Train My Dog: Dog Training Tips

The Top 10 Dog Training Tips

One of the most crucial dog training tips is to never use physical punishment and never reprimand your dog for not performing correctly.
Do not train your dog if you are in a bad mood or irritated at someone. Otherwise, you will be likely to take out your anger on your dog. Also, stop the training once you feel that you are losing your temper.
Keep the training session short and interesting. Give it plenty of variety to keep you and your dog from getting bored.
If your dog is bursting with energy and too excited, give him some exercise before you start with the training.
Make sure your dog is hungry when you begin the training and use tasty treats to help reinforce the command.
Once your dog becomes proficient with the training, you can reduce the amount of treats to occasional use.
Praise your dog every time he performed a task correctly and learn to ignore those which are unsuccessful.
If you are having trouble with the training, stop and move on to something else and then come back to the trouble spot later.
Make sure that your dog understands what you want him to do before assuming that he is choosing not to obey you.
Always end your training session by playing with your dog for a few minutes or end it with a task which your dog does well. Praise him and then reward him with a treat. This way, he will more likely remember that training sessions are fun.

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