Dog Health Questions: What is a good location to?

I want to have my own dog training facility. What is a good location for a dog training facility? I also want an area near-ish a shelter, as I want to train dogs for the shelter for free so that they can get homes. I also want to help police when they have cases involving animals as I have a natural bond with dogs and they trust me. Any suggestions of good places?

Aggressive Dog Training: 6 Tips to Civilize Your Dog

Recommended Answer:
Well I was going to say Wyoming, but the population insn't big enough for that...so...
maybe like...Salt Lake City, UT...its the city, but you're like 30 minutes from the middle of nowhere!

Denver, Co is nice too!

Reward Dog Training

• First of all, you're trying to do too much.
  
  You need to have a business plan, study the pet population and the spending habits of a location on their pets - or it won't matter. Then, you need to look at the real estate costs in that area. It is often a harsh reality that the facilities that are affordable are not near the population that would pay for them.
  
  On top of that, you'r first task would be to make the center a viable one - before you give anything away. That would easily take up all your time and energy for well over a year. And depending upon the shelter, most facilities of that kind cannot afford to have the shelter dogs on the premises for fear of bringing diseases in to the paying clientele.
  
  As for the police work, you need to be highly qualified to do animal investigations. That's a whole different career.
  
  I think you would have to pick which of these things you want to do first, and start with that.

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: What is considered a hard correction?

I have seen and heard the term used when dealing with dog training, but what is a hard correction? What methods are used in a hard correction?

Dog Training Tips

Recommended Answer:
It depends on the dog's "Level of Tolerance" and "Rate of Recovery". A HARD correction for a neutered Lab could be whispering "you naughty boy"...it could possibly ruin his entire week. On the other hand, a HARD correction for a very dominant terrier, could be a sledge hammer on the head, a kick to the ribs with steel-toed boots, and a 30 minute soak in the bath tub with the toaster, blow dryer, clock/radio and a hungry crocodile.....he MAY acknowledge that you want to tell him something. Then, a small nuclear device inserted about 12 inches into his rectum will let him know you are displeased.....He'll be ready to continue training before the mushroom cloud disperses.

Dog Training Basics: 3 Golden Rules

• It's highly dependent on the dog and the level of correction needed for that dog for a correction to have an impact. For example we had a highly human/dog aggressive bully in class. When he lunged and tried ripping me and my dog apart at 15ft he needed a two handed/ back up "hard correction" to bring him back to a state where we were able to work with him and I could toss treats so we all could make friends. Same with the GSD and Aussie who eventually was able to hang out sitting next to my dog. The 6 month old playful Golden retriever walking all over it's owner only needed a fraction of the correction to get his attention and walked perfectly on leash for me and it's owner. Normally corrections are given while wearing a slip or prong collar.Screaming or yelling, hands, feet, throwing or hitting with objects are never considered appropriate corrections. In the past, I've had dogs who sharp verbal corrections like "Ay!" had enough effect on them to be considered "hard corrections".


• If you have a dog on a slip/choke collar, pulling it up sharply would be considered hard correction. Obviously hitting of any kind too. I'd not put time-out as that - having a time-out should not involve physical contact. It's just a means of bringing a dog back down from the 'red area'.
  
  However, I've only, until recently with my Whippet pup, had Bassets, and if you try any sort of 'hard correction' with them, you demolish them. I've reduced some of my boys (unintentionally) to a quivering wreck by just shouting at them - lol. Basset-training involves FOOD.


• Depends on who you ask, what method you're looking at etc. etc.
  
  It could be a leash pop, a pop of a prong, and electric shock (e-stim, tingle, tap, it is all the same frickin thing an electric shock)
  
  For my two its a firm HEY, cross eyes, and really stiff posture. I train with my brain, not force.


• I thought your title said errection.


• hard correction if u mean punishing ur dog wuts the limit uhhh i would say hitting ur dog with items like a shoe i would say if ur gonna hit ur dog use ur hand not items


• Time-out.

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: Any hints for a person who adopted a dog rescued from a hoarding situation?

As popular as the tv show on animal hoarders is & there are certainly people who adopt them, I would like to learn about living with a hoarded dog through a focus on the animal itself adjusting to living as the only dog in a home. I wish I knew more about the situation mine came from other than the total number of dogs & that they weren't socialized & never went outside. Animals & people are different, so please don't take affront when I say that my husband found his birth mother & siblings. He is so happy & so are they. Back then, the mother wasn't allowed to see or touch their baby. I wish that anonymously I could let the hoarder know that this dog is doing well & is loved. If they were reassured, they may learn not to hoard. I'd also like to hear hints from others who adopted a hoarded dog. So far, so good with ours making great progress. Yes, we will be enrolling in dog training.

