Spot LOVES to bark. He barks at EVERYONE. He never shuts his trap. He jumps all over me and my guests, continually. I now own a shredded sweater, and he just peed on the new National Geographic!

It's maddening to try to deal with a dogs behavior headaches by yourself. In spite of this madness, fast advances DO happen when using a powerful system to train your dog daily. GIANT improvements can be made in only 7 days.

Training your dog can be a lot of fun for both of you, as long as you have good information and some patience. With the right info, you'll quickly see that your dog can learn new commands quite fast, and you'll begin to enjoy the lessons.It's important for Rover to know basic commands such as Come, Sit, Stay, and Heel. This will help keep him out of harms way around cars, and in public parks.

Make one person responsible for training your pet. This is important because the dog will find it easiest to become familiar with one person and their training methods because of the consistency of the training method. All the people that share a dwelling with the animal need to know that they must follow the training formula of the head trainer. When kids assist, they'll need to be supervised, hopefully by the chief trainer.

Your training appointments need to be less than 15 minutes, because of the dogs limited attention span. Appointments can be about 15 minutes long, every second day, or even every day. If you don't feel your best, feel free to skip an appointment every now and then.

Merging training into the dogs life between lessons will help to reinforce the commands that are being learned. For example, occasionally throughout the day, give your dog the Sit command (if you've already mastered that in your lessons.)

If you use food rewards, have your training sessions before your dogs mealtimes to make sure that he is hungry and motivated.

To help your dog focus on learning the new command, start the training with little to distract him. Make yourself the most interesting thing in the room by getting rid of potential interruptions. Be alone with your dog, in a quiet room. Add some distractions after she masters the command, such as having other people in the room.

With this success achieved, you can begin to reinforce these new commands using different body language, in other areas of the house, and then outdoors with a leash. For example, you can voice the new command when you are standing, sitting, and while the dog is on your left or right. Your dog will begin to understand that the command means that he must do the same thing each time he hears it, regardless of where you are, or your body position.

If your dog isn't a puppy, don't despair. Older dogs frequently have longer attention spans than puppies, letting him learn faster and easier. This will balance out the fact that he may have had previous training that was less than ideal, that will need to be unlearned.

Previous training could cause her to link a certain behaviour with the command word that you're using. Maybe your dog is having trouble grasping what response you want for the word Come, use the same training sequence using Here, instead.

When you start using the command in a new situation, your pet may act a bit confused. Be relaxed, and allow yourself to back up the training a step or two, or give extra reinforcement in the new situation. It's the way your dog learns to focus on your command, in spite of distractions that occur.

8 Essential Dog Training Tips:

* One person is the chief trainer

* 15 minutes of lessons every day, or every second day

* Peaceful environment before mastery. Use a quiet indoor room

* Use food reward, but train before mealtimes (the dogs, not yours!)

* After success, alter your body language, change location, and use distractions

* Use learned commands during daily life for reinforcement

* Reinforce commands by using during daily life (that's the funnest part!)

* Be ready to back up a step or two in the training sequence when needed

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