Dog Training Help

As owners of a new dog you will have a variety of roles to play in its life. No doubt several of them come naturally, as for instance playing with it, and others are forced on you, such as clearing up its messes.

But, what around the other roles, those which it urgently needs to get it on the right track for life?

A dog is a pack animal. It wants to live as part of a pack and is happiest when it knows its position in that pack. A dog also learns by example. So what examples are you setting?

First, you must establish yourself as the pack leader. There are loads of different theories around for this, as for instance always going through a door first, not letting your new puppy out of the door the moment it asks and so on. These are fine, if they work for you.

But the vital fact is that it must be you that sets the lead role in your new dog’s life. How you make sure that you are leader of the pack is up to you and depends on what you find easiest. But little things for example on a walk you deciding where to go could all be useful.

And as with a child, you should be firm, but kind with your dog when he does something wrong. You are wanting your puppy to respect you in its own little way, not to fear you. Hitting it with a rolled up newspaper when you don’t like its actions doesn’t do any good. It just builds fear. Removal from the scene of the crime and then not allowing it to continue works much better.

You must also remember that you have to teach your puppy what is right and wrong. If you give it an old slipper to chew then you are teaching it to chew footwear. How does that little bundle of fluff know the difference between and old slipper and a new one? Set your boundaries straight away and stick to them.

If you don’t want the puppy jumping up on the furniture, then it is not a mischievous dog when it does so. It does this because he wants to be with you. A firm “No” and replacing him on the ground should soon set the boundaries, but, as with children, be consistent.

Allowing your dog on the armchair, but not the sofa will confuse him. When it is a bit older he should get the hang of this difference, but when he is too young.

Don’t ever think that your young dog is being ill-disciplined. Anything he does wrong is because you have not taught him where the boundaries lie. Set down the rules straight away and praise him for doing good.

And when he does something wrong, look at yourself for why he has done that and what the intentions really were.

By Keith Lunt. If you want more help with Londons top dog trainer, call into adogwalker.com.

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