Therapy Dog Training - Working With Your Dog

Recommended Answer:
You respect the fact that they came from a hoarding situation, but you begin a new life with your newly adopted dog. Your dog is out of the misery now and is safe and in a loving home. That's the first step and that's where your focus should be.

Along the way, you will run into hurdles that will make you cock your head like a curious pup. Some will make you giggle, some will make you cry. It will also take a little longer for a pup with this background to adapt in your home than it would a pup with a normal puppyhood. Give him space but use the time to establish a routine. Routines make any dog feel a lot safer. I.e. when are you going to go for a walk. When is feeding time. Play time? nap time? A dog likes these things to happen at t he same time everyday.

I adopted an 8 month old lab mix that had been rescued from a hoarder at 6 months. It took time and patience, but we found our own way to be together happily. The hardest thing was teaching him to play normal puppy games such as tug of war and fetch (which he never got the hang of).
The hoarder pup will exhibit fear...sometimes of really odd things. My dog had a fear of fire hydrants for example. Do not force the dog but also don't run in the opposite direction either. When you come across something that startles the dog just stand still and let the dog investigate on his own terms. His fear of hydrants was gone soon.

Here are some tips:

Obedience training - will help you bond, will give him confidence. The class is a good, safe setting for socialization as well.
Socialization - Take him places with you as much as you can. Let him meet different people in different settings. Be careful around kids though, because they get excited and my dog had a hard time with this. If I asked them to approach calmly from the side he did fine and actually liked the attention.
Take him to the dog park - Dogs are the only companions he has ever known and it will give him a great boost to be able to spend time among his own kind. Or set up play dates with other dogs in someone's home.
Read up on dog body language. What does it mean when your dog yawns? When your dog faces you and looks away? When your dog hangs his head? When you're dog's tail is pointed straight back? When he waves his paw in the air? when your dog scratches the ground? When his paws sweat? When he licks his lips? Dogs are so good at reading human body language, but the hoarded dog is at a disadvantage here, because it has not had the change to study that the normal puppy has had. It will help you both a great deal if you would try to learn his language.

But generally, he needs little more than a dog with a normal background would need...love, patience, compassion, etc.

Good Luck

Train Your Dog - Benefits and Tips For Successful Dog Training

• they need to feel loved beyond belief, but be careful could lead to seperation anxiety. socialization is a MUST! plus dog training like you said.


• They need A LOT OF SOCIALIZATION!
  so work work work


• Ironically enough, when my husband and I adopted our dog from one of the Humane Society's "foster homes", the H.S. foster lady herself was an animal hoarder! She lived about 20 miles away from us, out in the sticks. Her gravel driveway was about a 1/2 mile long. I remember my husband and I joking around about what if there was some psycho killer living back there so no one would find the dead bodies.... Then we saw this nasty shack of a house. About 15 dogs came running up to my car. I'm not afraid of dogs, but I was not cool with FIFTEEN dogs barking and growling at me. I was afraid to get out of the car! The lady came out & walked us into her house where there were probably 10 more dogs and at least 20 cats. Believe me when I tell you I cannot begin to describe the ungodly stinch of that place! Her house was cabin-style, so the kitchen, living, and dining areas were all just one great big room. She had so much rotten food and garbage on her counters, we couldn't see the countertop or stove themselves. There were cats *and* dogs climbing all over the countertop looking for food. There were heaps of crap all over the floor and huge urine puddles everywhere. She asked if we wanted to sit down-- I looked at the couch which had been chewed to shreds by her many bored animals and saw that it also had turds all over it. I could barely breathe. I asked if we could talk outside.
  
  About an hour later, after she had begged and pleaded with us not to adopt this dog, she started searching for the vaccination records and adoption contract. After about twenty minutes of sorting through the various piles of garbage in the room, she found it and there was this funky brown substance all over the papers-- I put them in a Ziplock bag and haven't touched them since. One of the dogs bit me. Dozens of flea-infested cats were rubbing all over my legs. It was HORRIBLE!!!!! I could not believe someone lived like that and the real kicker is she told us she was an RN-- a nurse should know better than to live like that!
  
