Successful Obedience
Training Takes consistency,
patience, practice!
A
simple fact of dog training is that nothing happens overnight. Training
a dog is a
process. Whether your training for competition obedience or manners, the key to
achieving
any desired behavior from your dog is to be fair, consistent, patient
and practice.
Learning
to communicate with your best friend with kindness and fairness is
essential
in training your pet to be a well behaved happy member of your family. However,
proper training, repetition and consistency on your part are the keys to
SUCCESSFUL
LEARNING!
Although group training is
available to help insure your dog can listen with distraction,
oftentimes group training might not be the most conducive learning environment for
your
dog. Private training lessons are available for this reason.
The Greater Coastal Canine
Academy trainers and staff strive to bring our canine
community what we
feel is essential – EDUCATION! Lectures and seminars are
available on various
subjects such as nutrition, health and breeding. We are looking
forward to meeting you and your dog! Believe
it or not, no dog comes into this
world knowing what we expect of them. Too often, pet owners mistakenly believe
that once they bring home their new friend that he or she should listen to everything
that is told the
first time. It does not work this way!
Consistency!
To
achieve success in training, YOU MUST BE
CONSISTENT!
For example; if you
want to teach your puppy not to jump on others, you must not allow him or her to jump
on you. If
you are trying to keep your dog off the couch, then
your family
members must
follow the same rules. In your dogs world, consistency is the key to learning, and the
element of your relationship that makes you a fair
teacher.
Anything different creates
confusion, and frustration in your dogs mind. Lack of consistency is where undesired
behaviors start to develop, and problems in the training processing occur.
Practice,
Practice, Practice!!
In
order to achieve success in obedience training you must first teach your dog
what you
expect and than practice! Studies
have shown that it can take some animals repeating
an exercise
up to 220 times before it becomes an automatic behavior. Meaning two
things; first,
every dog is different, so don’t expect that your new dog is going to learn
the same way your previous dog learned; second, you
need to work with your dog.
Actions that you desire must be repeated over and over again. Your communication
with your dog must be consistent, and you need to be patient.
Less
is more!!!
Young
dogs have short attention spans. When working with your dog, keep your
training
sessions short. If
you start to see your puppy loosing focus it is because his
little brain is now
taxed and it is time to stop. When this happens you
want to have
your dog do something he knows correctly, like a sit, give
lots of praise, and than end
the training session. It is important to adjust your training session
as your dog matures.
Start with three or four
5 to 8 minute sessions a day and work up from there.
What
to expect from your classes
As
a student at the Greater Coastal Canine Academy you will be given all the tools
and
information needed in order to achieve your goals. Yet, be mindful that after you are
given the
tools you must work with your dog in order to achieve results.
Our
classes are geared towards your success at home.
In other words, training can only
go forward if your dog has learned the previous exercises. For example, in order to
progress to
teaching the “stay command” you must first teach “sit”. If you
do not
practice you will not see results!
Be
mindful to follow the above rules to successful obedience training as you go
through
your classes. You and your dog will achieve greater rewards if you maintain these practices.
Ellen
Carey
, Trainer
Your role as Pack Leader is to create an
environment that promotes,
"SUCCESSFUL DOG TRAINING"
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