Selecting a dog for obedience training

Tip on how to select a dog

Dog sports of all kind will help you understand how well trained dogs behave and indulging in such sports is also a very good experience.Obedience training makes a dog more alert and responsive but obedience training should not be carried out to the extremes.

Before starting with the training part, I would first like to discuss how to choose the right dog. There are three factors that need to be considered before buying a pet dog: 1. Whether one should opt for a puppy or an adult dog. 2.Which is the best breed? 3. Whether one should opt for a dog or a bitch.

If this is the first time that you are going to own or train a dog, it is better to opt for a puppy. A dog's mental characteristics can be influenced at any point of time, also if you start with a puppy you will be able to ensure that it is brought up properly, plus in case of a puppy you will be starting from scratch, but if you go for an adult dog who already has some bad habits you may find him little difficult to control.

How to select a puppy?

Consider the following in selecting an appropriate puppy. In a litter of puppies determine the nature/behavior of puppies.A quiet, submissive puppy would be a good choice for a single or elderly person. If you have a children at home opt for the active and dominant puppy as there will be of activity at home to keep the puppy busy. Check for assertiveness. Hold the puppy in your arms, If he struggles to get down, it means he is independent and not a good choice for training. The right puppy would be the one who shows no fear when you interact with him because it is very important for the puppy to trust you as an leader. Try to interact with the puppy by throwing a ball or any toy alongside of him. If he goes for it and wiggles all over, then it is the best choice for the children.

Which is the best breed?

It all depends upon your need.So the first thing that you need to ask yourself is what kind of dog you are looking for? But speaking generally the best dogs to train are the ones belonging to the herding and the gun dog groups.

Dog or a bitch?

As far as the character and the personality of the pet is concerned the gender does not matter so from training point of view the gender is not something that should be considered but if you want to know which one will be a better pet overall then you need to do a little more research on factors such as size, temperament, and level of care.

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