Successful Puppy Obedience Training Corpus Christi

You've taken the incredible first steps towards bringing home your new puppy! You value socialization and proper training in what will be your pet and long-term member of your household, and clearly know how beneficial it is to begin proper training from a young age. Creation of good habits and prevention of bad habits early on can be a game-changer on how well they integrate into their new life with you. So how can it be done correctly?

Dog obedience training Corpus Christi helps your furry friend learn how they fit into your family/relationship dynamic and how they fit into the world. It will teach them how to interact with other pets and people, and help them develop positive behaviors and avoid negative ones. You can begin your training with simple commands and slowly work your way up towards more complicated ones, like crate training without anxiety and "reliable recall" (when they can play and exercise without a leash). One of the most important skills to focus on in the beginning is good listening skills- so they can follow your directions- and developing a really solid and trusting bond between you two.

Some negative behaviors to be wary of are fairly obvious, such as chewing nonfood items or your belongings, digging, biting, and urinating in the house (which can easily be fixed with professional dog potty training), while some are a little more obscure such as begging at the dinner table. Helping them learn not to beg for your food while you're eating it can help establish boundaries, and it's important for your pet to respect you enough that you could leave a steak on the coffee table unattended after telling them "no" and they still won't eat it. If you cave during begging and give them some of your food, it is essentially positive reinforcement telling them that they can continue to beg, and that, eventually, you will cave. They will no longer respect you when you tell them not to beg or that your food is your food, not theirs. Everyone in your household needs to be on the same page with this training because one slip up from one member of the family can derail this training in the beginning.

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You've taken the incredible first steps towards bringing home your new puppy! You value socialization and proper training in what will be your pet and long-term member of your household, and clearly know how beneficial it is to begin proper training from a young age. Prevention of bad habit-forming and the creation of good ones early on can be a game-changer on how well they integrate into their new life with you. So how can it be done correctly?

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obscure such as begging at the dinner table. Helping them learn not to beg for your food while you're eating it can help establish boundaries, and it's important for your pet to respect you enough that you could leave a steak on the coffee table unattended after telling them "no" and they still won't eat it. If you cave during begging and give them some of your food, it is essentially positive reinforcement telling them that they can continue to beg, and that, eventually, you will cave. They will no longer respect you when you tell them not to beg or that your food is your food, not theirs. Everyone in your household needs to be on the same page with this training because one slip up from one member of the family can derail this training in the beginning.

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Signs of aggression should be noticed and worked on because your puppy needs to learn his place in order for a cohesive relationship to exist, but so should signs of excessive submission because your puppy should feel confident and comfortable in his new environment.

Even though barking or whining can be annoying or embarrassing, keep in mind that barking can be an important part of their communication. You want a dog to alert you when you may need to be protected, but not to be easily set off over every little thing. However, whining should never be rewarded. If you comfort your pet while they are whining, once again that is positive reinforcement teaching them that if they continue to whine, eventually you will cave and give them what they want. Wait until they cease whining before going to them or feeding them, etc.

Keep training short. Puppies have a short attention span, so focus on training for about five minutes and then work on it again later. You also don't want to overwhelm them, so focus on one skill until they've mastered it before moving on to the next one. Always end training on a happy and rewarding note so your furry companion looks forward to training and perceives it as a positive experience.

Consistency is key. Doing it frequently and maintaining the same boundaries no matter what you're doing or how busy/tired you are will pay off ten-fold in the long run. If we lack consistency we're missing an opportunity to form good habits or break bad ones, and if we contradict ourselves by caving on boundaries when it's convenient we are confusing them on what we want/will allow and it's difficult to repair that confusion because we can't communicate it to them with words.

Professional training from an early age can make integration of your puppy into your home where they understand what's expected of them a smoother and less stressful process. Elite-K9 also offers the flexibility of in-home training so they can accommodate the individual needs of your specific pet as well as the needs of you/your environment so you can build the best possible relationship with your pet!