Training The Older Dog
Many people believe that when a dog moves past the stage of being a puppy that it is a little to late to train him. These beliefs are untrue. Sure, it may be true that training a pup might be a little easier, but training an older dog can sure be done.
In most instances you will have a little knowledge about the dog going into the training process. In the instance that you have gotten your pet from a shelter or he just showed up at the house, you will not know much about his background. Therefore,if you know very little of your dogs past you will need to approach the training with a kind spirit.
Below you will find a few tips to help with your older dog and a few of these tips will prove useful in training a pup
Time To Relearn
Be prepared because your older dog will have picked up some pretty bad habits. Not only will you have a few things to teach him, you are going to have to un-teach him things. Just remember, up to this stage in his life, he does not know any better.
Now that you know that it’s coming, be ready to stop him right in his tracks.
It’s All In The Voice
A nice firm tone of voice will be your most powerful weapon when you begin to train your older dog, you don’t need to yell though. In order for your dog to fully believe that you are in control of the situation always avoid sounding upset or angry. Look for the positive and when you see it, give him a treat and an awful lot of praise.
One Word Commands
Use commands with one word when training pups or dogs of any age. It is simpler for your pet to comprehend words like “stay”,”come”,enough,””down” than it is for him to understand “Go lay down,” “Stay right there” or “Won’t you please just sit down”
The First Time
It is important to know that once your dog understands a command that you expect him to follow through with it. Begging is one thing that you should not do. Now this one is crucial. When you call your dog over to you, and he pretends that you do not exist, calmly walk over to him and bring him to you, and if he does come lavish him with praise. Anytime you have your dog 4 or 5 times to follow a command it won’t be long before it is 5 or6 so it is very important to get to the point of “One Time”.
Rewards And Good Behavior
It is very important to keep in mind that during training or even during leisure time to reward your dog when he does something right, punishing your dog when he does something wrong is just not very effective. Anytime that your pet does what you ask of him, anything, let him know how special he is with some praise, some petting and maybe a treat or two.
Positive reinforcement is one of the best tools that you can use to train an older dog or puppy.
Parish the thought that just because your dog is a little older that it will just be to complicated. By using correct training methods, it will seem like it took no time at all for your older dog to begin behaving properly.
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