Effective Training

As soon as signs of flagging attention, boredom or resentment are noticed suspend the session. A dog which seems to be stupid or stubborn may be merely tired or hungry and if he obeys commands at all will do so unwillingly of with an air of dejection. Never miss an opportunity of rewarding your dog even when he makes an effort to dog as you command without much success. Throughout training be lavish with praise and very sparing of punishment. Never strike or smock a puppy and never use a stick or other weapon on any dog. If you do will probably forfeit his confidence and respect. 

A sensitive animal may be cowed and spoiled in temperament. While a bolder or more assertive one will probably retaliate or become resentful. Unreliable or vicious. Finally, try be every means in your power to make your dog regard training sessions as a game, but be sure that it is a game of which you never lose control and which can be stopped at any time at your discretion. Almost any dog will perform some exercises more readily than others and by keeping close watch on your dogs reactions behaviour during lessons. You will be able to see which details of training, he finds most irksome. Do not try to overcome his unwillingness to perform the actions he dislikes by unsympathetic coercion or force. 

Rather reduce the time spent on the exercise during a session and encourage him be speaking to him in a friendly or jocular tone; and be sure to reward him generously whenever he acts or tries to act in the way desired. If patience and encouragement are practiced by the trainer in such ease success will eventually be achieved. 

When first introduced to its new home, it will probably be upset be the noise and bustle experienced during its journey from its previous home and be shy and bemused by unaccustomed sights and sounds. Even the unfamiliar scent and voice of its new owner may add to its bewilderment. 

A well reared puppy is, however, naturally sociable an if given time to get used to its strange environment will soon delight in being petted talked to and admired by anyone who greets it with friendly words and gestures. The first necessity is to give it confidence; to make it understand that the new world in which it finds itself holds no menace that its safety and independence is not threated0 If at first it seems very timid and hides behind the furniture, on No account try to drag it from its hiding place by force, or worry it by too much attention. 

Either leave it until it emerges of its own free will or approach it quietly and pick it up gently, making all your movement slow and soothing. Never try to grab a puppy, or pick it up by the scruff of the neck. When lifting it place one hand under its quarters and the other beneath the chest. The ideal is to let the puppy come to you by its own volition and when if comes reward it by praising and fussing. Get the puppy to recognize its name by using it frequently when talking to it. Always use it when calling at meal times. Until it will answer to a name and come when called. Further training is virtually impossible. Remember that a young puppy has a very retentive memory. So do everything possible at all times to encourage it to come when called by praising or caressing it, even if prior to coming it has done something it should not have done. If , having called the puppy and got him to come to you. You then scold or punish it, it will inevitably associate the scolding with the action of coming to you and the next time it is called may be very chary of coming in anticipation of another scolding. 

A bed of some kind should have been provided before the arrival of the puppy. It may be in a box basket or bench of a size and shape to suit the animal it is intended for and the personal preference of the owner. What is to be done in such circumstances? Perhaps the owner realizes after a time that some action must be taken goes down and by coaxing and fussing tries to persuade the puppy to settle down. 

As long as it has the comfort of human companionship it will remain quiet and may appear to compose itself for sleep, but as soon as it is again left it will wail and howl as persistently and loudly as ever. Should this happen, on no account succumb to the temptation of scolding the little culprit. It is most unlikely that it will be effective in keeping the puppy quiet. The howls and lamentations will probably be just as loud as before when you go away again, and by your harsh treatment at this time you risk destroying the youngster’s confidence and affection which it is so desirable to cultivate.