Why Training Your

Dog Could be the

Best Thing You Can

Do for Your Pet

Most dogs enjoy listening and are proud of the

knowledge and skills they acquire. Untrained dogs

are seldom as happy as trained ones, and lead much

less interesting lives. Many dogs also get a sense of

security from obedience and discipline, especially

the more intelligent ones.

Every observant dog owner can see for himself that

his dog gets greater satisfaction from the praise

rewarding a well- executed command or good

behavior than he does from the momentary

excitement of disobeying, which is usually followed

by the evident guilt feelings, (ears back and

avoiding eye contact), even when he has not

been punished.

Owners vary in their training talents just as dogs

vary in their train ability. Some people are born

animal trainers and accomplish remarkable results

with little effort. But even the best trainers are

seldom equally successful with every breed of dog.

The training procedures that are highly successful

with one type of dog may be totally ineffective with

another.

A basic mental affinity, even a certain type of

personality seems to be necessary when training a

dog. All good trainers possess authority, patience,

and self-control. Brilliant ones possess an additional

indefinable "x" quality that is probably a

combination of love and respect.

Dog training techniques have been so well

systematized in recent years that the least gifted

owner can achieve reasonable good results with

effort, persistence, patience, and understanding.

Dogs have a much higher understanding intelligence

than most people give them credit for. They can and

do learn, but we have to give them our time and

patience.

All pet dogs should be given basic obedience training

as a matter of course, and not only when they

develop bad behavior. Today s dogs live in a much

faster paced world, just as we do. Even though we

may be with them when they are out in public, they

can still "stray" or disobey. While training cannot

completely compensate for poor breeding, a bad

environment, or poor upbringing, it can surely help.

They world will teach them how to misbehave, but

it's up to us as pet parents to teach them how to

behave.

Specialized training isn't necessary unless the dog is

to perform or be seen, such as the purebred show

dogs. This level of training and behavior requires

much more time and labor and usually requires a

higher aptitude on the part of the dog, and much

more skill and patience on the part of the trainer.

Training of so called "champion" show dogs usually

begins when they are puppies and continues

through most of their lives.

Training your dog is the basics of behavior and

communication with you can be very rewarding.

What you may lack in experience, equipment,

facilities, etc. is usually compensated for by your

dogs desire to please the person he loves and lives

with, which is his strongest motivation.

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