5 Tips For A Well Behaved Puppy
Having a new puppy in the house is a wonderful and exciting time for all the family. Puppies are so cute, cuddly and funny. But teaching your new puppy how to be well behaved should be an important part of your puppy obedience training plan. What may now seem cute and funny behaviour in a new puppy will not be so cute and funny when your puppy is a full grown dog. A disobedient and unruly dog will be a nuisance for you and your whole family. It is never too soon to train your new puppy so begin training your puppy gently with some basic rules and boundaries. Remember your puppy does not yet know what it right or wrong so he will experiment and test you, much like a young child to see how much he can get away with.
1. Place More Focus on the Positive
Teach your puppy with positive reinforcement by placing more focus on his good behaviour. Praise your puppy lavishly when he gets things right and reward him with treats, toys and cuddles.
2. Set Up Your Puppy To Win
Always set your puppy up to win by starting out with an environment for success. For example remove all temptations from sight, like shoes, books, remote controls and rubbish bins etc. If you leave lots of tempting items around the house your puppy is sure to want to investigating them and ultimately start chewing them up. So have puppy toys and chews readily available for your puppy instead. If you do catch your puppy chewing something he shouldn’t, then just say a firm no and replace it with a puppy chew or toy. When he takes the chew or toy, say yes and praise him.
3. Keep Things Simple
Begin your puppy obedience training with some simple commands, such as sit, stay, drop, down and come. Have lots of patience with your puppy and use the same words for each command. Keep the training short and consistent.
4. Regular Exercise
Give your puppy lots of exercise by taking him for walks and playing fetch with him. Puppies have lots of energy and will get bored easily which can lead to bad behaviour so keeping him well exercised will make for a happy puppy.
4. Have Fun
Make training your puppy lots of fun. Training your puppy will test your patience at times but if you remain calm and relaxed your puppy will respond well to you and learn much faster. Never get angry and shout at your puppy as this will hinder his progress. If you feel yourself getting angry and losing patience, stop the training and give yourself time to calm down. Having a puppy should be a fun and happy time for you both, so keep things light and happy and soon your puppy will form a strong and affectionate bond with you.
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