A quick scan through any dog training book will reveal to you that they do not tend to talk about the nasty habits your pooch will have.
In my opinion there are three horrible habits that dogs have and they are discussed below.
Excessive Licking
Already being a dog owner you will be familiar with the way your pet likes to greet you when you come home, usually it involves slobbery licks most of the time! This may be fine for you now but not so for your guests, especially if they are not dog lovers.
For any dog their tongue is one of the main ways they sense the world around them. Not only that it is also used to help cool them down.
In some cases, your dog will treat licking as an Olympic event where you and your clothing are the playing field. While occasional slobber is tolerable, these dogs will drive you crazy with their incessant licking and slobbering.
This brings us to the first of the dog training tips, try to understand why your dog is carrying out a particular action and investigate the root cause to stop it happening again.
Usually the cause will simply be that your dog is lonely or feeling insecure. Think back to see if you have been giving your pet less of your attention lately, maybe you have been very busy.
The Problems With Coprophagia
This term means the consumption by a dog of the feces of another dog, sometimes of another animal too. Dogs have been known to happily eat the feces of another animal but much less often those of another dog.
It is not known why a dog might exhibit this behaviour, even in the medical world. But some of the dog training tips below might help you to reduce the incidence of this nasty habit:
- Make sure your home and back yard is free from doggy poo, clean up straight away
- Make sure you teach the leave it command to your dog early on in its training
- Try adding something to make the poo unpalatable to your dogs diet like pumpkin or grated zucchini
Nipping and Biting Problems
It may be painful for humans but biting and nipping are one of the first methods of communication your dog will learn as a puppy in order to interact with its litter mates.
This is also the time that they learn not to bite too hard. Sometimes puppies are removed from the litter too soon or a new owner will encourage rough play, when this happens the puppies natural bite inhibition is stunted.
Popular dog training tips for coping with nipping and biting issues are:
Siblings will yelp to let a litter mate know that they are biting too hard, it is often helpful to say No! loudly or make a similar loud noise to let your puppy know they are exerting too much force
Giving the cold shoulder is another way puppies reinforce bite inhibition, the bully of the litter will be avoided by the rest of the litter. You can copy these actions by ignoring your dog for a short amount of time after the offense, this is very upsetting for a dog and lets it know your are displeased.
Keep a ready supply of suitable chews for your puppy to give alternative uses for its teeth.
A dog training book is a popular option if you cannot or are unwilling to attend dog training classes near home. The better books come with videos as well as text so that you can see the dog training tip being carried out by the dog trainer making it easier to learn.
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