Dog Behaviour
The Essential 5 Dog Behaviour Training Tips
Hello fellow dog trainers and people alike. Now, a lot of people have contacted me recently to ask me to cut down my detailed articles on dog training and to just give the main key points that they need to get going with Dog Behaviour training in a relatively quick period of time. It should still be noted that successful Dog Behaviour training requires some time and patience at the best of times, but all the same you should find the following definitve list useful, it contains the top 5 tips to any successful dog training that you ideally need for maximum success. Please take some time to read this article and you should find it makes a huge difference to your Dog Behaviour training success. Here we go:
1. Get your dog's attention
Before you can start training your dog you first need to get its attention, this may sound like teaching grandma to suck eggs to you but you would be surprised how many people overlook this and just carry on trying to train a dog who isn't really even paying attention to them in the first place! There are some easy ways to get your dogs attention such as simply talking to him and offering him a small treat in reward for his attention - dogs soon get to know and catch on quickly to this and you will notice this working very quickly.
2. Give praise
Time and time again it is the simplest and most obvious things that people neglect to do when training their dog, and surprisingly one of the most common (and most essential of the lot) is to give your dog praise when he does something right, as this helps to complete his association between your voice pattern and whether he has done good or bad. Whenever your dog obeys you and does something correct, make sure you give him plenty of praise and you will soon notice a change in his behaviour, even over just a short period of time, it's that effective!
3. Reprimanding
When it comes to successful and effective dog behaviour training, giving a stern reprimand is just as important as offering plenty of praise as both are required to complete your dog's association between your tone of voice and his behaviour. People come to me all the time with the issue that they just feel too horrible when they tell their dog off and they shy away from it. This is not good as if a dog is not told when he has done something wrong, then he will continue to do it knowing no different. You need to reprimand when needed to make all this work.Now, just to clear something up that is not always understood so well, to reprimand does not mean hitting your dog! This is totally wrong and will not help your dog behaviour training at all. Instead., any time your dog is engaging in bad behavior, use the opportunity to teach him the 'stop!' or 'no!' command. Using the 'stay!' command can also be effective in these situations and is good to use.
4. Use the right dog behavoiur training tools
There is no good trying to train your dog if you don't have the necessary tools and supplies to do the job, you wouldn't really try to train a dog to obey your 'sit' commands without taking him out on a lead for a while would you? No, of course you wouldn't and it's another key factor in any successful dog behaviour training program. If you have a well behaved dog, then a 6 ft lead and a regular collar will easily suffice and will do the job nicely. However if you have a dog that is slightly more uncontrollable and unpredictable, then you should use a special training collar. You also need to make sure the collar is the right size (an uncomfortable dog is much less likely to play ball!) which you can do by measuring the dogs' neck and adding about 2 inches, this should give a pretty good estimate of which collar you need to buy for your dog.
5. Do a little dog behaviour training every day
Don't rush dog training. Trying to fill a dog's head with too much information will more than likely end up working against you just in the same way a child would trying to learn the entirety of a subject in just one lesson, it doesn't work. Teach your dog one command at a time and don't move on until he gets it, keep at it and persistence will pay off.
Well there we go, I have listed the 5 most important and most essential tips you will probably ever learn when it comes to successful dog behaviour training. So please take them on board and make sure they are a firm part of your dog behaviour training program today and you will see dramatic improvement in your dog's behaviour and how quickly your dog's behaviour training improves. Please check back soon as I post regular dog training updates and articles that should really make a difference to you and your dog, or you can easily subscribe to my RSS feed at: dog behaviour training RSS feed.
Steven James is an experienced dog trainer who has set up a dog behaviour training website to offer free tips, techniques and methods to quickly and easily train your dog.
Cocker Spaniel- info about dogs going into heat?
I have 2 cocker spaniels, my female is 3 and my male is 1. I have never had her around any other dogs including my male, so I don't know how to explain what is going on. My female should be going into heat sometime within this next month. I don't know how to tell if she is going into heat., or if she is just acting weird because I brought another dog around her...some of the weird thing she is doing is 1) rubbing herself against everything like a cat 2) eating alot more then usual 3) she has been mounting my male and been trying to hump him. ... I have never really been observative about what she does when going into heat because I have never bred her...any info about dog behavior and other misc info about dogs (Cocker Spaniels) going into heat would be greatly appreciated thanks!
If you dont have any positive feedback, or are going to complain about BRB's please keep to yourself. I am simply breeding my dog for her blood line.
Any breeding info would help out alot too :-) thank you
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Strange dog Behaviour?
