Training Tips
Below we have shared some great nuggets of information and advice on why your dog or puppy behaves as it does and how you can integrate your canine friend with ease into your family and home...
To fully understand your dog’s needs (and therefore how best to train it) you must first understand how dogs have evolved and behave in the wild.
From a very young age, puppies learn about life and communication through play with their littermates and correction from their mother.
Never adopt a puppy at less than 8 weeks old. Although it will typically be weaned at 6 weeks, it will not be ready to leave its mother and pack until it is approximately 8 weeks old.
Check your puppy for any signs of sickness or abnormalities. Your puppy should have clear eyes, a lively temperament, a normal size tail for its size and age, no odour in the ears or bad breath.
Also, under Irish law, you are obliged to have a dog licence. For an individual licence the fee is €12.70. This must be renewed on a yearly basis. For more information see Anpost.ie
Before you take your puppy/dog home you will need to ensure you have some basic equipment and supplies.
Before you bring your puppy home it’s a good idea to check the designated areas it will use are puppy-proof. You’ve got to see the world from its ‘point of view’, so it’s best to crouch down on your hands and knees and do a tour of the relevant areas. If nothing else it will provide entertainment to other members of your household or visitors who happen to pop by at that moment!
When you bring a new puppy into your home you will find that lots of friends and family members may want to give you advice on how best to house (toilet) train it. Chopping and changing to different methods will be very confusing, ineffective and frustrating for you and your dog. Therefore I strongly advise you to pick one method and stick to it. Read more...
Last thing at night, before you head to bed yourself, you should bring your puppy outside to the designated area to ‘get busy’. You should then bring your puppy to its crate by coaxing it in with a treat and a verbal command (e.g. into bed).
When it comes to your dog’s diet, you have to have the will power for your dog.
Certain actions can have completely different meanings so with all doggy body language and behaviour, it is important to take into account the circumstances of what is going on in that precise moment to interpret correctly. Is the dog experiencing fear, excitement, happiness, confusion? Taking these factors into account will help you to better understand what your dog’s body language and behaviour is telling you.
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