How to Help Your Dog Learn Basic to Advanced Poodle Tricks
Miniature poodles are a smart and talented dog breed, very cheerful and highly trainable when it comes to absorbing basic and advanced tricks. This speed at learning has made poodles a favorite in countless circus acts over the centuries. Poodles essentially love to learn and to please; take advantage of this to keep the dog away from boredom and lethargy, and to strengthen its bond with you as owner. Teaching your dog is like hitting two birds with one stone: teaching tricks also encourages obedience and good behavior. However, in poodle training, scolding and punishment are still important no-nos. The best way to work with these dogs are through positive reinforcement using treats and praise, which makes it fun for you and your pet. Reciprocate your poodles’ efforts to please you by acting excited and vocally praising your dog when it accomplishes your command.
As you teach tricks to your poodle, it is helpful to get an area with the least noise and distractions, and with enough space to accommodate your tricks. Live patience, and keep the duration of training short enough to keep the dog interested and enthusiastic, but also long enough for the dog to know the correct execution. The appropriate number of repetitions in a day will help in the dog’s mastery of all the tricks taught.
Before giving your dog advanced or hard poodle training, your dog will need to have been taught easier ones first, such as shake hands, shake a paw, speak, quiet, fetch, and the like.
When it comes to the very best that poodle trainers can achieve, nothing can possibly exceed the effort of a four-time Guinness World Record holder dog named Chanda Leah. If there is already a dog born to ride a skateboard, play a piano, and spell, and memorize more than four hundred other tricks, Chanda Leah is the one. But if you first want to start small, try to train the dog in hoop jumping, or jump rope. Teach your miniature poodle to jump through a hoop by using a toy hoola-hoop and dog treats. With your pet sitting, hold the hoop on the floor in front of him. Hold a treat on the other side, making your pet walk through the hoop to get it and saying ‘jump hoop’ as he goes through. Through a careful formula of training, praise, rewards, and patience, your dog will soon be a master of hoop jumping and all the tricks you will teach it.
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