  The problems we had with our dog: Because there were so many dogs and she was the youngest and smallest (about 38 lbs when we got her), she was very possessive with her food. We nipped that in the bud right away because food aggression leads to other things. I guess she'd always been the last one to eat and by the time it was her turn, there was no food left. She was hand-shy; didn't even want to be petted. She was scared of everything-- EVERYTHING--, especially black people. She had never been socialized. We solved that by hiring a black female dog trainer-- our dog loved her by the 2nd class and is much less skeptical of people now. Another thing that helped was that she LOVES other dogs! So we take her to the park and Petsmart-- two places with lots of dogs, and she gets used to people there. Because our dog had lived in a situation where she was allowed to just poop & pee whenever, wherever, we had a very hard time house training her and had to buy a carpet shampooer. She was very malnourished and poorly cared for-- how can one person care for 50+ animals alone? All of her ribs were protruding & she had such a nasty ear infection that her ear was filled to the brim with dirt & blood, the fur was rotted off her ear, and she has permanent hearing damage. A few days of medicine & daily cleanings fixed that. And the worst part was, the lady would leave her outside unattended for God knows how long, so she'd get bored and chew on gravel from the driveway. She had 4 broken teeth which we had to have extracted once we got her. In the first few months, we had about $1,000 in vet bills.
  
  This situation just should have never happened. It was absolutely atrocious. Her "foster mom" was a Humane Society volunteer AND a registered nurse. I don't feel bad for animal hoarders. Everyone has "struggles", but they need to get over them, not be babied by everyone around them. I hate that people want to claim that every bad action was based on a faulty state of mind. "I molest little boys because I have a 'problem'." "I mug old ladies because I have a 'problem'." "I hoard and neglect animals because I have a 'problem'." Please! Because of this experience, I will never "adopt" a pet from a shelter again.
  
  Our dog went from being this pitiful, timid, emaciated little 38 lb mutt with broken teeth and a severe ear/skin infection to being a beautiful, healthy 60 lb greyhound mix who loves people, loves running, loves our pet cat, is no longer food-aggressive, and listens very well *knock on wood* lol.DOG TRAINING IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY WHETHER YOUR DOG WAS ADOPTED FROM A SHELTER OR PURCHASED FROM A GREAT BREEDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…


• " If they were reassured, they may learn not to hoard." its not something you can unlearn. Hoarding is a mental issue. They can learn to control it with HELP but its not something they can wake up one day and not do.
  
  As for how to deal with it? you deal with it as you would a dog that came from the shelter, socializing and training. You don't make excuses for behavior you simply work on how to fix them and if need be accept that some things can't be fixed and depending on the severity of the issue find ways to deal with it or put the animal down.


• If you have paid attention to the shows about the animal hoarders, the dogs' living conditions are horrible, and they are severely lacking in personal attention and love. You are a dream come true to this dog you adopted. Just be patient and give your dog time to get used to this new life and new rules. I adopted a dog that was rescued from a puppy mill, which is a terrible life, too. From a skinny, scared, deformed little runt, he has become the most loving sweet dog I have ever had.


• No offense but your post is incredibly hard to follow. I am not sure who the birth mother is and the mother who was not allowed to see or touch "their baby". I am not sure if you are talking about dogs or people. I will do my best to answer.
  
  That being said the first rule in rehabilitating any dog is STOP THINKING OF IT AS A VICTIM.
  
  Dogs live in the moment. They don't think back and remember when.
  
  I currently have a dog I rehabilitated that was from a real case of abuse and neglect, actually documented, I never treated her like a vicitim, I did not coddle her and I did not feel sorry for her. She went from scared of everyone and most situations to confident and brave and carries SEVERAL AKC Obedience titles.
  
  Just by your post I can tell you are making this dog a victim and feeling sorry for her.
  
  Forget about where the dog came from and move forward.
  
  It is a dog. It will respond to you treating it like a dog. It is a dog not a baby.
  
  Training will give it confidence- find a real dog trainer, not a cookie and click pet store trainer.


• You need to start hoarding asap to make to dog feel more at home. Start with a truck full of old newspapers and outdated electronic stuff and fill a room for the dogs arival. Old dirty cloths may also help the dog to adjust. No need to thank me just pass on a favor to someone else.

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: If I am a new dog trainer how and how much should I charge?

I just moved to San Jose, CA for my 9-5 job, but I wanted to do some dog training on the weekends.

