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It's
essential for Dog parents like you to know certain
basic factors that determine your relationship with
your Dog and can go a long way in training him effectively.
Before you begin training your Dog,
it is absolutely essential that you build a loving
bond with him. This is important as it helps you to
understand his needs and instincts and also allows
your Dog to have complete trust in you.
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How To Bond With Your Dog
Building a bond with your Dog is
the first and the most crucial step involved in training
him successfully. As soon as you bring your Dog home,
you must first try to develop a caring and loving
relationship with him in order to win his trust and
confidence.
When Dogs
are secure in the knowledge that they belong to the
family, they are more likely to respond better to
their owners' training commands. Just like with any
relationship, there must be mutual trust and respect
between you and your Dog.
Trust takes time to develop and respect
comes from defining boundaries and treating any breach
of those boundaries with firmness and fairness.
Without enforceable limitations,
respect can’t be developed. And when there is
no respect, building a bond with your Dog is almost
impossible.
4 Golden Rules To Building
A Relationship With Your Dog :
- Spend quality time together;
- Take him out in the world and experience life
together;
- Establish and promote a level of mutual respect;
and
- Develop a way of communicating to understand
each other's needs.
Building a bond with your Dog will not only help
you manage him better but will also make your Dog
calm, quiet and an extremely well-adjusted pet.
Love Your Dog and He Will Love
You back
Once you're succesful in building
a bond with your Dog, you can rest assured that training
him and teaching him new and clever tricks will be
a cakewalk.
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How Your Dog Learns...
Your Dog's learning period can be
divided into five phases:
The Teaching Phase
- This is the phase where you must physically demonstrate
to your Dog exactly what you want him to do.
The Practicing Phase
- Practice makes Perfect. Once a lesson is learnt,
practice with your Dog what you have just taught him.
The Generalizing Phase
- Here you must continue practicing with your Dog
in different locations and in an environment with
a few distractions. You can take your Dog out for
a walk, or to a nearby park and command him to practice
whatever you've taught him.
Practicing the learned lessons in
multiple locations and in the presence of small distractions
will help him learn and retain lessons better .
The Testing Phase
- Once you're sure that your Dog has achieved almost
90% success....he responds correctly almost every
time you give a command, you must start testing his
accuracy in newer locations with a lot of distractions.
Example: Take him to the local shopping
mall and ask him to obey your command. He may not
come up with the correct response the very first time
you do this, but you must not lose hope.
The idea is to test your Dog to see
how he responds in an environment which is new to
him. Set-up a situation where you are in control of
the environment and your Dog.
There are only 2 possibilities:
- In case your Dog fails, re-examine the situation.
Review and/or change your training. Then try testing
again.
Keep on testing until he succeeds.
Follow the rule of the 3 Ps – patience, persistence,
praise.
Internalizing Phase
- Finally, comes the extremely rewarding phase
where your Dog does everything he is taught to do
even without your commands.
Remember:
- Never scold your Dog if he fails. It's not his
fault. You have failed as a trainer!
- You must be patient and persistent for your
efforts to show rewards.
- Appreciate and love your Dog when he does it
right! A little encouragement will work wonders
for your Dog.
- Dog Training is easy when you do it right.
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