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Young dogs should begin training at an early age to help develop good behaviors, but even older dogs can learn to avoid bad habits. Before you seriously begin training, try to do a little research on your dog’s breed to determine if there are any bred personality traits or specific little quirks that the breed might possess that would influence training methods.

Humane training is a necessity if you want to maintain a good relationship with your dog. Good behaviors need to be rewarded, while bad ones should be ignored or corrected. You should never use physical violence, “choke chains” or other pain inducing methods to correct a behavior. Over time this can cause the dog to become skittish around people or lose the drive to please its owner. Using a stern voice, withholding a reward, and physically relocating a dog painlessly can all cause the desired training effect without physically hurting the dog.

Common commands such as sit, heel, stay, and come are generally easiest to teach through reward-based training early in life. This early learning can be important, since otherwise a dog might develop bad habits that will be significantly harder to unlearn later on. Much like their human counterparts dogs develop personalities over time that are the result of their experiences and what they are allowed to get away with. When possible, teach your dog basic commands early to avoid this sort of problem in the future.

Dogs are eager and ready to learn animals. With a little patience and a lot of consistency, it’s not that hard to teach dogs what behaviors you like and what definitely isn’t allowed. Retain a position of confident leadership and you shouldn’t have any problem having a happy, well-adjusted dog as a result.

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