Dog Training

July 17th, 2008 at 02:00pm Under Recreation

Dog Training

It is important at the beginning of the dog training process for a dog owner to have a clear objective of what results they want to achieve by implementing a dog training program. There are however some basics which all dog training regimes should include. Some of the basics of obedience and good people skills for example. Before you can even start with the basics though it is vital that you understand how a dog thinks and its behavioral traits. A good understanding of dogs is the first foundation for implementing a successful dog training exercise.

The first thing we need to understand is that we communicate using our human perception and understanding of communication. We talk to the dog and we expect the dog to react straight away understanding fully what we are trying to communicate. Unfortunately, dogs are not humans and that is not the case. A dog’s perception of communication is totally different to a human’s and we need to respond to that in order for there to be a working relationship between dog and owner. Once we grasp this, we will have more realistic expectation of our dogs, and we will have more patients with them especially in the beginning stages of the training process.

I a way you could compare dog behavior modification to learning a new language. Your dog is in the process of learning a complete new way of communicating; much like a toddler or infant.
Bearing this in mind will help you understand that there will be a learning curve that will continue well into your dog’s maturity. As your dog learns the basics of your style of communication the learning curve tends to decrease and the saying of “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” changes to “You can teach an old dog new tricks quickly if you know how to communicate with it”. There are a few things which you should avoid during the process communication development with your dog. Yelling or screaming at the dog will dramatically affect, for the worse, the dog’s ability to understand your communication. The dog will understand one thing though, that you are angry and that will be the only perception they make.

Another point worth bearing in mind is that a dog will need to be trained by the same person throughout the dog behavior modification program. Dogs are very perceptive and will pick up on an individual’s particular method of communication. One person training the dog will avoid extra learn load on the dog in it trying to understand a different form of communication as well as avoid confusion on the dogs behalf. Minor differences like differences in the tone of voice during particular commands will all be noticed by the dog and will aid confusion. It’s also very important that the manor of praise given to the dog is consistent. It will avoid the dog associating certain commands with a better or worse praise and therefore can develop different obedience patterns.

It is always advisable to keep training session, with your dog, short. At the beginning of the process I would recommend that you start off with session no longer then 2-3 minutes. After a while you can increase the amount of time spent during a training session to a maximum of 10 minutes.
It’s also important that you finish every training session with a skill that the dog has already mastered. This will give the dog confidence and it will look forward to the next session. Try and only move onto a new command or skill once the previous skill has been mastered. Keep in mind that when training there should be lots of opportunity for repetition and lots of praise during the sessions. This will increase the effectiveness of the training dramatically.

Basic dog training.

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Dog Daycare

July 17th, 2008 at 11:02am Under Recreation

Dogs are one of the best pet animals and are viewed as a family member. They are so faithful that they understand the mood of their masters and react accordingly. There is no doubt that dogs are intelligent animals. Though, you may take optimum care, yet your dog needs something more that can be handled by the dog daycare experts. Both your dog and you both will be benefited. Dog day care is an opportunity given to your dog to play and socialize with other dogs and all this is bestowed within a safe environment. This gives your dog an occasion to interact with various people as well as with numerous dogs.

Dog Daycare takes charge of your dog and allows it to play and socialize in a prearranged environment with other dogs. Like humans, dogs are not allotted playtime, socialization time, nap time or games time at your residence. You may shower lots of affection whenever you get time and feed them with the best of the food regularly, but you cannot focus absolutely on all the required pet comforts as you are not aware of all the needs of your dog. So taking assistance of Dog daycare is essential as they offer consistent facilities and takes care of its needs.

Dog daycare provides airy pet suites with glass doors. This gives your dog a great pleasure as it can view everything and all the suites are air-conditioned. Dogs are comforted at dog daycare with framed dog beds so that the dogs spend their time socializing and having fun during daytime and by the end of the day they get ready to settle in their comfy beds. Dog daycare does not entertain dogs lesser than 3 months of age. Dog daycare takes a lot of effort in bestowing best facilities. Here dogs can actively involve in play groups, gnaw a play ball or a toy or merely lounge.

Before admitting your dog an interview is held to indemnify the compatibility of your dog with the environment of the Dog daycare. For security reasons your dogs undergo a screening process and this gives an assessment of your dogs interest in participating and also in comprehending its antisocial behaviors. Dog daycare ascertains absolute safety even when dogs interact with each other. Your dog can enjoy the environment only if it is dog friendly. Some dogs get scared at the first sight of a pack and start using their canine skills. Dog daycare also provides feedback regarding the dogs activities and an insight where you need to work prior to participation in dog daycare activities. This is done with the best aim so that your dog has real fun.

At dog daycare dogs social skills increase and they learn to interact and play safely. Their behaviors are tuned such that their mental as well as physical activities are triggered and they become very active. You can see that by the end of the day your pet is happy, totally relaxed and very tired owing to playing all day. Attending dog daycare bestows an opportunity to fortify good manners.
For information please visit www.camp4dogs.com

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