Dog Training
Dog's enjoy being stimulated, learning and pleasing their owner. One of the best activities that ensures you and your dog are happy is TRAINING. It also has the added bonus that you are teaching them what you would like them to do in a particular situation and prevent unwanted behaviour and problems developing in the future.
Training your Dog
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Principles of Dog Training
- Positive reinforcement
- Marking their behaviour
- Teaching your puppy their name
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Start with the basics
- Building their focus and attention
- Simple requests; sit, lie down,...
- Impulse control; wait, stay,...
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At home
- Bed or crate training
- Toilet training
- Item ownership...dog toys vs pants
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Out and about
- Loose lead walking
- Travelling in the car
- Recall training
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Interacting with new experiences
- Distraction training
- Meet and greets
- Postman visits
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Engagement and Enrichment Ideas
- Dogs love games and enrichment
- Chase games
- Hide and seek
