Top 10 Tips You Should Know Before Bringing A New Dog Home
Recently an article was published and entitled The Top 10 In Home Dog Training Tips,
Help Your New Dog adjust.
We agree that "Your first few days together are an especially critical time...Use the time to teach your
new pet rules and break some bad habits."
Here are their Top 10 Tips for training dogs:
Do your research! Plan training your puppy or new dog in advance.
Get the bowl, brushes, collars and leash ready.
Make sure you dog has at least an ID tag.
Be consistent with commands, boundaries and training.
Plan to walk your dog at least once a day.
Don't encourage your dog to jump up on people.
"Give praise and attention once all four paws are on the floor."
Have chew toys available.
Store tempting food safely away from your dog.
Secrets To Dog Training gives some tips in the training program to make sure
your dog does not grab a snack from the table.
Housebreaking do's and don'ts.
Secrets To Dog Training has an extensive section on puppy housebreaking.
"Correct and re-direct bad behaviour, but always remember to praise when he does something good."
Click here for more info on the Secrets to Dog Training