I have two Rhodesian ridgebacks (mother and a daughter). They get on with each other fine all the time. When I walk them to a nearby farm the mother becomes protective over the daughter which I understand. But she isn't aggressive to dogs the same colour as her yet different breed but aggressive to a black Labrador etc. why
You'd actually be surprised. The mother looks upto my dad and she loves him but she still does it with every single breed of dogs except dogs of her colour. It's really strange but it's true and I haven't a clue why
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Unwanted dog behaviors?
My boyfriends dog has been living with me for about 8 months...I am a first year teacher so I'm not home during the day I used to leave him out until I found out that he was eating my underwear and socks and we had to take him to the vet for pancreatitis. Well ever since he has recovered and been back at home I have to watch him literally 24/7, if I leave him for 10 seconds even he is jumping on the counter getting food and will even get into the pantry. The other day I came home and he had knocked over the baby gate that was keeping him enclose and ate half a bag of cat food, some sesame sticks and a pack of tortillas from the pantry! And today I went to the restroom and was gone for maybe 30 seconds he had pulled another tortilla bag from the shelf and I caught him in the act of eating it....an he is not hungry because he had just eaten like 20 min before! This a new behavior, we go to training classes once a week, he's a good dog and listens but I don't know what to do about this!!! I'm scared he is going to get sick again and I dont want him to have to stay in a cage all day, and he can't stay out in the yard during the day because it's against an ordinance in our
County!!HELP!!!'
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Any Dog Behavior Gurus Out There?
Okay so I have done a bit of research on dog body language. I have an enormous book with lots of pictures, and descriptions on what each body motion means, as well as an explanation of "Stress Signals" and "Calming Signals" etc...
But I'm still puzzled by my puppy's behavior!
My puppy is 4.5 months old. Everytime she meets a dog (in our puppy kindergarten class, as well as neighbors dogs) she shows (what I think are) extreme forms of submission:
A twisted play bow (Front twisted up)
Some Facial Tension sometimes
Ears Back
Tail tucked but wagging
Rolling Over on her Back
Trying to Roll Over Underneath the Dog
Lying Flat Splayed out on her Belly & army Crawling towards the dog
Whale Eyes
Sometimes Pacing around the dog
SO...
Yesterday was the first time we had her around another dog (adult) completely off leash, in his territory, outside and in a house.
I wasn't sure how to handle the situation because she was giving (what I think are) mixed signals.
She would exhibit those forms of submission, and then when the dog would sniff her and trot away, she would run after him tail held high and wagging, ears relaxed and then she would circle around him and stop in front of him even if he was in mid walk and give her submission display.
He was not aggressive at all, and really was minding his own business by walking away, and was very careful not to step on her. But she wouldn't give up this sycophant behavior.
I considered removing her from the situation at first when I saw how submissive she was being, but she wasn't shaking or trying to jump up on me (which is what she does when she is frightened of big trucks), she seemed to not be concerned with the people around at all, except to maybe "hide" from the bigger dog, only to run after him again when he left her alone and be super submissive.
Even when he was just laying down, she would lie down on her belly and army crawl up towards him and try to do a twisted play bow underneath his head. He'd just get up and walk away.
Seemed like she wanted some attention but every time he would come toward her she would only interact by submission.
After some time the submissiveness kind of subsided and she would still sit on command and was responsive to me, but I'm just not sure why she was behaving like that, I don't want her to be stressed about meeting other dogs, but at the same time she is still a puppy and maybe this is why she is acting so awkwardly?
She is a small breed chihuahua feist mix, approximately 9 lbs, will grow to be around 20.
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Only vets answer, or people who know dog behaviors and illness.?
My female pit/lab is slowly going crazy. Shes about 7 or 8 years old. We had her fixed in October and moved into my new home with my husband in November (his dog originally). It started in December, she will (mostly at night time) start whining as if shes in pain or scared. She will pace the house, panting heavily as if she played rough for hours. She will try to hide in dark small places. She even hides in the tub which she'll avoid at all costs. She wont really come to me or my husband. She trys to jump out windows, through the front or back door, or climb walls! She even tried to climb in the baby bassinet!
She will do this for hours at night (not every night, the episodes will stop for a week, or two weeks, or just a day. It depends. And she starts this at random times, after we let her out in our back yard, or after a walk, or during dinner, or at bedtime, or while we are watching a movie!)
She did this twice during the day, but it wasn't as bad nor long as it is when its at night.
We took her to vet, they took blood and everything's fine!
We don't know what to do, but we can tell shes in pain when shes going through this. And my husband feels its time to put her to sleep.
Has anyone ever experienced this, or could know what to do?
Have her destroyed? Are you kidding me? You act as though i'm wanting to get rid of my family member. I put VETS answer please hoping to get more accurate answers. I don't need your negativity.
Summa: What do you mean? And yes it started a little bit after we moved in and around the time i became pregnant.
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