Dog Obedience Training – Essential Elements in Training Dog Behavior

Owning a dog is quite fun and challenging. Dog, as said to be man’s best friend, has its own way to bring joy and happiness in the house. There is even a saying “Quo me amet, amat et canem meam” which means ‘love me, love my dog.’

But currently, lots of people whine about their dogs being extremely aggressive, troublesome, naughty or hard to control. In my opinion, taking care of a dog requires huge commitment and persistence. Because when you end up bringing home this little creature so-called pet, you can’t just leave the dog all by himself. And it is not enough if you only feed your dog with proper dog food regularly. Dog owners should also grab the leash and take their dogs out to play catch and fetch Frisbee, do jogging, even just for an afternoon walk in the park.

Dog owners sometimes ignore these additional elements in taking care of their dogs. They only think about good, comfortable dog crate or house, and its food. As the result, many people complain about their dogs having behavior problems.

As living creatures, dogs also need to get real affection, attention, and space for playing fun activities except the fulfillment of their basic needs. This is probably why dogs might get depressed, stressed, shown by aggression, biting, digging, nipping, barking, growling, chewing, jumping, housetraining, whining, bolting out the front door, separation anxiety, pulling on the leash, and a lot more.

However, you might still encounter those problems on your dog though you think you have spent times doing various activities with your dog. Still, your dog has not shown any sign of obedience yet keep returning to its bad, old behavior.

One of the reasons is that you can’t communicate well with your dog, although you guess you have. Get your dog trained! Training dogs is not that hard, if you know how to do it properly. Some dogs are naturally easy to train, while some are not. One of the leading factors is due to the breed of dog. Different breeds would require different methods and techniques to handle.

If you want to personally train your dog, there are lots of dog training books, e-book, articles and online dog training videos with proven tips and tricks for your dog training. Or else you might consider hiring a professional dog trainer.

For better results, try collecting similar case studies and learn from them - how those dog owners managed to get their dogs well trained and obey the orders given. Simply start from the basic dog obedience training to practice the basic behaviors like Sit, Down, Stay, Recall, Heel.

Get more resources and try more challenges by giving more complicated commands such as play dead when you say ‘Bang!’, Okay and No, Come (Recall), Hold and Leave, Sit and Stay, Seek, Stand, Beg for food, Fetch, Catch food, Shake hands, Crawl, Jump, Rollover, and many more.

Just make sure you know when to give a break and reward your dog for any of its accomplishments. Dogs would love to be rewarded by their owners, even if it is just a simple praise or an extra delicious cookie. By doing so, your dog will always find it fun to learn new things from you.