Preventing bad puppy behavior

Puppy discipline training

Puppy Training

Ideal puppy training should start when he is about 9- 12 months of age that means a till this age the pup should not be taken to the training classes, but he can learn a lot till he gets this old. Puppies have good tendency to learn at an early age but still strict disciplinary training should be avoided till minimum 9 months of age, till then the owner should focus on teaching the puppy to prevent bad habits and develop good habits.For a young puppy training should be like playing a game, let your pup enjoy, let him relax and feel at home. If he feels like barking allow him but then he should stop when you tell him not to bark. In order to prevent bad habit ensure that you don't get in a position where your pup disobeys you intentionally or unintentionally. Every time you tell him something and he disobeys you , you have gone back a step and if you allow it you are going to encourage repetition.

Making a puppy learn its name

Call your puppy by name when its time for his meal, he will associate the the name with food i.e, pleasure and soon start responding to the name. This is a very simple exercise and something that the dogs learn easily.There are however some cases when the dog refuses to come when he is called.Try not to associate the name with unpleasant event, for example if the whole family intends to go out, the owners call the pup by the name and the pup immediately responds back by coming straight up to the owner, then he is locked in his room and left alone. The pup will now associate the name with the event of leaving him alone and the next time when the owner calls him he will run away rather than responding to the name.

There are however going to be many such events when you will have to call your pup by the name and then do something that he does not like like putting him on lead, locking him, taking him for a bath or at times for correcting or punishing him so how do we go about encouraging our pets when the name is being called? The answer is that the number of pleasant events associated with the name should be more than the number of unpleasant events.

How to leave the puppy alone

Many dog owners and trainers face a lot of trouble while teaching their pup how to stay alone at home without making a fuss. It is first important to understand what bothers your pup.When pup enters a new house for the first time there is a whole family waiting for him, they play with him the whole day but in the night when they go to sleep leaving the pup alone he begins to howl because of sudden change, if anyone gets up to console the puppy he will immediately realize that making noise is the right key to get immediate attention.What the owners of the pup should do initially is to make a small cozy bed in a box or a basket and then leave them alone, although the pup may howl for sometime but after sometime he is likely to settle down.It is a good ting to keep a mild sedative(Consult you vet)as a standby. In case you use it, keep in mind to to effectively reduce and discontinue as soon as possible.

Never go back to your dog when he is actually making noise, you can go for when he stops making noise and then praise him and come back.Slowly he will understand that the owner is just leaving him for a short time.

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