The Importance of Dog Training: Why You Should Train Your Own Puppy Dog Or Have It Trained!
I have been training dogs my entire life and I learn new things daily. One of the most important things I have learned is the importance of training your dog. Whether you train your own dog on your own with help of my ONLINE DOG TRAINING COURSE or you have your pup trained by a professional, it needs to be done and there are tremendous benefits to a trained dog.
Why? You may ask.
I relate dog training to school for kids. Can you imagine a world where kids did not go to school? Did not learn structure? Rules? Etc?
Just imagine that for a minute… It would be chaos. The children’s behavior would be out of control since they were never taught how to properly behave. Now take that same framework and apply it to dog training. In my opinion, there is no difference.
However, so many people never train their dog and they wonder why their pup acts like a monster- jumping on people, nipping people, not listening, etc. The consequences of that can be bad depending on the situation and the dog’s temperament. Yes, there are obviously exceptions. Some people get lucky and never really need to train their dog. I will say though even if you fall into that category, imagine how much better your dog would be with some training. Now getting back to what I was saying. Just yesterday at my brick and mortar dog training business, Carriage Hill Kennels I was reminded of why training is so important.
A customer had two dogs. One was an older dog who had no problems, that I could see at least. The other was a 1.5 year old german shepherd who clearly has had no training and it showed as he wanted to kill the puppy that I was training in my office. He was on a collar that was way too big and had he slipped out of the collar (which he almost did) it would have been bad. Now, nothing happened as I was watching that dog’s every move but that was a dangerous dog. The scary thing is many people are unaware that their dog may be dangerous.
This was simply a result of that dog not having training and he has been getting away with these “bad habits” for 1.5 years. There is a time frame in which you have to fix bad behaviors before they get really bad. This is one of many reasons I stress the importance of getting your dog trained. Now, remember training your dog a little bit is better then never doing it at all.
If you know me you know I say stress this often, “A Well Trained Dog Starts With A Well Trained Owner!”
Below you can see some of the benefits of getting your dog trained.
Benefits of Training your Dog:
Your dog learns what is and what is not allowed.
It strengthens the bond between you and your puppy/dog.
It gives your dog something to look forward to— kind of like me looking forward to working out.
It can help build your dog’s confidence
These are just a few benefits. Many people look at training their dog as a burden. To be honest, if you treat it like that then yeah it just may be. If you look at it a little differently and take the above benefits into effect you can see the positives that come from a trained puppy. A lot of dog’s even become more relaxed and confident in themselves. One thing that I stress is YOU are the leader. If you are a good leader then your dog will be good. If you train your dog and you are confident in his/her ability you will become a lot calmer thus resulting in a calmer more confident dog.
I can not stress how important training your dog or puppy is. I personally start training my puppy as soon as I get it and if you need help you can check out my Online Puppy Training Course where I teach you everything you need to know about welcoming a new puppy to the family. This short video course is designed for puppies 9-15 weeks old and is very concise making everything easy for you to comprehend. If you want to ditch your puppies bad habits and develop good ones you can learn more about it by CLICKING HERE
If your puppy dog is older than 15 weeks I also have a Basic Obedience Dog Training Course that I run at my family business and the results have been tremendous. So much so that I created an online version so you can train your own dog. If you want to learn to train your own dog then this course is for you. You will see me on camera explaining and showing you step-by-step how to train your own dog. If that interests you, you can learn more by CLICKING HERE!
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