This is a common question that most first-time Dog owners ask me. Before I answer your question, let me ask you a few instead:

If your answers are mostly in the negative, its time you seriously reconsider your role as a sincere Dog trainer and an ideal pet parent.

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Get Your Dog To Listen To You

Before you begin any training, you must first establish yourself as the "ALPHA dog" of your family. Your Dog must know that you’re the leader of the pack and it is YOU who is in charge.

Here is a list of simple DO’s and DONT’s that you must follow if you want to be the Alpha:

Once you successfully established yourself as the Alpha, training your Dog and making him listen will be a lot easier than you can imagine. Remember, if your Dog does not learn to "listen", all your training efforts will be in vain!

Does your Dog know his name? Does your Dog look at you whenever you call him by his name? This is the first and the most critical step involved in Dog Training. If your Dog doesn’t respond to his name, you cannot have his attention for teaching him any other commands.

To make sure that your Dog recognizes his name, take a treat in your hand and hold it away from your body. Call your Dog’s name. He is most likely to look at the treat in your hand. Continue calling his name untill he turns and looks at your eyes. Give him the treat immediately. Repeat this exercise by holding the treat in the other hand. Once you’re sure that your Dog has learnt to recognize his name, just call his name and reward him for looking at you by petting or with a hug.

You must understand that Dogs respond far better to positive reinforcement than they do to coercion or force.

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When a puppy comes into your life you are given not only a lifelong comfort, but also a lifelong responsibility. Dogs are pack animals descended from wolves and like wolves they need to have a definite pack hierarchy so that they can feel safe and secure in their role in society. This means that they want desperately to be trained in how to behave: manners are very important to a dog.

Pawsitive Solutions offers San Antonio puppy training that will give your newest family member the confidence he or she needs to be a happy and well adjusted dog. Marlene Ring, a certified professional pet dog trainer, teaches San Antonio dog obedience classes that are unique in their approach. Ms. Ring fully understands the special personality of your puppy and works with the animals entrusted to her care individually for specific skills as well as working toward socialization skills in groups of dogs.

A dog needs to be mannerly not only when he is alone with his family but also when he is in the presence of other dogs. He needs to know what he may and may not do. Dogs want to please their human family, but they are not born knowing what to do. Obedience is important, but equally important is socialization with other dogs or animals. In a service called board and train, Ms. Ring takes your animal into her home for a period of time and teaches it to be a “good dog” around people as well as around other dogs. It is like a camp experience for dogs.

In her San Antonio dog training classes, Marlene Ring also works with the people in a dog’s life so that the dog understands who is the “leader of the pack” and who is in charge at home. A trained dog is a dog who knows where he stands and what to do: a happy dog. Using a technique of positive reinforcement the classes teach both the human and the canine how to respond to situations that life throws at them and what to expect from each other day to day. The partnership of animal and person is forged in understanding and love.

San Antonio dog training should not be hit or miss, it needs to be targeted at your dog’s specific personality and need. Pawsitive Solutions can give your friend the confidence and self assurance she craves to have a wonderful life experience with you.

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San Antonio puppy training is one of the best gifts you can give your new dog. Teaching them obedience and how to behave are essential for a good relationship between pet and human. Many people love their dogs, but do not know exactly how to train them to be the best they can be.

Most people think of obedience as one dimensional and you simply say a command and your dog obeys it. There is much more to San Antonio dog training classes than simply speaking commands to your dog. You need to understand your dog and the way they think. This can help you to be a better pet owner and you will be more in touch with your dogs needs.

Manners in a canine are very important and this is one area where many people do not pay enough attention. If someone enters your home and your pet literally knocks them down upon entering, this is considered bad manners.

Your pet may not leave someone alone when they are done petting them and this is another case of bad manners that can be corrected. San Antonio dog obedience classes should also focus on manners so your dog knows what behavior is expected when in the company of other dogs and humans.

Positive rewards are the best form of training. A gentle and firm approach with your dog will get you much better results than anger and spanking. This is often the way that many of our parents disciplined their dog and this is learned behavior and violence with a dog will only build fear against you and this is not what you want in your house pet.

Your puppy should be around other dogs from the very beginning of life. There are many more places that you can bring your dog compared to years ago and this allows dogs to interact with one another.

A dog that has never been around other dogs can be unpredictable and if your puppy is trained to be around other dogs, it can lead to great interactions into adulthood. There might be a dog park in your neighborhood where your dog can meet other dogs and this can be fun for the both of you.

San Antonio puppy training will give your dog a foundation that they will build upon long into adulthood. Puppies are the perfect age to begin training and there are many techniques that you can learn that are gentle and effective.

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