Everyone who lives with your dog should be involved in his training, though a responsible person should be in charge. When children are involved in training, ensure they are supervised at all times.
Training sessions should be short and occur frequently throughout the day. Try to incorporate training into your dog's daily routine. For example, practice the Wait command before letting your dog outside. If you use treats as lures or rewards, time your training sessions to occur just before your dog's mealtimes, to ensure he will be hungry.
Training sessions should begin in an environment with few distractions, such as a quiet room in your house. As your dog becomes comfortable with the commands, begin adding distractions, such as having other people in the room.
Avoid training your dog when you have had a bad day or are feeling impatient. You may unintentionally take it out on your dog and make the training session unproductive.
- Everyone who lives with your dog should be involved in the dog’s training, but a responsible person should be in charge.
- Children should be supervised by an adult at all times when working with your dog.
- Every time you are with your dog, it is a potential time to train. You should try to incorporate training into your dog’s daily routine. For example, have your dog practice the Sit command before you put down his food bowl.
- You should train your dog for 10 minutes in the morning, 10 minutes in the afternoon and 10 minutes in the evening, for a total of 30 minutes of training sessions per day.
Note: The person in charge
of training must be willing
to commit the time required
to train your dog.
What should I keep in mind when teaching my dog a command?
As your dog becomes comfortable with
a command, you should begin giving
the command in a variety of situations.
For example, practice the command in
different rooms in the house. You can
also vary how you give the command,
such as saying the command while sitting
or standing and giving the command when
the dog is to your left and to your right.
This will help your dog learn that the
command means the same thing no matter
where you are or what you are doing.
I have an older dog. Will his age affect how I should train him?
Training your dog will require time and
patience, no matter how old he is. An
older dog may have a better attention
span than a puppy, allowing him to learn
faster. When training a re-homed dog,
keep in mind that the dog’s previous
training may cause him to misunderstand
some of your commands. For example,
if your dog has difficulty with the Come
command, you may have to choose a
different command word for that action.
- When you begin training your dog, you and your dog should be alone in a quiet room.
- You should train in a room that has as few distractions as possible.
- Removing distractions from your training area makes you the most interesting item in the room so your dog's attention will be on you.
- As your dog becomes more comfortable with commands, start adding distractions.
- With time, you can move your training to other rooms in your house and outdoors with your dog on a leash. When you change the training location, your dog learns that a command means the same thing no matter where he is.
Note: Each time you move
to a new location, you
may need to go back a
few steps in your training.
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