Dog Training Guide!

First of all, congratulations on having brought a great dog into your family. This new added member of your family is very loyal, strong and energetic. And pitbull puppy training can be a great fun too. You should start your pitbull training as soon as you get him home. When a new pitbull puppy is brought home, you can expect a lot of droning. This is normal for your new puppy. You can put a blanket on over his cage to make it dark and that calms him down.

Training your new pitbull puppy to not pee or defecate inside the house is not a very difficult task. However it isn’t very easy too. You need to have patience and consistency throughout your entire training. It’s very important to be consistent in your training to get good behavioral results from your puppy.

Pitbull puppy training

During your training, you can encourage him to carry on his good behaviors and discard unacceptable behaviors by giving him little treats. Giving treats will make him understand that such a behavior is accepted by the master and so he carries out such activities whenever a command is given. You can give them chewing toys that will keep them occupied. Growing puppies do a lot of chewing and biting, and when you’re not in home, your puppy can mess around with anything that he’ll feel like chewing or biting. To prevent such accidents, you can give him a chew toy. For tough and strong puppies like pitbulls, you can get a Nylabone. A Nylabone is artificially made, virtually indestructible bone for strong jawed dogs. You can get it for your pitbull too which will keep him occupied.

Pitbulls are very active dogs and they like playing and jumping around in house.  So it is very important to provide them any sort of physical activity each day for at least an hour or two. You can let them loose within your fence so that they can run and jump and play with themselves until they get tired. This will not just provide him physical exercise but will also offer him a happy, playful environment.

Train your pitbull right, right from the beginning. That will not just provide you an obedient dog but will also provide you a best friend for years. Pitbulls are very friendly natured and are very good friends of humans but to get a good, friendly and socialized dog, you need to start working early.

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If your dog is disciplined and well-behaved, then he is liked by everyone. Addition to this, if he knows some basic dog training commands, he will act wise and be safe from potential harms. At some places, it’s better for your dog not to move or stay close to you. You can easily keep your dog as you like if you have taught him some useful dog training commands. It’s not too hard as well. Just a handful of his favorite treats and a quiet place (to minimize distractions) will be enough to start your training.

Dog Training Commands

Training sessions should be fun, enjoyable and short, not lasting more than 5-10 minutes. Dogs can learn things fast but lose interest quickly if the same thing is taught repeatedly for hours. They have a short attention span. You should try to appeal your dog with his favorite treats if he doesn’t seem interested for even a minute. Be consistent in your training because keeping long gap between training periods may not yield better results.

After finishing up with basic commands, you can teach your dog with advanced dog training commands too. But before that, let’s look at how to teach them the following basic commands.

Sit: This is the first basic command that you should be teaching your dog with. Just hold a treat in your hand and take it closer to your dog’s nose. Give the “sit” command and move the treat over his head slowly towards his tail. In this process, your dog is sure to sit down automatically while following the treat with his nose. Give him the treat and praise him for few seconds. Now, you can again start this process.

Stay: Dogs can really mess up your sweet home when he’s in the hyperactive mood. At such times, “stay” command can be extremely very useful. To teach this command to your dog, make him sit first. Then put your open palm about eight inches in front of his nose and give him “stay” command. Move back one step and return back immediately. Praise your dog for staying. Repeat the same process by moving back two or more steps after that. Include few distractions to test if he has learnt the “stay” command or not.

Recall: When you take your dog outdoors, there are chances that your dog may run after something distracting. The “recall” dog training command can be useful in such times. Start training this command by staying in a few feet of distance from your dog. Utter his name and give “recall” command. When your dog comes back to you, you should praise him or give him a treat.

If you start training these basic dog training commands to your dog from early on for few minutes every day, then your dog can easily master them and be ready for more advanced commands as well. A dog who can understand your language can be a great family member for whose behavior, you will never have to apologize to others.

Originally posted 2011-03-16 07:44:46.