Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Puppy Training Tip

Just a tip I found, hope it helps!

f you can structure the environment in such a way that the puppy is never rewarded for jumping and make sure the puppy is consistently rewarded for sitting instead, you will have an adult dog that doesn’t jump when greeting people. In fact an adult dog with this type of history will impress your friends by sitting when it greets guests.

There are other great instances of this principal, such as getting your new puppy accustomed to going potty on a particular kind of surface. An example may be teaching your pup to potty on gravel and it will be less likely to go on surfaces unlike gravel. I find this principle particularly troublesome when dogs stay with me that where conditioned as young pups to potty on concrete. When these dogs stay with me for a short amount of time it can be almost impossible to recondition them to potty in a more hygienically appropriate area of my yard.

A good deal of this resistance to change can be explained by the phenomena of imprinting. There are certain times when a puppy’s brain is developing in a way that enables life experiences and successful behavior to become permanently wired connections. By training at this age you are actually building your puppy’s brain and its future behavior.

During puppy training you need to remember, puppies don’t have the endurance of an adolescent or adult dog. Puppies can be very active for short amounts of time and then they need to rest and sleep. Some believe this rest helps the puppy build those important brain connections, as well as the muscle and bones of a developing body.

When puppy training we must respect, understand, and use the rules Mother Nature has imposed upon the system we experience as a developing individual.

Dog Training.... How?

Well, I have been searching the net for quite a while now on how to find quality information on how to properly train your dog/pup. I first looked for tips, found nothing. Then in a Google search of "how to train your puppy" I came across a dog training guide. I saw this one, wasn't really impressed and then did another Google search for "dog training guides" and found A LOT of them. I even purchased one!

Monday, June 25, 2007

hmm.. Training Guides?

Well, lately I have been looking around the internet for tips to train my little pup, Spency. I came across a dog training guide. So it looked interesting, so I bought it. Stupid me, for not researching other guides. So then I went to Google, and searched for Dog Training Guide Reviews. This website had a review for Sit Stay Fetch, and how pleased they were. So I decided to buy it (probably still wasn't a good idea) but I got lucky. It was exactly what I was looking for.

Guides that I think are worth checking out:

SitStayFetch

This guide is in ebook format, and is the only guide I bought. It did it all from me. The thing I liked the most about it was that it provided me with st, by step info on how to correctly make my dog obedient, and how to stop all his bad habits.

Dog and Puppy Training

I have not purchased this one, but it is the only other one I found that I think is worth purchasing... But there are many others that I do not think are worth purchasing, but it is my own opinion, not yours.

The guides that I do not think are worth purchasing are Train Your Dog In an Evening and Dog Training Mastery, but this is only my opinion.

More to come, so watch for it!