Having decided to have a pet dog in the family you must realize the importance of learning about the best way to train it so that your dog will fit in well with the family and become a valued friend.
Before you start house training your puppy, you must have a good understanding of what the pup will need.
This will depend upon its breed.
You should also learn about its parentage and the stock it comes from.
It is necessary that you choose a training program that will work well for you and your puppy.
There are several good ways to train a puppy and you should select one of these that will suit you and the breed of your puppy.
You must also decide on what tools you will employ when you house train your puppy.
Teaching your pup to obey you is the first thing it should learn when you house train it.
It is essential that before everything else, it is taught obedience to commands.
You may use one of these two methods, depending on your preference, and the breed of the dog, to teach your pup to obey commands.
These are leash training or reward training.
Leash training works best for some breeds of dogs such as Alsatians and German Shepherds.
If want your puppy to be a guard dog, then leash training will be the best way to teach it to obey command.
In any case, teaching obedience to your pup will be demanding work and you will need to be very patient.
You should also be careful in choosing the right aids to train your dog.
Generally, leashes and dog collars are used when training puppies.
Leashes should always use by hand.
A puppy on leash should be always supervised, whether the leash is held in the hand or the puppy is tied to a post.
A hand- held leash has to be managed by physical effort.
This will not be easy on the master and the dog under training Both types of leashes produce a big problem.
Puppies on leash feel that they are restricted in their movements.
This makes them cantankerous, and struggles to be free.
It would therefore be better if you fit the puppy with a collar.
A collar would give the puppy unrestricted movement.
There is, however, the danger that they may run out to the road and meet with a horrible accident.
For this reason, people prefer to fit their dogs with electronic or battery operated collars.
Electronic collars are designed to give mild shocks that make the dogs uncomfortable enough to stop whatever they are doing.
Electronic collars are generally powered by batteries and they can be operated from a distance.
When your dog is not to be seen near your house, you can just signal it with your remote control and get it to return home.
It would prefer to obey your signal rather than endure uncomfortable shocks.