What are good first words to teach a puppy? The first words I taught my Husky puppy Lara was Good Girl! Today, she continues to love those words because they are always followed by a good food reward. Then comes Nose, Sit, Down, and much more. Come share with us which first words your puppy learned, and which ones are her favorite.
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Some dog trainers claim that prong collars or jabbing a dog’s neck is effective because it is just like a mama dog biting on her puppy’s neck. Mama dogs love their offspring, therefore the mama dog method of training is more natural, effective, and humane. Is this really true? Do prong collars and neck jabbing magically transform us into a mama dog? Here, we examine these mama dog training methods and whether they are truly better than other dog training techniques.
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Some people try to argue that certain dogs or certain dog breeds need shock collars or electronic collars. They say that strong-willed and independent breeds that love to run like the Siberian Husky can only be trained using electric shocks. What do you think? Do some dogs need a shock?
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I used to be very afraid of my dog – a Shiba Inu. I got him at about 10 weeks old and Shiba Sephy started mouthing us and everyone else as soon as we met him. Our vet recommended that we return the Shiba puppy. This story is about why I was afraid of my own dog, how I overcame that fear, and my relationship with Sephy today.
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Dog training is often counter-intuitive. When I started learning how to train my dogs, I found a lot of conflicting information. In addition, so-called dog experts would give inconsistent dog training advice and sugar-coat the facts. As a result, I made many mistakes with my first dog, but I also learned a lot from him. Here are some of the most common dog training mistakes that we make.
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Dog aggression may mean different things to different people. For some, a jumping dog is aggressive; for others, a dog causing puncture wounds just “does not know his own strength”. Dog aggression is also extremely dependent on context and on the energy of the surrounding people. Here we consider what dog aggression truly means.
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When I got my first dog, I was constantly embarrassed by him. He was very hyper and very stubborn, so training him was a challenge. Whenever he misbehaved in public, I would get embarrassed because his bad behavior reflected poorly on me and my dog parenting skills. The more embarrassed I got, the more crazy my dog became.
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Leash training your dog is effectively achieved by teaching him one simple fact – pulling will get him nowhere. We examine common leash training techniques including 180 turns, hand targeting, red-light-green-light, and leash corrections.
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Cesar Millan is the charismatic and popular dog trainer from The Dog Whisperer television show. In his program, Cesar Millan applies various training techniques to rehabilitate problem dog behaviors. Should we follow Cesar Millan’s dog training techniques? If so, why, and if not, why not?
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This article shows how looking at a single dog picture is not enough to see what is truly going on. When it comes to dog training, context is extremely important, and single pictures or even edited television clips are insufficient to convey all the relevant information. Words can be deceiving, and so can single pictures and edited video clips of dog training sessions.
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