Puppy Care

a dog trainer

There is more to being a dog trainer than meets the eye. It is not all about teaching the dog to sit or stay. It involves a level of control over the animal and that animal knowing his or her place in the pack. You, and your family, are the dog’s pack. In a pack there is an Alpha and a hierarchy of levels that each family member will fulfill. Training your dog involves a routine of rules that the dog is expected to follow.

In order to be a dog trainer for your pet, you have to know some dog training tips. The first is having the proper knowledge on the dog breeding. Certain dogs are more laid back than others. Some dogs exhibit more aggression. As a dog trainer for your Puppy, you must know its breeding. Once you have this knowledge ingrained then you will know what areas of difficulty you can expect as well as areas that will be easier.

Basic dog training starts off with teaching the pet how not to use the bathroom in your house. Dog books may recommend something called crate training to help with this aspect. Basically it begins with laying Puppy pee pads out and into a crate designed to house your dog. There will be some rough times when the carpet gets more of the pee than the pad or crate does but as a dog trainer you must come to expect this. Eventually the dog will lean to use the bathroom correctly.

Crate training can also be used as a way to secure the dog at night when the rest of the family is asleep. You probably do not want to wake up and find your best shoes chewed up because Fido became irritated at you because you were not there for him or her when they wanted to play. Dogs are very smart. If you irritate them or abandon them, they will retaliate and the recipient is often a favored pair of shoes that become chew toys.

It is probably safe to assume that you have a set of shoes you wear often. It probably would not go over very well to come home and find them chewed up or defecated in. Dogs have a curious way to express their irritation. If you utilize crate training as a weapon in a dog trainer capacity, you can leave your pet safely ensconced within the cage when you are gone.

You, as a dog trainer, can expect to have a lot of questions and should expect to have some frustrations or set-backs. Do not take it personally. It takes time to learn all of the tricks of the trade. Eventually the initial training will be complete and then you can start on some of the fun things.