Posts Tagged ‘Dog Training’
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Wow Life Sometimes Takes You by Surprise Posted by Dog Training Manual on February 4th, 2010 at 11:07 pmRead MoreImage via Wikipedia It seems like forever since I last wrote a post for this blog, you start out with such good intentions and then you get distracted by other things. Life is of course ever changing but I think that I can now hold up my hands and say that I was badly prepared to become a home schooler, move house and change career all in a period of 4 months. With all of that going on it was quite a whirlwind end to 2009 for our entire household including Fig. I have so much material...
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Dog Training for Dummies Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 19th, 2009 at 10:57 pmRead MoreIf you like the format of "The Dummies" series of books then you could give Dog Training for Dummies a go. It's a good companion guide for all the family however I would not rely on it as my sole resource for training a dog, some of the advice in it in my opinion is a little bit hokey. At least it is all positive dog training. So you might ask yourself why on earth am I talking about it, well it's to head off questions about it really. I am often asked about it so I thought I would share my o...
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Introducing Your New Dog to Other Pets Posted by Dog Training Manual on June 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pmRead MoreImage via Wikipedia Part of the training process as a dog training manual will tell you is to introduce your pet to new experiences in a controlled manner. Of course life does not always go as you plan! My daughter has a small furry creature otherwise know as a Syrian Hamster. All went well for the first few days at home the dog completely ignored the hamster even though it was in plain sight and made quite a noise. We were fully prepared to make an introduction once the dog seemed s...
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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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