Guide to Puppy Obedience Classes

Training your puppy to obey his master will be one of the best things that you can do for him, let alone for you and the family. A pet’s natural desire is to be at his master’s command so you are also fulfilling one of his instinctive tendencies when you effectively train him to obey you. One great way of accomplishing this might be to take him to puppy obedience lessons between the ages of 4 and 16 weeks when they have the highest capacity to learn.

Sociable Setting

Dog education classes welcome individuals from all walks of existence including all varieties of breeds and cross-breeds. This is not just an excellent opportunity for you to meet people but, more importantly, it’s a good opportunity for your dog to meet others. This will be much easier with a puppy but it can also profit older dogs that might not have had this opportunity in the past.

Dogs need to be social with others because they are historically a “pack animal”. It will be very much easier to socialize them in classes at an early age than it could be to try and correct or fix complications that arise later.

Commands

Although some behavior classes are designed to teach dogs to perform well in shows, the majority are about training common sense and useful commands. As an example, in a class you are typically going to commonly discover the way to teach your dog to sit, to stay and to fetch. … Read More >>>