You need to know what you are doing when you are doing dog obedience training. Which is why it is important to do your research before you start dog training, to makes sure that you have all the right knowledge and skill to do the right things.

Many people are happy to simply leave their dog training and toilet training them. They would rather allow their dog a free run (to various degrees) than put in the effort required to properly train their dog to be obedient.

A Well Trained Dog

They are making a mistake though, a well trained dog is a happy dog - because it is allowed to do much more. After training the dog can spend time with guests and children, it knows what it can and can't do (and so doesn't get upset about being told off), it can spend time in the garden, with the family, and more.

Dog Obedience Tips

So now you know that it is important how do you go about dog obedience training? Well obviously it is not that simple, it is a far too indepth topic to go in to fully here (it would take a full book to cover all the salient points) but a couple of quick tips.

· Keep your obedience lessons short
· Make sure your rewards for good behaviour or getting it right are instant
· Don't use negative methods such as shouting and smacking
· Ensure the dog also gets to have fun by playing with them after a lesson
· Don't educate in a vacuum, try to get the lessons as part of every day activities
· Accept it will take time
· If you think toilet training is taking too long take your dog to a vet to ensure your dog doesn;t have a urinary problem
· The dog won't remember it did something wrong in the past so never scold or punish a dog for an action you didn't catch them doing red handed.