I don't have any official qualifications, but I'm quite good: I trained my friends dog to open the refrigerator, grab a beer and bring it to me. Simple tricks I can teach dogs in a few minutes.

I was going to advertise home training visits on craigslist, but I'm not associated with any business so I don't know where to start. I'm not looking to make a killing, but I would like some reasonable compensation for my time. So how much should I charge?

And then how should I charge? (By the trick? Per hour of my time? Any other ideas?) If I had my preference, I would like to teach exotic tricks instead of the basics. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

Basic Dog Training - Starting Off on the Right Paw

Recommended Answer:
Dog trainers typically charge by the hour. I'd start very low since you don't have the credentials to pull in clients and need to start the ball rolling with word-of-mouth advertising. Another way to build a reputation and expand your experience is to volunteer with a shelter rehabbing dogs with minor behavior problems. Most dogs surrendered to shelters would have a much easier time being adopted if they had a little brush-up on their basic training.

Let your vet know you are a dog trainer. They often maintain a list of local trainers to share with clients who inquire. Do the same with your local pet stores. Make sure these are people who know you and know your dog(s) so they can feel confident recommending you (having seen the results of your work first hand).

Actually, putting obedience titles on dogs is about the best way I know to get the word out about your training skills. Then teaching beginning obedience classes. Then you get some requests for private training through that.

Dog Training - A Fun Activity

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: Do you have pets? Do you like funny dog animation?

Do you have pets? Do you like funny dog animation?
http://www.dog-training-information.info/Dog%20Animation/Page%202.htm

Dog Treats for Dog Training

Recommended Answer:
I like the puppies one it reminds me of the pokey little puppy book. I always loved that book! Cute.

Dog Training Collars - How to Choose One

• uhm. the animations are cute but the ones that don't move slowly aren't really that good.
  
  no offense if you made them:D


• I like the animation of the dog begging...i have 2 pets...2 dogs...ella and roman...golden retreiver and Pekingese


• cute....i like the puppy in the mail box


• Yes, I have pets. " I love the funny stuff." Its good for the soul and spirit. I have been told a laugh a day will keep the blues away!


• I love dogs & love watching animal planet & really like all animals


• yes and i did


• Yes I have 3 dogs, one whom is lying on me at this time...lol, those were cute thanks for sharing


• yes and yes


• i do have pets. six dogs...i love pet animation


• Their ok, not the real thing though!
  
  I like em, only some not all!


• I have three dogs.Buddy the Beagle who loves to hear his own voice.Shi-Shi who is cute and cuddly but also a bit sassy.Dutchess whom thinks she is all that and more.Blackie is no longer with us but she was a black Lab Chow mix.She recently passed away.

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: Amateur Dog Training?

Where can I become a dog trainer,not professional, just enough train my friends and my own dogs.

, thanks

Puppy Dog Training in 7 Lessons

Recommended Answer:
: ) Since you said this is just for fun and not as a job -
In classes with your dog.
That's really what training classes are all about, training the owner how to train their dog!

Training Your Dog at Home - Save Thousands of Dollars on Dog Training

• Nobody in their right mind would hire somebody that is not a qualifed professional. Even people who run local puppy classes will have credentials.
  
  Dog training by people who do not know what they're doing can go awfully wrong.
  
  If you want to be a dog trainer, great, but do it properly, and get some qualifications and proper experience in it. The majority of dog trainers have a degree or at least many years experience.
  
  If you just want to train your own dogs, you need to go to obedience classes. They teach the owner to teach the dog.


• Join your local dog training club or organization. You can start there with your own dog, and then move on to helping other people's dogs.
  
  I started when I was twelve, and six years later I teach a Puppy and Rally class.


• you can become like a pro in just a week
  
  you dont believe me?try this one http://lemonline.bravehost.com

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: Dog training help?

I have a 1.5 year old large german shepherd mix. He's a really smart dog and I already trained him multiple tricks that he knows by heart. The thing is I'm moving on to the more difficult tricks and I just can't seem to keep his attention long enough. He's a very hiper dog and when I try to get his attention he gets over excited and jumps and plays. I teaching him play dead right now and he can't seem to get the be still part of it. I just want to get his attention and keep it, any advice?

Service Dog Training and Selection - Train Dedicated Companions for Disabled People

Recommended Answer:
Chances are these excited, anxious, or fearful behaviors have been reinforced. The truth is that it is very easy to reinforce these behaviors. You may even feel compelled to reinforce them, although that was never your intention.

