Dog Obedience Tips
Most dog training professionals agree that the best way to train any dog is by a process called positive reinforcement training. This is a technical term for a very simple theory:
Ignoring behavior you don’t want your dog to repeat and lavishly rewarding the behavior you do, is the basses to positive reinforcement training. This method is the direct opposite of the once popular way of training dogs, ways that would be considered very cruel in today’s standers, such as using shock collars of cattle prods of corrective tools.
Your dogs natural instinct is to please you, this is why positive reinforcement is so effective. This theory instills your lessons in a more meaningful way with a long lasting effect. When your dog is able to “get” what you are teaching in there own time instead of being forced into submission.(learning “down” by being force down repeatedly v.s. rewarding your dog and saying “down” when your dog naturally lies down).
When you use positive reinforcement training, you’re allowing her the time and the opportunity to use her own brain. Some ways for you to facilitate the training process:
- Rewards that mean something. A little rub on the head and a “good girl”, gets pretty boring for a dog. (some dogs don’t even like being rubbed on the head.)
- watch their expressions and notice how most will balk or shy away when a hand descends towards their head). To keep the quality of your dog’s learning at a high standard, use tempting incentives for good behavior. Food treats and physical affection are what dog trainers refer to as “primary incentives”
- In other words, they’re both significant rewards that most dogs respond powerfully and reliably to.
Recommended Reading
Hopefully this article has given you a small insight into the power of positive reinforcement dog training. There is a great deal of information on this subject and suggest you learn as many techniques as possible if you want your dog training to be effective.
One excellent resource for dog training is Train your dog in minutes. An article found on Matt’s web site, Ez dog Training at Home.com a powerful dog training site with links to the best dog training secrets on the web.
