Why Dog Training is Important?

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From the moment you bring your new puppy into your home, she is learning how to get along with your family, a species entirely different from her own. If your instruction is vague and inconsistent, her confusion about what is acceptable will manifest itself in undesirable behavior and mischief. If you spend time teaching her what is expected of her, you will be rewarded with a well-mannered pet that becomes a beloved member of your family. So, you get what you reinforce. If you pay attention to what your dog is doing right, you'll reap the rewards of a well-behaved dog.

Teaching tricks is about having fun and being a little silly, but it can also greatly benefit a frustrated owner and an overactive dog. Teaching your dog to roll over, play dead, or sit may seem a bit frivolous until you realize that in order to do those tricks your dog must have some basic understanding of the Sit or Lie Down command. Teaching tricks capitalizes and improves upon what the dog already knows and makes it better.

A goofy energetic dog will keep his paws off the company, for instance, if he has a show-stopping Play Dead command in his repertoire. Another benefit of trick training is that it improves public relations-doggie PR-with non-dog-lovers.

Dogs that can perform tricks are perceived as friendly to most non-dog-people, which can improve a timid person's idea of your dog. What scaredy cat could resist a dog that says his prayers, rolls over, and plays dead?

The beauty of teaching tricks is that they can be taught to any dog of any size, breed, or temperament; you are only limited by the dog's physical ability to perform the task. I think it's crucial for larger dogs, especially those whose breed alone makes people nervous, to learn some fun and silly tricks that they can do when they meet new people. People will react totally differently to a big silly German shepherd balancing a cookie on his nose than they would to one sitting politely. This also has an added benefit for your dog: The more relaxed visitors are, the more your dog will like having them around.

Teaching tricks can help you control a dog that barks too much or shakes and shivers when she meets new people, by simply giving her a more acceptable alternative. Trick training will make you a better dog trainer, a person who knows how to motivate her dog and has learned how to break things down into small parts. Since training your dog is a lifelong process, the more you practice the skills of a good dog trainer the better you will get at it and the more quickly your dog will learn.

The most difficult part of being a beginner is that you are learning at the same time that you are trying to teach your dog. Be patient with yourself-dog training is a physical skill that requires lots of practice and patience.

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