Goals of Boxer Training

Along with grooming and feeding your pet with
nutritious diet, providing appropriate boxer
training is one of the most essential duties of
every owner or potential boxer owner.

Training should be carried out correctly in
order to have a well-behaved pet that is not
affected by any behavior problems such as
jumping, chewing, biting, digging, excessive
barking and others. Although some people
particularly those who are not well-aware of
this breed's traits think that training is a
tricky task, it is actually not impossible to
obtain positive result since there are numerous
ways in which one can train his furry companion.

While there are several training strategies to
choose from, training has lots of objectives
too. Some owners are content with having a dog
that can do fantastic tricks while others strive
harder to enable their four-legged friend to
excel as service dog, guide dog, therapy dog,
police dog as well as excel in agility or
obedience trials. Those roles are definitely not
unusual to many boxer dogs. But in general, the
main objectives of boxer training are listed
below:

- to teach your pet to potty at the right time
and the right spot and that the living room or
the kitchen shouldn't be used as his toilet.

- to help him understand that the delivery man,
bikers, children passing by, cars, doorbell,
telephone and washing machine aren't enemies.
Training ought to help him get accustomed to
everyday sights and sounds to prevent him from
developing fear or territorial-induced
aggression and other behavior issues.

- to help him understand that biting can hurt
the human and that it is not the only way to
have some fun. He also needs to know that
barking and jumping are not the ideal ways to
welcome visitors and can actually cause you
embarrassment.

- to make it clear to him that he is not above
his humans in the hierarchy therefore he is not
the one to decide when to do things and where to
go. He should not demand, through barking or
whining, for food, toys, to be in the couch, to
be inside the room and the likes.

- to remind him that gnawing the furniture,
clothing and other household items, digging and
extreme barking are distracting as well as
destructive behaviors. Eating feces and growling
are not appropriate as well.

It isn't a must to train your dog with
sophisticated tricks during boxer training. As
long as he knows how to respond in ways expected
from a well-behaved pet, that is important
enough.

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Sue Chapple isn't only a boxer owner but a writer
of boxer training articles too. Find out helpful
advice regarding boxer training at her site
http://www.boxersavvy.com

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