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Sit Stay Fetch Dog Training Books
If you want hundred per cent attention from your dog, you must be prepared togive this to him during training. He is entitled to
your full attention
- any failureon your part will result in failure on his. Therefore, sessions should be short, butintensive whilst they last.
-Voice Control -
Probably the most important thing for a handler to learn is how touse his or her
voice
to obtain the
right response
from the dog during training. Anysharpness used to get his attention must be short and snappy with an immediatesoftening of tone afterwards and with the recall an excited tone to
encourage thedog
to come in. A sharp tone of voice should only be used to get the dog's attentionand at no other time. If this sharpness of tone is not successful on this first call thenyour training is not soundly based. Continual shouting is of little value insuccessful dog training.
-Body and Hand control -
It can be of great value to
use body and handmovements
as signals, but you must be conscious of their useful application. The proper and
natural use of signals
will help your dog, so long as you know you areusing them. You can later minimise these signals or cut them out when no longer needed. Hand and arm signals in particular can be used to reinforce acts of encouragement.
-Use of Food as Reward -
Titbits of food
should never be used in place of other forms of reward or encouragement, but rather to back up or
reinforceencouragement and praise.
The correct use of food can have a dramatic effect onthe progress of training.To obtain the
best results
in training, a dog should never be fed before a trainingsession - it is much easier to
train a hungry dog
. A training session just before
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