6 Easy Tips to Find a Good Professional Dog Training

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6 Easy Tips to Find a Good Professional Dog Training

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With so many people advertising in the field of professional dog training today, trying to determine who’s truly qualified to look after your dog can be overwhelming. What to look for when choosing a professional to help you with dog training:

A good reputation, ask around and get recommendations from your vet, other dog owners, or local kennel clubs.
Experience. - Inquire about their background, i.e. number of year’s experience.
A real love of and devotion to dogs.
Extensive and up to date knowledge. Dedicated trainers keep themselves updated by attending dog training and animal behavior courses, conferences, seminars and workshops.
Their training methodology and handling skills. A good trainers first concern should be the dogs well being.
Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General dog obedience tips
Training should be a positive and enjoyable experience for both you and your dog. Never begin the training if you are not in the right mood for it. Always reward your dog for obeying your commands promptly! A reward is anything that your dog wants and is willing to work for. Treats are an obvious reward but other rewards could be verbal praise and toys. Several shorter sessions are usually better than one long one. Training should not involve any negative components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Each training session should be enjoyable and positive with rewards for jobs well done.

Head Collars Training
Pulling on the lead is one of the few unpleasant experiences of bringing up a new puppy or dog. Over the last few years, using a head collar for dog training has become very popular. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. Although very simple to use, it is important that head collars are fitted correctly and your dog properly introduced to the collar. Head collars are generally more intuitive to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very effective when controlling dogs in difficult situations.

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