There are lots of ways to train a dog and everyone has advice on how to do it correctly; however, what is not focused on very much when it comes to canine obedience training is the common mistakes that people make, if you learn to recognize and them eliminate this mistakes you will be a lot more successful in your dog training efforts.
Here are 5 common mistakes that are made when trying to train a dog.
Here are 5 common mistakes that are made when trying to train a dog.
- Being inconsistent: This is perhaps the number one reason why many people are not successful in there efforts to train their canine friend.
Often it is the individual themselves who sends mixed messages but at other times it is the fact that the dog can get away with certain things with certain members of the family and not with others. - Giving up to early: Often a dog can respond really quickly if trained correctly, but occasionally it takes a lot of time.
This is sometimes due to the experience of the owner trying to train him. - Not Repeating Enough: repetition is essential when you are trying to teach a do something new or you are trying to correct a bad behavior.
If you don't put in the time and repetition then it is unlikely you will be successful at changing your dogs' behavior. - Being aggressive or violent with your dog: while there are still some schools of thought that say that it is okay to hit your dog and be violent, most people these days believe that this has a long-term negative effect and can actually lead to you raising and aggressive dog.
- Not rewarding the dog for good behavior: This is a common fault.
Many people are very quick to scold there dog and even shout at it and hit at when they thing it has done something wrong, but when it does something that can be classed as good behavior, the ignore it, thus the dog does not know he has done something good that he should repeat again.
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