Sunday, June 20, 2010

Avoid These Common Dog Training Mistakes

By Darren Neil

Dog training is no doubt difficult, as it is a long and complicated process. Things you teach them today might not be retained and as such you might be surprised to learn that some dogs will take up to months to even learn a new trick. While your teaching method will largely determine the outcome, there are some common mistakes that first time owner might commit and as such you want to avoid them at all cost to improve your chance of getting your dog trained successfully.

Thus this article you will find how to avoid some of the common dog training mistakes.

Before we lose sight of it, dog training should actually be a positive and fun filled experience, this is one mistake that many owners have committed that is either due to impatience or frustration. When you forget just how much your dog is trying to comply with what you want from them and how much they really want your affection and love, its easier to lash out and punish them for whatever they didn't do.

Just punishing your dog will not get you anywhere; this is especially true when you're trying to teach them new tricks. Instead of punishments, why not reward them instead? This way they get to associate with performing desirable behavior with a positive outcome for them and can help retain and repeat the action.

Another mistake owner usually commit when training their dog is that they fail to realise just how short a dog's memory attention span is. There is really no point in punishing your dog for their wrong doing if you did not catch them in the act, this is because your punishment will not be well received as they probably do not remember what they did wrong and what they have done to garner the punishments.

Your dog also does not speak your language, therefore loud shouting and yelling will never help in terms of correcting their mistakes. The better way to do so is to actually catch their wrong doing and instantly correct their mistakes. Training a dog requires a lot of patience; as such you should definitely aim to have that if you want to be successful in your dog obedience training.

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