For dog owners, it is vital for you to trains your dog. A dog with behavior problems can be a nightmare for everyone. Coming when called is one of the most important skills that your dog must learn. It is for its safety. Things can get pretty bad when your dog refuses to respond to your call could be easily get hit by a car or get into a fierce fight with other dogs. Not to mention that a well-behaved dog are often a preferable choice to be taken out for a walk in the local park or at the beach.

The “come when called” training is quite straightforward and doable for every dog owners. Providing a praise or treats for your dog is pretty much all the step that you as a dog owner need to do. But of course, it still takes some time for the dog to adapt to this training. So, be patient. Once your dog mastered this “come when called” trick, it is a right time for you to introduce a number of fun exercises to challenge your dog. This will pique its interest.

Applying the same training session can be boring. So, in order to prevent your dog from degenerating into this state, you should always come out with different training sessions. This is the best ways to motivate your dog. Also, before you start any training, it is important to make sure your dog is motivated and always ready to respond to your treats. To know either your dog is motivated or not, you can do a simple test on him. Taking a piece of his regular food and waving it in front of him. If your dog shows a great enthusiasm, then you can start the training immediately. If he shows opposite reaction, then it would be wise to wait until your dog is in more receptive mood. It is also recommended for you to use a small piece of food in the training. It is to avoid over-feeding your dog during the training sessions.

In more advanced training sessions, you should include your family members in the training. Your goal is to make sure your dog shows the response to all your family members or friends. If you are not informed about this, dog often learns to respond to one person. This can be a problem for those who are watching the dog. This is one of the reasons why professional dog trainers always insist on working with the dog owner during the training sessions. A well-trained dog should be able to respond to whoever is in charge, not just limited to the dog owner or usual handler.

In the back and forth recall training, you need at least 2 or more people standing approximately 10 yards apart. Preferable in a fenced area. All you need to do is to calls the dog and ask him to sit or standby, until the next person asks the dog come. When the dog is responding to command “come”, the very same person should reward it with a treat. Keep doing this until the training session ended.

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Training your dog boils down to one concept-associating pleasure with good behaviour. By that, I mean rewards and positive response from you quickly trains a dog to behave in the desired way in order to win those rewards and positive reactions.

This dog training concept extends to dogs which, for whatever reason, react in fear to relatively benign incidents, such as loud noises, power tools, appliances, etc. The idea is to create an association in their minds between something pleasurable or exciting and whatever it is that’s causing them to react in fear.

If your dog has any irrational fears, or fears stemming from a scary experience, you need to address this immediately to avoid a dog who perpetually feels stressed. A well-trained dog is a happy, calm dog.

Say, for example, your dog is afraid to ride in the car. This is particularly the case when owners only take their dogs in the car when it’s time to go to the vet. The first step is to encourage and reward your dog for sitting calmly next to the car. Get him accustomed to the idea of being near the car without having to actually get inside.

Once he can approach the car without being frightened, sit with him on the back seat of the car. (If he sits in the boot, climb in beside him.) Take a favourite toy and be sure to have lots of treats handy. Take a book or magazine to read and just relax, rewarding him for sitting calmly. You want to do this dog obedience training exercise a number of times to reinforce the idea that there’s nothing to be frightened of.

The next stage is to start the car and let it idle. Reassure him with lots of petting and stroking, again, rewarding him when he sits calmly. Once you can progress to travelling, be sure to take him only on rides to a local park or someplace where the destination is fun for him. The idea is to train him that the car is associated with fun and pleasure.

The same dog training can be applied to fears stemming, for example, from loud noises. This is easier if you have a partner. Your partner recreates the noise, not too loudly and ideally in another room to start. Make sure you have plenty of tantalizing treats, such as bite-sized pieces of cheese. Let him smell one before you start to be sure you have his attention. When your partner makes the noise, the treat should be in your hand. Give him the treat at the same moment he hears the noise.

When the dog’s ready, have your partner move closer until ultimately the noise occurs right next to him. Eventually, you will train your dog to ignore the noise completely because it has now been associated with something positive and pleasurable. He’ll have put those fears and stress behind him forever.

In this case it is ok to use treats because you are specifically trying to change a strong behaviour. Also by only using treats in certain areas of training there effect is stronger than if you use treats all the time.

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