Puppy Obedience Training
Many people view obedience training as routine and for adult dogs. However, your puppy is an open mind to learning and puppy obedience training is just as important. The difference for puppies is that they have very short attention spans.
What this means to you is they get bored easily so you must make learning fun! Smile and use a “happy voice”. From the day you bring your puppy home obedience training is the best lifelong gift you can give him. It keeps him from being given up because of bad manners. It equips him for a life of good manners that helps him be a part of our lives and welcome in the home.
Puppy obedience should start the day you bring him home.
• Find a treat or snack that he likes and a toy – these two things will play a role in training. If he likes a squeaky toy this helps get his attention.
• When you give a puppy a command make sure no is not an option. This is important from early on because you don’t want him to question what you say. Veterinary offices are steady with dogs who were running towards the street, ignored “Come!” and were hit by a car.
Immediate response is needed and that doesn’t come overnight – it builds every time you work with your puppy.
So with a line or leash on your puppy call his name.
• “Missy COME!!” should mean she at least looks at you.
• Hold up the treat and she comes for the treat but don’t hand it to her immediately…*do* praise her immediately.
• “GOOOOOD MISSY!!” then hand her the treat.
• Eventually use the toy for some of the reward, the treat for others and at other times just praise. As you move outside make sure to have a longer line, either a long rope or a longe line for horses…something that if the puppy ignores you that you can pick up and reel him in.
• No is not an option…but once to you again praise the puppy for coming.
Never punish your puppy for coming to you. This one action does more harm to the dog’s drive to please and obey than almost any other…always praise them for coming. If they’re getting into the trash ‘growl’ their name but make happy and call them – then praise them for coming to you. A puppy will forget the correction other than you’re not happy when he gets near the trash but that you are happy to see him.
Once your puppy learns come add another step before giving the treat – that is “sit”. With this your puppy learns to run to you and sit politely rather than launching muddy paws at you!
Walking nicely on a leash is also accomplished with positive training. Initially let the puppy wander some until getting to the end of the leash. This helps him understand he has boundaries and those boundaries will come in with time. Do try to keep your puppy on your left side, with the leash held in your right hand. This leaves your left hand available for carrying a treat, which initially is motivation for your puppy to follow along without having to be dragged!
Using these simple tips and consistently praising along with discipline and you too can have a young dog that walks quietly on a leash, comes when called and has manners. There is no substitute for this!
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