Dr. Atul Anand
Many studies and articles on dog`s behavior have revealed that dogs have a complex range of simple unpleasant emotions such as jealousy and pride. The dog reacts when another dog gets the food or when the new pet arrives or when they are ignored. They feel the emotions coming from their owners. Mostly dogs develop their behavior at the age of one year right from the birth. When a new puppy is brought to your house, you should introduce it with surroundings slowly and slowly as it is new to the sight. Show it every object and make it sure there is nothing to be afraid of anything. When a new puppy is brought to your home, they should be socialized with the basic training.
You and your pet should enjoy the training. Don’t start training, if you are impatient. Training sessions should remain short to that of hardly 5-10 minutes which keeps your dog motivated for training. While training, if there is no response to your command then don’t appreciate it, by rewarding it. Repeat the command again after few seconds. You must follow simple to complex approach of training. You should use a command for ending your training session by using word like “free” and should omit the use of common words such as “okay”. Begin with some basic commands such as come, sit, down and stay. Also go for teaching common commands like leave it, give it, stop it, and enough. You must notice while training session, the dog`s response intensity will decrease with the complexity of the task. If your pet doesn’t respond your orders or disobey, never punish it, just don’t reward when it fails, and be little bit harder. If you are rewarding it with food then start training session before meal otherwise if you are rewarding it by praising, then you must begin at the time you think your pet wants to seek your attention, for example, while returning from office or when it is playing in the park etc. The food item you choose for reward must be favorite food of your dog for keeping your dog motivated for training session. Food item must be small, not so large; it’s just for attaining attention of your pet. It may remain busy with chewing of food in remaining task. You should praise your pet by patting it on back or rubbing the hairs along the direction it grows. Do not irritate by annoying it like touching of your hand on their head is disliked by some dogs. You should reward the dog only when you get desired response from it. Avoid repeating your commands because it is believed that they remember your command for at least two minutes. Using short commands are better than longer ones for your pet to respond. With your cheerful voice, call your dog’s name, give command and then praise, so that it can understand that it is not in trouble. “Affection and love is a vaccine of socialization”. It is love and affection which makes your dog immune to its wild instinct. Be loving, kind, familiar, attentive, and friendly towards your pet.
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