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Six Weimaraner Training Suggestions For You
Author : Jan Gould
Submitted : 2011-10-12 08:53:37 Word Count : 524 Popularity: 3
Tags: weimaraner training, weimaraner, dog training, pet training, pets, dogs, animals
Weimaraner training is not just about training your dog to obey basic commands like sit, stay and down. Furthermore, training involves socialization that aims to develop the dog's social relationship as well as leadership, confidence, enthusiasm and consistency on your part.
There are many methods stated to be useful in achieving every dog owner's dream of a properly-mannered pet. However, not all these are guaranteed to work on your pet given that dogs vary from the other, at times even though they are of the same breed. As owner, it is therefore your responsibility to find out which certain method works best on your pet and the ones you better avoid.
1. Socialization is always the starting point.
Before working on complex or even basic commands, socialize your dog first. Be it a puppy or an adult dog you adopted from the dog shelter, every dog would need to adjust to the new atmosphere they're introduced into. If there are other pets at home, introduce them on neutral ground and make the experience pleasant as much as possible to avoid territorial and aggression issues later on.
2. Check your pet's condition.
Your pet's condition can significantly impact the weimaraner training outcome. Though naturally energetic breed, you can't expect an old weimaraner to demonstrate the same stamina as a young weimaraner does. Old dogs tire very easily while young ones can become unruly sometimes. 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 various behavior issues such as chewing, digging, jumping on and/or running after people and biting. For example, if you're 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 ideal thing to do.
4. Basic commands as the groundwork.
You cannot just teach your pet the "roll over" command without teaching the command "down" or "stay". So before you dream of having a dog that can perform impressive tricks, better work with the basic commands first.
5. Motivate through recognition and rewards.
Positive reinforcement generally works better than any other training methods. By discerning your pet's desirable behavior and rewarding him for it, he'll be driven to repeat such behavior when opportunity occurs since he knows that he'll be getting good things.
6. Penalty isn't as vital as correction.
The ideal time to modify your pet's behavior is when you see him in the act of doing the mistake, like urinating on areas other than you selected as his toilet. When this occurs, take him to the designated area to finish. Penalty ought to be avoided at all costs for it will only bring more harm than good.
These tips may be very basic but when followed, can be very useful in achieving successful weimaraner training.
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Jan Gould has been writing articles about weimaraner training. For more tips concerning the breed, visit her site filled with weimaraner training advice.