Dog Care Advisor

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As a dog owner you will find life is a whole lot easier and much more fun when your dog is obedient and well trained. Believe it or not, life will be happier for your dog too.

A well trained dog is a sociable dog and is far less likely to get into fights with other dogs so exercise becomes a time of fun and pleasure for you both.

Being able to rely on the responses and reactions of your dog is an essential prerequisite when you have children around. You cannot run the risk of any animal harming a child just because that child did not know how to behave around animals.

In many respects, having a well trained dog is the same as having well trained children! In both cases the home tends to be a happier place as a result with less stress and squabbles.

Whilst it can take time to train a dog, depending on your commitment to the process and the intelligence of the dog, this time pays dividends in the future and is well worth the investment.

If you want to train your dog, begin with the simplest of commands -

Down: asking your dog to lay down on command

Heel: asking your dog to walk beside you and not race ahead

No: easy to say in any circumstance and the dog will know that it means ’stop what you are doing right now’

Sit: an obedience command which is useful in so many situations

Stay: an essential obedience command to keep both your dog and others safe.

Just by mastering these 5 simple dog training commands you will improve your relationship with your pet simply because you will have put boundaries in place which everyone understands.

Dogs are pack animals and in all packs there is a pecking order. When your dog joins your pack it will be instinctively driven to get as high in that order as it can! This is Alpha territory. By training your dog, you are clearing placing yourself as the leader of the pack and you’ll find that your dog will be happy to take orders from you and take your lead.

Dogs that are untrained display a whole range of behavioural and psychological problems They can often get depressed, despondent, and unhappy and display symptoms of anxiety and confusion. Dogs, just like humans, need to know where they fit in the scheme of things. They need to know how to please you and how to avoid displeasing you. By offering training to your dog you are actually giving your dog a purpose in life, where they will get pleasure out of the fact that they are pleasing you.