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Weimaraner training is not only about teaching your dog to obey basic commands like sit, stay and down. In addition, training involves socialization that aims to develop the dog’s social relationship along with leadership, confidence, perseverance and consistency on your part.
There are plenty of tactics said to be helpful in attaining every dog owner’s dream of a properly-mannered pet. However, not all these are guaranteed to work on your pet considering that dogs differ from the other, sometimes even if they are of the same breed. As owner, it is therefore your responsibility to determine which particular technique works best on your pet and the ones you must avoid.
1. Socialization is always the starting point. Before working on complex or even basic commands, socialize your dog first. Whether it’s a puppy or an adult dog you adopted from the shelter, each dog has to adjust to the new environment they are introduced into. If there are other pets in the house, introduce them on neutral ground and make the experience pleasant as much as possible in order to avoid territorial and aggression problems later on.
2. Check your pet’s condition. Your pet’s condition can significantly affect the weimaraner training results. Though naturally energetic breed, you can’t expect an old weimaraner to display the same stamina as a young weimaraner does. Old dogs tire quickly while young ones can become unruly from time to time. Knowing your pet’s condition can therefore help you figure out what training approach to use, the length of training per session and the difficulty of every activity.
3. Basic commands to stop and get rid of behavior issues. Teaching obedience commands will not only make you a proud dog owner. More importantly, these commands can prevent and get rid of several behavior issues such as chewing, digging, jumping on and/or chasing people and biting. For example, if you are working on getting rid of your pet’s jumping issue, commanding him to sit and stay the instant you see him can prevent him from actually jumping. By doing the technique when the need occurs, he will eventually figure out what is the right action to take.
4. Basic commands as the groundwork. You can’t just teach your furry friend the “roll over” command without teaching the command “down” or “stay”. So before you expect to see your dog perform amazing tricks, better focus on the basic commands first.
5. Encourage through recognition and rewards. Positive reinforcement always works better than any other training tactics. By discerning your pet’s desirable behavior and rewarding him for it, he’ll be encouraged to repeat such behavior when opportunity occurs since he knows that he’ll be getting good things.
6. Punishment isn’t as important as correction. The best time to mend your pet’s behavior is when you see him in the act of doing the mistake, like urinating on spots apart from which you selected as his toilet. When this occurs, take him to the designated area to finish. Punishment needs to be avoided at all costs for it will only bring more harm than good.
These tips may be very basic but when adhered to, can be very valuable in achieving successful weimaraner training.
Jan Gould has been writing articles regarding weimaraner training. For more help regarding the breed, check out her site filled with weimaraner training tips.
