Dog Obedience Training
Whether you have purchased a puppy or have an adult dog, you will have some training to do
. Odds are, you will have a LOT of training to do. It's work and will be something that is part of your every day life each day, all day for many years. It's a learning thing, for both you and your dog. If you are serious about obedience training and work hard, you will have a very well behaved dog that you will be proud to show off. Let it slide and you will have trouble not only for you, but for your friends, 
family and neighbors.
If you've never trained a dog before, I would suggest you get some help from a dog trainer. A professional dog trainer can guide you. You will get out, what you put in. In essence, your trainer will be training you not your dog. You will be with your dog each and every day. Your trainer will see you once a week or so to keep you on the right track. A professional dog trainer will seem to work wonders. It almost seems like magic. The trick is knowing what to do and how to talk to your dog.
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Dog Training Tips
by: Andrei Smith
One of the reasons for doing an obedience dog training is to establish a foundation between you and your dog. Many dog owners believe that dog training is only for those who wish to compete in obedience trials, but they are wrong.
Dog training requires only a simple persistence to be successful and can be useful to help fulfill some of your dog's basic and social interaction needs. Here are some dog training tips to guide you along the way.
1. Firm and Friendly
When you give commands such as come, you want to use a happy and friendly voice. While on the other hand, you'll want a lower firmer voice for sit, down, and stay commands.
2. Praise & Reward
Always praise your dog or offer him when he learned new commands.
3. Be Patient
Patience is the key when you are training your dog. Focus on a single command a session and end it on a positive note. Dog's are incredibly smart and will pick up all your commands. After each session, spend some time playing. He will associate the time with you as positive and anticipate his training again.
4. Use the correct dog training equipments
If you have a well-behaved dog, a lead and a buckle will do on your obedience training. However, if your dog is uncontrollable with undesirable and distracting behaviors, you should use a training collar. You don't have to worry about the size as most electronic training collar now clearly indicate what size of dog the training collar is intended for.
5. No Distractions
Try to pick a quiet area when training your dog to do tricks or commands. A secluded back yard works best if you want to train your dog for basic obedience commands only.
6. Reprimand
Do not hit your dog! Any time your dog has undesirable behavior, be firm and friendly. Remember, dogs are man's best friend.
7. Be Positive
It is necessary to use positive reinforcement when training your dog by offering some dog treats and a lot of praise if he performs correctly and learn new commands.
8. Play with your dog
Dogs which are trained are a pleasure to take for a walk and a pleasure to own.
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If you feel comfortable obedience training your dog yourself, there are many resources you can use to get info. Books, video's, e-books, puppy training aids.... All are great sources of information. If you can learn, your dog can learn. There will be a lot of repetition. It will seem like forever and sometimes you'll think that your dog just won't get it. He WILL, once you learn what works for him.
It is not very often that we get to see dogs following instructions as they are asked to. It is not everyday that we get to see dogs fervently watching over shops and homes against burglars. It's not a common sight to see dogs put up a show where the pet features tricks never before seen done by dogs like them.
In all instances, we get to admire the dogs without really giving credit to the person whose role seemed too important to be overlooked or disregarded - the trainers.
More often than not, the dog owners are the trainers themselves. In fact, even without us really trying or knowing it, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, we get to be trainers of our young puppies or dogs.
Training puppies or dogs,(in cases when pets come from a shelter, where many dogs are waiting to be adopted)may seem a difficult task, as most of us live on the wrong impression that only those so called dog professionals are capable of obedience training.
The truth is --- That's not completely true!
When we get a puppy, we give him a name. A name from which he will react upon when we call him.
The act of making him react from a name is already considered training in itself, thereby making us (being the owner of the puppy) a trainer of sorts.
Potty Training
I won't lie to you. You'll need some patience here. When you bring your dog home, he will have an accident - unless of course, you got a dog that has been trained and even then, he might not know his way around yet. Your puppy can't tell the difference from the carpet to the grass. He just knows he has to go. When your puppy has an accident, don't punish him you want to keep this a pleasant thing. Try to catch him in the act. If you don't there will be no sense in punishing him later. He won't know why you're mad. When you do catch him, say "NO" in a stearn voice (no need to yell) and take him to the place he is supposed to go. This is something you will have to do many, many times. Eventually he will catch on that when he has to go,he should do it outside. It is also reccomended that you take him out often during the day and praise him (high picthed happy voice - sounds silly but gets your dog excited) when he goes outside. If he gets attention and a happy voice when he goes out, he will want to go outside. Treats work too.
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Dog Obedience Training
