It seems humans think that dog obedience training can take a lot of time and training and that you have to repeat the lesson many times before we learn it, well sometimes it may take longer, but on the whole many of us are quick to learn.
The truth is we have to practice just like humans until we learn the lesson, and it may take a few repetitions before you will see a change in your dog’s behavior problems. When we do learn, the lesson becomes so ingrained that we don’t forget.
Dogs do require repetition to learn.
You will notice it more when you are are trying to train us to do something that isn’t natural for us, such as walking without pulling on the lead, we want to see everything and in an area full of interesting sights, sounds, and smells we can be so easily distracted.
It will sometimes seem that this dog obedience training is difficult and would require a lot of practice for it to become a habit for us, this can be sometimes true for a very young puppy.
It really is best to start training us as puppies before we have the opportunity to learn the undesirable habits, like pulling on our lead.
Older Dogs Can Also be trained
But if we are older don’t worry we can still be trained it just might take a bit more time and dedication but we will learn.
Repetition, is part of learning, and a very good place to start is with a ball being the reward, for most dogs will love a ball and that then becomes our reward to learn, for example we think of ball playing, not as something mastered only in dog obedience training, we just have fun chasing the ball when you throw it.
We are having fun and we, like your children learn better when we are having fun and there is a reward.
Dogs Love Chasing Balls and Toys
The first time the owner shows his dog a ball and then throws it, the dog will most times instinctively chase it, then investigate it and may even want to bury it, and then later on carried it around in his mouth.
This lesson only took one shot, we will love the ball for the rest of our life. When we wants to play we will most likely run and get the ball and drop it at your feet letting you know we want to play.
This example of learning, shows there are ways to change the dog obedience training to suit your dog and make it fun for him and you.
Oscar
