Archive for the ‘Dog Training Advice’ Category
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Getting Your Dog Used to Your Daily Life Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 18th, 2009 at 7:26 pmRead MoreImage by Aureusbay via Flickr The first few weeks of having a new dog in the house are generally a little surreal, everyone is on their best behavior and you tend to accomodate your new pet. This is the wrong way to go about things, you need to stay in your usual daily routine so as to not confuse the new member of your household. If you do change your routine to stay with the dog full time this can cause major issues down the line when you are not present all the time. He may have be...
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The Reasons for Dog Aggression Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 15th, 2009 at 6:29 amRead MoreImage by static416 via Flickr There are quite a few reasons for dog aggression but firstly you have to understand that aggression for a dog is just a natural instinct which helped them survive in the wild. With a dog like Fig, who was a stray before he was at the shelter, these instincts come to the fore to enable them to survive and you have to work hard to get them to return to the place that we want these instincts to be (at the back of your dogs mind). The same can be said for ...
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How to Train a Nervous Anxious Dog Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 11th, 2009 at 6:28 pmRead Morephoto credit: tibbygirl Training a nervous anxious dog can be fairly challenging. When you undertake training it has to be using a positive reinforcement method. If the dog is very nervous and anxious then you are going to have to spend a lot of quality time with the dog, praising him for his achievements and showing him a vast amount of patience. Do not get frustrated or angry with your dog if he does not do what you want him to do. This is counterproductive. The likelihood is that he...
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