Dog Training Checklist
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- General Rules
- Establish good habits early.
- Understand your dog's capabilities and be realistic.
- Develop a food and water schedule.
- Never use your crate as a tool for punishment.
- Be realistic, flexible, patient and always fair.
- Don't worry about mistakes, move on and do your best to prevent them in the future.
- Environment
- Start training the quiet and comfort of your home.
- Choose place to aviod people and animal distractions.
- Choose plece with limited or no vehicular traffic.
- If outside, make sure there are good weather conditions.
- Equipment
- Make sure you have equipment that is appropriate to the level and scope of your training plan.
- Have appropriate and correctly sized and fitted training collar.
- Have a leash in top condition.
- Include a sufficient supply of readily accessible and appropriate reward.
- Preparation
- Before every training session, evaluate your dog.
- Feed, water, and potty your dog as appropriate.
- Know the special characteristics relevant to your unique dog's breed, type and temperament.
- Know your dog's limitations and behavioral issues.
- Training Strategies
- Have a well-defined training plan.
- Visualize how you will set up each exercise.
- Decide which consistent verbal and body commands you will be using.
- Use lots of encouragement, praise and rewards.
- Concentrate on developing desirable habits and preventing undesirable behavior.
- Keep your training sessions short, consistent and always have fun.
- Start out with very easy commands.
- Base your training sessions around trust and mutual respect.
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