Weimaraner Training: Six Suggestions For You

Weimaraner training is not just about training
your dog to obey basic commands such as sit,
stay and down. In addition to that, training
involves socialization that aims to develop the
dog's social relationship as well as leadership,
confidence, dedication and consistency on your
part.

There are a lot of tactics said to be effective
in attaining every dog owner's dream of a
properly-mannered pet. However, not all these
are guaranteed to be effective on your pet
considering that dogs differ from the other,
sometimes even though they are of the same
breed. As owner, it is therefore your
responsibility to find out which certain
strategy is best suited for your pet and the
ones you should avoid.

1. Socialization is always the starting point.

Before working on complicated or even simple
commands, socialize your pet first. Whether it
be a puppy or an adult dog you adopted from the
animal shelter, every dog has to adjust to the
new environment they're brought into. If there
are other pets at home, introduce them on
neutral area and make the experience pleasant if
you can in order to avoid territorial and
aggression issues later on.

2. Evaluate your pet's condition.

Your pet's condition can greatly affect the
weimaraner training results. Though naturally
energetic breed, you cannot count on an aging
weimaraner to display the same stamina as a
young weimaraner does. Old dogs tire very easily
while young ones can become rowdy from time to
time. Knowing your pet's condition can therefore
help you determine what training method to use,
the length of training each session and the
difficulty of each activity.

3. Basic commands to prevent and eliminate
behavior issues.

Teaching obedience commands will not only make
you a proud dog owner. More importantly, these
commands can prevent and eradicate numerous
behavior issues like chewing, digging, jumping
on and/or chasing after people and biting. Like
for example if you are working on getting rid of
your pet's jumping issue, commanding him to sit
and stay the moment you see him can prevent him
from actually jumping. By doing the technique
when the need occurs, he will eventually figure
out what's the best action to take.

4. Basic commands as the groundwork.

You can't just teach your dog the "roll over"
command without teaching the command "down" or
"stay". So before you dream of having a dog that
can perform amazing tricks, better work on the
fundamental commands first.

5. Encourage through recognition and rewards.

Positive reinforcement always works better than
any other training tactics. By recognizing your
pet's desirable behavior and rewarding him for
it, he will be motivated to repeat such behavior
when opportunity comes since he knows that he
will be getting good things.

6. Punishment is not as needed as correction.

The best time to alter your pet's behavior is
when you catch him in the act of doing the
mistake, like urinating on areas other than you
chosen as his toilet. When this happens, take
him to the designated area to finish. Penalty
should be avoided at all costs for it will only
bring more harm than good.

These tips may be very basic but when adhered
to, can be very helpful in achieving successful
weimaraner training.

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Jan Gould has been writing articles about
weimaraner training. For more tips regarding the
breed, visit http://www.weimaranersavvy.com

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