Imagine a dog who whines excitedly in the car. You arrive at your destination and your dog is just-so-excited-to-be-here-and-bark-bark… There is nothing worse than sitting in a car with a dog who is whining to get out, so what do you do? You let your dog out of the car and...

...you have just reinforced whining! What's more, your dog has just reinforced you for letting him out sooner rather than later.

Another example of automatic, unintentional reinforcement is the dog who bowls over visitors. What does the visitor do?

"Oh, you're a big puppy! How about you hop down?" [push]

"HOP DOWN!" [wave hands in dog's face]

Wouldn't you love that response if you were a big, boisterous, and non-verbal Labrador retriever looking for attention?

The Calm-O-Meter solution
Let's look at a third example and a possible solution. A dog (we'll call her "Sabella" but she bears no resemblance to an actual German shepherd by that name), gets overly excited when she is about to embark on her nightly walk. Her owner, an enlightened trainer, has her sit and wait patiently at the door until she calms down. He does this because he knows that letting her out the door in her excited state will only reinforce that excited state for future walks—and will probably result in temporarily forgotten leash manners and reactive aggression towards other dogs as well.

But how does Sabella's owner know when she is calm enough to be let through the door?

He could look for certain signs: rate of breathing, ear and tail carriage, whining frequency and volume, pupil dilation or contraction. But that's a bit complicated. All he really needs to do is ask himself, "On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is very calm and 10 is very excited, how calm is Sabella right now?" He'll get a reasonably accurate answer, something good enough to work with.

Simple, huh? This is called using the "Calm-O-Meter."

Just as you can reinforce excited behaviors, you can reinforce calm behaviors.Turn the dial, but where to stop?
Next is to "turn back the dial" on that Calm-O-Meter. Just as you can reinforce excited behaviors, you can reinforce calm behaviors. But, keep in mind that it would be unreasonable to ask a dog to go from grade 10 "hyper" to grade 1 "comatose." That would set the dog up to fail and leave nothing to reinforce.

Instead, figure out what grade the dog is at when she sits, then ask for one grade less. If your Sabella is consistently at a grade 7, wait until she calms down to grade 6, then click and open the door. If Sabella is consistently at grade 6, wait until she has calmed down to grade 5, then click and open the door.

The Calm-O-Meter can be a metric for clicker training, using successive approximations toward the goal—a calm dog. Calm could be at grade 3 or 4; Sabella shouldn't have to lose her zest for life completely! If you aim too low, she might not ever make it out the door.

Historical borrowing
The Calm-O-Meter idea isn't completely new. Like so many other techniques in dog training, it is an idea borrowed from human clinical psychology, modified and repackaged. The human clinical psychology equivalent is the SUDs scale, which stands for Subjective Units of Distress/Disturbance/Discomfort Scale. Of course dogs cannot be asked their level of stress or calm directly, but most dog owners are sufficiently in tune with their dogs for this technique to give fairly reliable results.

This PDF may be helpful to you. It is called when excited becomes rude.
http://www.clickertraining.com/files/Emm…

Dog Training DVD Review - It's PAWsible!

• Him getting overexcited and jumping when you are trying to get his attention is a good thing because that means you have got his attention but i know why you might think otherwise as i thought it was a bad thing to. If you are trying to teach him new tricks which require staying still then start off somewhere with no distractions at all then when he has learned it start doing it somewhere with alot of distractions this worked for my dog and trust me it is very hard to get his attention i would be happy if my dog does what your dog does getting over excited lol, also you will find that if you make him run for a bit he will get a bit tired and he will listen more without jumping around best of luck


• Try this page, they have few video-lessons
  http://en.teachme.tv/category/72/dog_tra…


• Take him for a LOOOOOONNNNGGG walk before trying the harder tricks. I have a 2 year old Doberman and she has way too much energy to focus on training unless I tire her out a bit first.
  
  So we go for a long walk, usually 2 miles, then head home, she gets some free time to drink water, rest, whatever she does. Then about 30 minutes after the walk I start the training with her.
  
  She is able to concentrate a lot better and can usually handle about 30 minutes of training a day this way. Much more than that and she loses interest.


• I recommend you visit the website I went to when my dog had behavioral issues a while back. It transformed my dog's behavior. Good Luck!


• Here's a free resource for you..
  
  http://dogsdomain.info

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: Does anyone know where you can take a dog training course specializing in K9 or Schutzhund training?

