The Tone of Your Voice
It can easily be overlooked, especially when you’re frustrated because your dog doesn’t seem to be cooperating, but your tone of voice often says more than your words. There’s a fine line between letting your dog know that you mean business and having him cower because he believes you’re angry with him. If you’re like most dog owners, you’ve crossed that line before. We all have. But if you’d like to improve your dog training habits, keep an ear out for how you use your voice around your dog in the future. You want to find a tone of voice that demonstrated your dominance without sacrificing your compassion.
Enjoy Your Dog Training
Do you find yourself absolutely dreading your next dog training session?
If you do, your dog probably does, too.
Here are a few tips that can help make your dog training more enjoyable …
1) Prepare ahead of time. Know exactly what you’re going to work on with your dog.
2) Keep your sessions short … five or ten minutes.
3) Work on only one command during a session. Don’t overload your dog with a catalogue of tricks and commands, intending that after one week he’ll be the perfect dog. Work on a single command at a time. Make sure he has it down before you move on to the next.
4) Try to integrate your commands. If he’s learned to sit, then next session work on stay. When he learns to stay, next work on come.
5) Use plenty of praise and treats. Keep your time together, even when you’re training, positive and relaxing.
6) End each dog training session with a play session.
dog training should be an important part of building your relationship with your dog. Harsh, impatient words, frustration, physical punishment … these will destroy your bond and undermine the training. On the other hand, if you keep your time together with your dog fun and adventurous, training becomes an anticipated event that both of you can enjoy.
Dog Appeasing Pheromones
Ever heard of dog appeasing pheromones? Probably not. They’re relatively new on the market. A dog appeasing pheromone helps your dog relax, which can be a godsend in today’s world where sensory overload not only affects us but our dogs as well. Your dog’s senses are much more sensitive than yours, so you can imagine how overwhelming the sounds, smells and everyday busyness of life can be for him.
Dog appeasing pheromones can be dispensed by a diffuser or by a spray. When the diffuser is plugged into an electrical socket, it releases the pheromones into the room, much like an air freshener. The pheromones are also available in a spray, which works much the same as the diffuser, the only difference being that you spray the area where your dog will be kept and the effects last around an hour to an hour and a half.
Review - My Dog Tutor
Unfortunately, most people only go looking for dog training courses after problems arise. The time to start thinking about dog training is before you even choose a dog. Some homes simply aren’t right for raising a dog.
Understanding that, My Dog Tutor begins at the beginning … making sure your lifestyle and home are well-suited for raising a dog. There’s an emphasis on responsibility in these early pages. Raising a puppy (as well as an older dog) requires an investment of time and money. Are you prepared (and able) to make the commitment?
If you are, then My Dog Tutor takes you through establishing a relationship with your dog and the basics of training. There are acknowledged approaches to dog training and you’ll find a good foundation here. Next, the ebook addresses dog problems … aggression, digging, barking, biting and nipping, and more. If you’re having a problem with your dog, you’ll find a solution in this section. The ebook wraps up with a section on non-training problems such shedding, bad breath, fleas and flatulence.
My Dog Tutor comes with three bonus ebooks: Puppy Names, How To Tell If Your Dog Is Sick, and A First Aid Kit For Dogs.
If you’re interested in advanced dog training, then there are better resources for you. However, this is a solid ebook if you’re considering getting a dog or you’re trying to solve a dog problem such as barking or aggression. In its pages, you’ll find a very good foundation of everything it takes to raise a dog, and a solution for just about any common dog problem you might encounter.
You can learn more here: My Dog Tutor
Dog Training Schools
A caution before you set out to attend your first dog training school … prepare for the worst. Who knows why it happens, but dogs seem to sense when they’re under pressure to behave, even when you’re a loving, positive-reinforcement owner. Once they sense the pressure, it’s almost as if they seem to mess up on purpose. And there certainly are plenty of opportunities are a dog training school.
So what can you do?
First, keep your dog on a short leash. There will be plenty of distractions … strangers, other dogs, new smells. You can never be sure how he’ll react in an environment with so much activity. He may appear to like the dog next to you one minute, and the next minute he’s starting to growl and prepare for combat. Second, and most important, is to relax. Try to enjoy yourself. If you’re tense, your dog will sense it and react in kind. So make it a fun outing for the both of you.
