Regardless of the chosen breed of the pet, it is necessary to bring up and start the training as soon as it is ready. Below we will consider the basic rules and subtleties of the question of how to train a puppy.
When to start training a puppy?
The question of how old the puppy is to train is rather controversial. First, not always in the family appears a very tiny puppy, and immediately quite an adult pet. But this is not a reason to refrain from training at all.
So, the most frequent answer of experts to the question of how old the puppy is to train is the month. By this point, most breeds are ready to accept the simplest, but the most necessary commands. But at this stage, training is completely different from the usual course of the process. It should be understood that most of the time the crumb will play and flatter to the owner, but do not exactly study hard. As a rule, start with the standard commands "fu!", "Next!", "To me!" and accustom the pet to a reaction to his nickname.
Experts argue that the period when it's time to start training a puppy is very conditional. Do not you want to give up training if a dog is much older in the house? But in this case it makes sense to turn to the services of a specialist. The fact is that the training of an adult animal will require not just titanic efforts, but also a correct approach. Encouragement, much more training and, of course, benevolence - all this will have to be done impeccably.
A trained puppy - is it really that simple?
Work, to tell the truth, is painstaking and will require a lot of patience and, of course, ingenuity. The first thing is to learn that different breeds will react differently to training in different ways. Dogs remember the teams not equally quickly, some can take the lesson to an hour, others almost immediately distracted by the games. Among the rocks, it will be harder for owners of bulldogs, Afghan greyhound and fluffy chow-chow. The easiest way to work with German shepherds and retrievers, good results show poodles and shelties.
Below are the main points in the question of how to train a puppy, and do it right.
- We choose a place for training. Some breeders are somewhat negative about the option to train a puppy at home, since there is a risk of accustoming the animal to execute commands exclusively within its walls. Therefore, it is advised to engage either alone or with an instructor, but on an equipped site. It is allowed to start work in the park, but as far as possible from noise and traffic, so that the pet is not distracted. Once the dog learns to behave and stops distracted by extraneous noise, you can try to take it to more noisy places.
- Time and frequency of classes should increase gradually. First it's about half an hour, then we start to increase the duration of minutes by ten with the willingness of the dog. Breeders recommend pre-walking a pet, so that he did all his business and plenty of enough to play, then he will not be distracted by extraneous moments.
- It is important to observe some "commandments" of the training.
For example, never start repeating a command several times. Two or three times is enough. This is the only way you will learn to execute the command the first time. It is important not to let the dog remember the order of commands and perform what is called "on the machine." To understand and remember the command, each time it should receive a different order. - Do not forget that the constant method of carrot is used in dressing and it is necessary to encourage the dog for the work done. In this regard, it is worthwhile going out for a walk not with a well-fed pet, but slightly hungry. Then it will be easier to run, and the effort to get refreshments will be more zealous.