I planned to go to Triple Crown but you have to go through like three steps to get to the K9 training. I have some experience already, do they count that?? Also this is geared toward after I complete police officer training...

How to Incorporate Dog Training Into Dog Play and Exercise!

Recommended Answer:
If you are a police officer in larger department, they should have K-9 unit with trainers and helpers. In most cases, you have to be an officers at least 3 years in good standing to be a SOD member.(Special Operation Division. K-9 is part of it)
Believe it or not, sport dog experiences won't help you pass the interview. As you know Schutzhund training is very different than K-9. Most K-9 unit will looking for clear head person who can make right decisions in stress situations. If they think you are the right person, than they will pick you with/without experiences.
Once you are in, the department will pull you out of streets, and send you to training school with your new green dog. They will teach you everything from how to take care of dog, legal issues, and actual handling of the dog. They will teach you and your dog at the same time. So beginner can be a good handler.
If you like to work with a dog, and trying to learn basic fundamental of dog training, than you can join Schutzhund clubs in your area. (there are DVG and United Schutzhund Clubs of America. Go google those two mother clubs) You won't loose anything. Good luck

Things to Consider Before You Go For a Dog Training Career

• If you are becoming a police officer, many have their own training for K9 officers. You may want to clarify that before you pay for your own training.


• Does your police station have a k-9 unit... If it does, ask them where they have the dogs trained at.

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: What should I do with my dog *before* we go to a dog training class so that she pays more attention?

We have a 7 month old beagle/coonhound mix and going to beginner classes for training.

The trainer said we should exercise her alot before going to class. We don't want to tire her out too much...but will try more next week....see if it helps.

Are there any other suggestions besides tire the dog out?

Thanks

The 5 Best Dog Training Tips For You and Your Dog

Recommended Answer:
Exercise seems to be the best idea. If your class uses food, you might want to put her on a tiny fast. I don't know how you normally feed your dog, but have her be slightly hungry.

i.e., if you free feed her, pick up her food a few hours before.

No-No Dog Training Techniques

• Teach her to sit, and try to teach her to stay.
  Sit before you give a treat.
  Sit before you put the food dish down.
  Sit before you let her out the door.
  Sit before you let her back in.
  Sit before you pet her.
  
  If you don't have a basic book on how to train your dog, then get one.


• I have a Corgis that is in training right now too. See my avatar? It is recommended you exercise the dog. They have high energy at this age. This is the only way to burn it off. Mine is running through the house right now at 100 MPH burning energy on a rainy day!


• homework!!
  
  I was reading on dog training classes and something that the trainer wrote in his book just made crystal clear sense. In a dog training class, this is a level 2-3 situation in training level. First, you are in a new environment, new smells, new area, new dogs, new everything. Second, there are usually a lot of other people and dogs. Other people and dogs tend to make noise. Alllll of these things are known as distractions to your dog and to your training. Normally, when training your dog, you want to begin training in a calm and quiet environment, with NO distractions. You need to be able to have your dog sit, lie down and stay (work on extending time). You should also be working on - preferably in your backyard or right on your own street front, walking and heeling (not going to far from the house, because that is a distraction). AFTER you master these things in a quiet environment, you introduce time and distance and distraction, but only one at a time. For example, if you want your dog to sit when you tell him to even though you are 10 feet away from him - that is distance, which means that you are in a no distraction area and you are not asking him to sit for an extended period of time. If you want him to lengthen his sit (or stay or down) you don't do distance or distraction. As training improves, you start increasing, one thing at a time.
  
  For this very reason, if your dog will not sit, stay, or down when you are in your own home, you are not ready for obedience classes - there are just too many distractions. So if you are running into problems at class, such that the trainer is telling you to exercise your dog beforehand, you may have not done enough "homework" to be ready for a class.
  
  She wants you to exercise your dogs because tired dogs are easier to train - they don't have a bunch of excess energy, so the energy they do have is focused and ready to listen.
  
  The book that I read was called the Dog Whisperer (but it was NOT Cesar's book). He made a lot of good points about training, levels of training, how to introduce distance, distraction and time.

Read More...

Dog Health Questions: Anyone knows a good dog training school?

i want to become a dog trainer and i was just wondering if theres a good dog training school in California?

A Long Tradition of Dog Training

Recommended Answer:
I've heard that Moorepark College is good at teaching people to train all kinds of animals including dogs.

The Main Benefits Of Dog Training

• no i dont Y

Read More...