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By Ranju Kumar
 Dogs are social animals and they become wild, if they are not trained properly. They're pack animals - like most humans, they thrive as part of a group. They're loyal and playful and just fun to be around.
By providing Dog obedience training you can improve your dog's behavior, as it mends your dog with a good mental exercise by enabling healthier and happier dog with more freedom.
Is your dog destroying your household things or making your house dirty by urinating everywhere or disturbing your neighbors? Then, it's time for your dog to undergo Dog obedience training. This training may not put an end to all the bad behavior of your dog, but can solve most of them.Effective communication is the important skill required for training in order to make your dog obey your commands, such as
1.Sit - Training a dog to sit when instructed is an important part of the training process.
2.No - Teaching a dog the NO command let's the dog know instantly what it should not do.
3.Stay- By training the
dog to follow the Stay command helps the owner to take control of the dog.
In the process of training, you always need to praise your dog instead of punishing it. Usually they respond excellently to positive dog training than negative. Keeping all these in mind you will be able to teach your dog all the three basic and best commands.
Once your dog is done with this part of the training, then you can teach the command come. Tell your dog to come once it has stayed for some time at the same place. Have a happy voice and pat your knee as you say Come. After receiving response from your dog for this particular command,you may reward it immediately.
Remember that if you reward your dog for its good behavior the learning will be faster. It is equally important to admire your dog. Obedience training
sessions should always be short and constant as a dog's mind is not stable and it changes from time to time, so constant training is always a best idea.
It is necessary to learn more about basic dog training, dog breeds, dog psychology, ageing dog care, dog nutrition, dog parasites and dog diseases, so that it helps you to take care of your dog. If you follow this simple guidance, you will soon have a more obedient dog that is worth everyone's praise!
Ranju assistant to John Mailer. This website many articles about training dogs and puppies including how to look after their health and other dog problems. Want to learn the Online Dog Training Lesson for FREE, vist BasicsDogTraining and feel the difference. Breaking Him of Chewing
By Jeff Austin
 One of the biggest problems owners face, other than house breaking is chewing, and dog can find things to chew in a empty room! My dog chewed the front piece of wood on my couch; I didn't realize it until I sat down one day and ruined a pair of pantyhose.
The area she had chewed was about 9 inches wide and went down into the wood 7 or 8 inches! It was time for me to teach her not to chew on things!
Chewing is a normal pattern for dogs, one of the big reasons dogs chew is to relax. There are other reasons and they can threaten your rapport with your dog! This is a destructive habit that needs to be altered.
Your dog may chew because he is teething, and just like with a baby it hurts (a lot), giving him frozen rawhide bones is a wonderful way to begin breaking this habit, keep a few in the freezer for him, just like you would do for a baby.
Because a dogs attention span is all of a foot long, it is a good idea to get 10 or 12 rawhides chews to freeze, put five down, then in a few days, put them back in the freezer and put down the other five.
Each one smells a little different and this gives him a variety of things to chew on without endangering your furniture or shoes!
Also provide your dog with lots of toys, you can never have too many of them and he will get a lot of comfort from them, even when you are not around.
Play with him and his toys so he learns that they are fun to chew and he will choose them over other items he isn't supposed to have.
NEVER GIVE A DOG AN OLD SHOE OR SOCK AS A TOY, he wont know the difference between the ones he can have and the ones he isn't supposed to have!
Boredom is another reason a dog will chew, he cant go to school or work each day, doesn't understand soap operas, and can talk to his friends on the phone, so he chews out of boredom! Another training issue solved by chew toys, isn't it worth all the times you have tripped over those toys.
For more important information and tips on dog training, best pets , dog breeds, and more, visit onwebnet.com where you'll find articles and information on dog breeds and more. Understanding Dog Abuse
By Gerry Ronson
 Dogs are one of the most wonderful pets you can add to a home. Not only do they show a lot of affection, but they can also be therapeutic for children with issues. Dogs should be loved and treated well, but as we all know that is not always the case. There are over 12,000 cases of animal abuse in the abuse database. Of that amount you will find that more than half is usually dog abuse. We may feel badly about the dog abuse that has been inflicted, but if you are considering going to a rescue shelter to adopt one of these dogs you have to be prepared for certain ramifications. Dog abuse even though it is physical can have lasting psychological effects on the dog. We will explore some of the psychological effects for dogs that have been abused below.
First dog abuse is usually considered to be yelling, screaming, hitting, or injuring the dog in some way. This means that most often dogs who have suffered abuse will have at least some type of psychological effect from verbal abuse and may also have physical damage. In some cases physical damage can actually leave the dog handicapped for the rest of its life or at least with severe health problems. When adopting an abused dog you have to be prepared to Dogs are one of the most wonderful pets you can add to a home. Not only do they show a lot of affection, but they can also be therapeutic for children with issues. Dogs should be loved and treated well, but as we all know that is not always the case. There are over 12,000 cases of animal abuse in the abuse database. Of that amount you will find that more than half is usually dog abuse. We may feel badly about the dog abuse that has been inflicted, but if you are considering going to a rescue shelter to adopt one of these dogs you have to be prepared for certain ramifications. Dog abuse even though it is physical can have lasting psychological effects on the dog. We will explore some of the psychological effects for dogs that have been abused below.
First dog abuse is usually considered to be yelling, screaming, hitting, or injuring the dog in some way. This means that most often dogs who have suffered abuse will have at least some type of psychological effect from verbal abuse and may also have physical damage. In some cases physical damage can actually leave the dog handicapped for the rest of its life or at least with severe health problems. When adopting an abused dog you have to be prepared to take care of all aspects, especially the health issues they may have. So, if you feel you are prepared for the physical demands of the dog care needed for abused dogs lets look at psychological effects.
Psychological effects generally present themselves as shy or aggressive behaviors. The behavior of the dog may also be extremely destructive to your physical property. Lets look at the shy behaviors first. In most cases the dog will shy away from being touched or petted. They will hide under beds, in closets, or other spaces they feel you will not notice them in order to keep them from being harmed as that is what they were trained to recognize as human behavior. In some cases the dog may latch onto one person of the household. Typically if the dog has been abused by a male they will be extremely shy and will not approach or be in the same room when a male is present. It is the same if the abuser was a woman. In some cases the dog may stay in the room, but they will not allow the gender of the person to pet them unless they are sitting down. For an example a German Shepherd mix was abused. The history is unclear, but it was plain to see the dog was abused by the behavior of avoiding any large man in the room unless they were sitting down. Only then would the dog hesitantly approach to be petted, even though the dog had been in the vicinity of this person for several months.
Aggression is another way to show the effects of abuse. In most cases the dog will snarl at anyone who tries to approach and they may even attack. In this case of abuse or psychological break it is best to have the dog enter a training course to be rehabilitated. Dogs that have psychological issues can have a behavior therapy that will re- teach them proper behavior. It will also help them to overcome their fears. Lastly when discussing dog abuse we need to look at destructive behavior. Some dogs may not display destructive behavior right away in a new home. It may take time to come to the forefront. In the same example as above a dog began to slowly destroy things around the home. In one instance the dog actually broke through the backdoor. Part of the problem was that the dog needed attention during the day that the owners were not supplying, but the other part was the actual abuse. They needed to show destructive behavior in the hopes that they would get any attention and that it would be several hours worth of that attention good or bad. Again therapy is needed as well as a more active roll.
Gerry Ronson has been working with dogs for twenty years and now writes for the website dog training. Share Your Opinion. (0 posts)
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