Multiple brief training sessions are preferable than one lengthy one, however many rookie trainers don't realise that "short sessions" means 30 to 90 seconds. This may surprise you as weekly training lessons last 45 60 minutes.
If your dog comes when you call them and sits in front of you, they may assume you like that. Sitting is nice, but if you're working on recall, make sure they know coming when called is what you want.
To avoid having your dog cross in front of you and go out of place during heeling, offer rewards with your other hand. Dogs sometimes push to get to the rewards or treat bag while learning correct stationing behaviour.
It's a frequent error to punish behaviour we enjoy, yet sorry, some dog trainers still use physical punishment. Even well-intentioned positive reinforcement trainers who don't penalise dogs make this mistake.
Rewarding barking by giving the dog attention. Laughter, caressing, or sweet-talking a dog when they leap up encourages it. Do not reward bad behaviour otherwise your dog will keep doing it.
The typical training error is asking a dog to perform something too difficult at the time: I don t know why they re not doing it. Yes, they know!" Sit, down, stay, and come are usually taught to dogs.
Treats reinforce most dogs, making them great for training. I use goodies a lot and believe being liberal with them makes training effective and fun. However, additional reinforcement may boost training. Physical contact, new toys, playtime,