Dog Training For A Rewarding Relationship
Dog training is an essential part of learning to live with your new pet.
Dogs are wonderful companions and you should enjoy a rewarding and fulfilling relationship with your pet.
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Dog training is essential to underpin this relationship and to instil into your dog the knowledge that you come first in the pecking order.
Being at heart a pack animal, your dog looks for a leader and if it finds none it will take on that role itself.
This usually has disastrous consequences for the state of your house and the relationship with your dog unless you start a course of training guided by a quality training manual.
Dog Behavior
There are many rules to be learned about dog behavior and you need to instruct your dog in some basic house rules as soon as he enters your home.
For instance many people do not want their dog lying on their bed or new lounge furniture. This behaviour needs to be learnt, the dog needs to be taught what is and what is not acceptable in your home.
Dog Training Collars
The debate about whether to use dog training collars or not rages on. The argument for is that it is a quick and easy way to train a dog, especially the more unruly ones needing more physical handling.
The argument against dog training collars basically states that you are giving your dog an electric shock every time you use your collar.
This is seen as inhumane and it is felt that there are more positive ways of training your dog, through a praise and reward system for example.
In fact, there is a big movement to get dog training collars banned and dog action groups like the dogs trust are very vocal in their opposition to training collars.
We hope this overall guide to dog obedience training helps you decide what is the best course of action to take in training your new pet.
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