nancy Oct 7th 2007 13:47

Rae Steinbrink    My "Pom" is 5 1/2 and I'm still using dog biscuits (BreathBuster treats are the only ones she'll eat) for training. She only gets them AFTER she does her business outside every morning. You know the program I really love to watch is the "Dog Whisperer". Talk about dog training, this guy can work with any type of dog, but he's famous for dealing with the more aggressive breeds. Nov 25th 2007 18:26

Margaret Elmendorf    That is a good program, the Dog Whisperer. I have seen it a couple of times. And he has great ideas. Glad you use the treat method. I think it really works. Nov 25th 2007 18:34