Dog Health Questions: Some body knows about dogs training?

How do i train my dog to not jump the fence of my backyard?

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Many people in the country today are having a number of problems with their dogs. These problems could range form barking, to digging, to jumping, and even to a specific problem like rushing to the door every time its opened. Most people end up resorting to paying a dog trainer. This is most peoples experience is usually a gamble.

The fact of the matter is that training your dog yourself is 100% possible. In some cases is even better for the dog to be trained by the owner, and the plus side is that you get to spend more time with your animal. But how does one go about training their dog?

What training you dog comes down to is knowing the proper methods of approach that the professional trainers use. And now you ask how can I even begin to use these methods when I have no clue of them at all? The answer is that you can learn. There are many information packed courses you can buy in stores or online that will show you step by step you to change your dogs behavior and how to take control.

To give you a quick example something you may learn when learning how to train your dog are mental tactic on changing behavior. Say for example you dog has a problem with jumping. Yelling you screaming at your dog obviously doesn't work. You need to change your mental approach and this in turn will change your dog's mental approach.

Next time you dog jumps up on someone reward him. Now you must be saying, "What are you talking about rewarding him". This is one of the first steps that you can take to change your dog's perspective on jumping. The next step will be to find set up a situation where you know your dog will jump up, and then before he or she can you distract them and them to another part of the room and then reward them for no reason.

It's these type of things that will start to change you dogs mentality when it comes to their behaviors. In a sense you need to know the proven method of basically tricking your dog into doing what you what.

I have a 1 and a half year old german shepherd and had my own share of problems training him but when you keep on trying different methods, you eventually find the one which could be of use to you and bring about desired effects. I have tried different ways to train my dog and now I have a very obedient and friendly german shepherd to be proud of!
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Six Dog Training Tips to Modify Negative Behavior

• Install an electric fence at the top of the fence. Installed at the top, your dog can still have free run of the back yard without getting zapped!
  
  Unless... He tries to jump/climb the fence. Then, he will get a little shock.
  
  Of course, you need to set it to Low, if adjustable. Home Depot has inexpensive units that you can install yourself. They are very low voltage, and do not harm dogs. Just scares the wits out of them.