Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Great Dane Training

By Andyl Hannerl

In getting a Great Dane, first thing that you should consider is going about Great Dane training. It is very important to have Great Dane training most especially when you have small kids in your house. Although Great Danes are not known to be dangerous, the mere fact that they think they are smaller than their real size is can be scary.

You may compare a full grown Great Dane to a horse. And imagine having a Great Dane jump on you - this can knock you down, if a Great Dane can knock you down, now visualize the same action, but this time the dog is jumping on a little kid, this can cause major injury. This is why Great Dane training is really essential and it can also be beneficial for you and your new pet when it arrives to its new home.

Jumping

Great Danes are actually really good with people and they always want to jump up to greet someone. This isn't a problem when the Dane is a puppy but when it becomes full grown, and still thinks its puppy sized, this can get to be a big problem.

The first thing you would want to teach your Dane is by training it to stay down during the initial Great Dane training process. You can give your Dane treats whenever it refrains from jumping on you especially when walking in the door for the first time.

If your dog gets down after telling it to, give your dog a treat. As long as you stay consistent and so long as your dog understands whatever it is that you want during Great Dane training lessons, teaching it to stay down and not jump on you or anyone else will be easy.

Potty Training

Another important thing you should include in your Great Dane training is potty training. If you really want to prepare your dog for being an inside dog, you need to train the dog to go outside whenever it has to potty. The best way to do this is to look for warning signs.

Some of the warning signs that your dog would want to potty is when it starts sniffing around, or looks like its about to squat. If this is the case, take it outside instantly. When your dog does its business when you take him outside, give him a treat or praises for the behavior. Again, being consistent all through out will let your dog know why its being rewarded.

Great Dane training is really not that tough, however, make sure that you do this while your dog is still small and easy to manage because once he gets older, Great Dane training will be harder since the dog that you will be training at that time may be bigger than you are.

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