Learn how to prepare a dog for the show ring in this free video.
Expert: Gretchen Brown
Contact: www.commanddogtraining.com
Bio: Gretchen Brown has been a professional dog handler for all breeds for more than 20 years. She has been the instructor for the conformation (show dog) class for commanddogtraining.
Filmmaker: Hiu Yau
Duration : 0:1:46
Information, tips and techniques to aid you in teaching your dog to sit are discussed in this free video.
Expert: Melanie McLeroy
Contact: www.taurusdogtraining.com
Bio: Melanie McLeroy co-owns the award winning Taurus Training Dog Training facility in Austin, Texas. She is also certified in animal CPR and first aid.
Filmmaker: EV studios
Duration : 0:2:9
20 Jul 2010
learn about How to Train Dogs from ages 6 months to 10 years
Duration : 0:9:23
17 Jul 2010
When farmers have outside dogs that protect all their livestock how do they do this? I cant see a farmer that lives in a rural area going to training lessons. Or do they buy an adult dog already trained?
Guardian dogs are often purchased very carefully from breeders whose dogs are also working guardians. From the time the pups are small, they are kept solely with the livestock (usually sheep), and handled by their owners mostly only at feeding times.
Livestock guardian dogs usually need very little training, as their guarding behaviors are instinctual-the only training they usually need is corrective (biting the sheep, chasing other animals, wandering from the flock, etc.), along with obdience training (they are not known for their willingness to please their owners, like a sporting dog would-they need to be taught this from a young age)….these dogs also need "training" to stay with the flock-they are often penned up with lambs in an unescapable pen to allow them to bond with the sheep-bonding overly with humans is discouraged. Guardian dogs should consider themselves a member of the flock, and instinctively ward of predators.
Obedience training usually consists of just the basics: come, sit, stay, no, and walking on a leash. Basic socialization of the dog with herding dogs it’s expected to work with and with family members is necessary, but too much human-dog bonding can create a danger to the sheep (if the dog prefers the human company and leaves the sheep to return to the home), which is why they are largely left on their own with the sheep. These dogs are usually loved and respected by their owners, but they are considered a tool, a necessary piece of farm equipment, by their owners, and are expected to work.
If you’re considering a guardian dog as a pet, remember that these instincts are quite strong and that intense training and socialization is necessary to make them a good pet. These dogs aren’t so fond of people as many other breeds are…they may love their family more than anything, but visitors and strangers are often viewed as the enemy. It takes hard work, in some cases, to overcome this.
Learn how to train your dog to leave something alone when they are told to in this free video clip.
Expert: Jim Leske
Bio: My name is Jim Leske, Animal Behaviorist & Trainer.
Filmmaker: Louis Nathan
Duration : 0:1:40
Information and tips on how to fit a pull harness on your dog during training are discussed in this free video.
Expert: Melanie McLeroy
Contact: www.taurusdogtraining.com
Bio: Melanie McLeroy co-owns the award winning Taurus Training Dog Training facility in Austin, Texas. She is also certified in animal CPR and first aid.
Filmmaker: EV studios
Duration : 0:2:38
08 Jul 2010
I’m getting a new adopted dog today. After having my outside-dog stolen. I’ve decided i want an inside dog. I will most likely be getting a Dachshund or Beagle. Anyways how can i train my dog to be "House-Trained" what supplies do i need? And what methods can i use to "potty train it?"
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When I bring a new dog home, I first go for a walk with it (helps bonding), and then take it to the "bathroom" area, where we hang out for a while before going inside.
Housebreaking is just establishing a habit, and if the dog knows where the "bathroom" area is from the beginning, it makes it much easier. Hopefully the dog will go while you are outside, as the beginning of a good habit.
The first few days I take the dog outside every couple of hours, right after eating, just before bed, and first thing in the morning, before the dog is allowed anywhere else in the house. If there is an accident inside, I take the dog out and clean up the mess with an enzyme cleaner that will remove any smell.
I crate the dog at night when I cannot watch it.
Once the dog shows that it understands the concept of going only outside, you can give it more freedom. The foster dogs I bring home are usually reliable in less than a week, and I have housebroken dozens of dogs.
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DO NOT use puppy pads – those just teach the dog to use the house as a bathroom. DO NOT force the dogs head into the mess….that is completely unnecessary. If you catch the dog in the act, give a simple NO (no spray bottle) and escort the dog to the correct area.
DO NOT hit the dog or expect it to go inside a crate – a dogs natural instinct is to NOT go where it sleeps – you use that to your advantage.
Dachshunds are just fine as indoor dogs – every dachshund I have ever known was kept in the house.
Don’t have a doggy door? Learn how to train your dog to close the door in this free pet obedience video about training your dog to close the door.
Expert: Ryan Gwilliam
Bio: Ryan Gwilliam has trained over 10 dogs. He specializes in obedience training.
Filmmaker: joseph wilkins
Duration : 0:1:6
02 Jul 2010
Check out this video to see how you can get your dog to relax and be calm during nail clipping. Splash my BC falls asleep most of the time when I clip her nails. This is the safest way to clip your dogs nails without them struggling or snapping at or biting you.
Duration : 0:4:45
30 Jun 2010
I’ve rescued a street dog I now call ‘Frank.’ He’s a big, black dog, but somehow was either abused or poorly treated. Yet he was trained quite well and is a good listener.
Problem is, Frank has bitten me three times, snarls and growls at me for apparently no reason, and has some kind of mental disorder. I say this because he’s very protective of my other four dogs, will sometimes not let me get close to them; he growls at me when I leash him and even when I say goodnight. And when I walk him he’ll growl at me and act as if he’s walking me.
I don’t understand him. But I won’t abandon him. He has some kind of dominance-aggression disorder, though he will not bite people. If I use force to train him though, he’ll bite me. It’s very strange and I don’t know how to train him.
Yes. But first you have to teach him who is boss and it is not him.
Take a good 2×4 and everytime he jumps on your or tries to bit you, you hit him with the 2×4. He will soon learn that you are boxx and he is not the boss.
My grandfather used to do that with a pair of pliers and would catch the dog right on the end of his nose. It usually only took a couple of times for the dog to learn my grandfather was the boss.
