training your dog

There has to be someone special in order to fill the job a dog trainer must do. Training your dog is an important part of developing a life-long bond with your beloved pet. You may never be a dog trainer for money but just giving your dog the basic dog commands is more than many people find themselves able to do. You can look back with a sense of satisfaction that your pet is a good example for others.

In order to be a dog trainer for your pet, you have to know some dog training tips. The first is having the proper knowledge on the dog breeding. Certain dogs are more laid back than others. Some dogs exhibit more aggression. As a dog trainer for your puppy, you must know its breeding. Once you have this knowledge ingrained then you will know what areas of difficulty you can expect as well as areas that will be easier.

Basic dog training starts off with teaching the pet how not to use the bathroom in your house. Dog books may recommend something called crate training to help with this aspect. Basically it begins with laying puppy pee pads out and into a crate designed to house your dog. There will be some rough times when the carpet gets more of the pee than the pad or crate does but as a dog trainer you must come to expect this. Eventually the dog will lean to use the bathroom correctly.

Crate training can also be used as a way to secure the dog at night when the rest of the family is asleep. You probably do not want to wake up and find your best shoes chewed up because Fido became irritated at you because you were not there for him or her when they wanted to play. Dogs are very smart. If you irritate them or abandon them, they will retaliate and the recipient is often a favored pair of shoes that become chew toys.

It is probably safe to assume that you have a set of shoes you wear often. It probably would not go over very well to come home and find them chewed up or defecated in. Dogs have a curious way to express their irritation. If you utilize crate training as a weapon in a dog trainer capacity, you can leave your pet safely ensconced within the cage when you are gone.

Animals can sense our emotions. They know when we are happy, sad or feeling frustrated. They experience the same things. There will be times when you will feel like giving up but it does get better. There are plenty of dog forums available to help you be a good dog trainer for your pet. The hard stuff will pass and soon you will be able to get a handle on everything.

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Clicker Training Review

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I witnessed a tragic event one evening when I was running with our family dog Rigby off leash. He was playing with several other dogs, a couple of labs and a border. Rigby is hopeless around water, and I mean absolutely one-eyed, as were his new friends, the only difficulty was, their boss didn’t want them to swim…. You can imagine what eventuated, the gang were in the water and loving it! 

The owner of the 3 dogs called in vain and when they finally came to him, to my shock… they got whacked svserely, after that Rigby’s playmates would not come near their master, and who would blame them. Rigby came and sat behind my legs shaking. At the time he was still quite young, so why was he happy to obey? 

We had discovered Clicker Training and had been using it for a few months and though still in the beginning stages, Rigby’s grasp was very clear and he knew that if he played the game, he would get a treat or some scrumbles. We still see the others occasionally but their master still doesn’t understand!

‘The 4 Secrets of Becoming a Supertrainer’ was our first serious introduction to commencing Clicker training, this superb publication is by far the most informative work on the Clicker Training technique. It’s technical mastery has also been recognized by other organizations and people:

It is compulsory reading for Guide Dog for the Blind Instructors in California

It is used for training Search & Rescue Dogs and Military Patrol Dogs

Clicker Training is employed in training marine Mammals

Many Professional Dog Trainers use it for Corrective Behavior Training

But this book is not only for professional trainers, it is terrific for every dog owner who would enjoy owning a well controlled dog; a dog everyone loves to have around.

The creators of  ‘The 4 Secrets of Becoming a Supertrainer’ have been involved in dog educators for many years, so this is not the work of a academic, it is founded on well researched practices and never employs any sort of admonishment.

The instructions are simple to understand, well laid out and you will quickly implement the training techniques. The more advanced trainers will also find a wide variety of ideas they can merge into their existing regimes.

I doesn’t  matter whether you own a dog, cat, horse or guinea pig, they will all respond to the clicker system, you will be amazed how you can adapt the instructions to your own training challenge.

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Many urban areas are experiencing problems with the increasing amount of dog litter in the streets. With the huge concentration of dogs in metropolitan areas, whether as household pets or guard dogs, the city is experiencing a comparable increase in waste materials dotting the already run-down urban landscape.

Concern over environmental pollution has also increased. Many citizens and some media reporters have made a sensation over dog litter, claiming that every disease from the common cold to bubonic plague comes directly from dog litter. Some people have gone a little too far by coming up with slogans such as “children before dogs”.

To be quite frank, dog litter does not present real medical concern to the average resident of a large city. The more serious health concern is to other dogs. Diseases such as hepatitis and distemper are passed from infected dogs to healthy ones through saliva and urine, while internal parasites are transmitted through the stool of infected dogs.

However, for a human to contract any disease from dogs would require that he walk the street barefooted or physically ingest dog waste or fleas which is, of course, highly unlikely. The argument of the “children before dogs” group is that children will unwittingly eat dog fleas and stool. We assume that parents would not let their young children to play unattended on public streets, parks and pavements; and when they are old enough to play unattended, they have been taught the basics of cleanliness and hygiene.

More likely to be of significant danger to human health is contamination of food by roaches, rats, and the common housefly, none of which seems to be exciting enough for these same people who are so concerned with dog litter.

But no matter who is right or wrong, most people will agree that dog litter causes an awful smell and unsightly pollution of our environment in an area that can hardly afford it. Every dog owner is responsible for the mess created by his dog. Whether it is a Great Dane or a Chihuahua, each dog does his share in contaminating natural resources and infuriating pedestrians.

It is puzzling that some dog owners with a backyard have no difficulty keeping it clean of dog waste; but these same owners will walk their dog allow her to litter a public street.

People who have never loved a pet do not quite understand the sensitivity to nature that many animal lovers feel. But the love and sensitivity must go beyond our pets and encompass our human neighbors. The rights and privileges of other people cannot be ignored. Our dogs are our responsibility and we should not expect other people to clean up after them.

We contribute to a substantially cleaner environment just by cleaning up after our pet. It is up to us to preserve decent cities to our pets as well as for ourselves and our neighbors.

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