Dog training
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Dog training
by Mus » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:39 am
Does anyone know of a good dog training place near Nicosia? I've tried searching the web but haven't found anything.
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Re: Dog training
by iceman » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:41 am
Mus wrote:Does anyone know of a good dog training place near Nicosia? I've tried searching the web but haven't found anything.
Train for what?
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by devil » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:48 pm
The first rule of dog training is to train the owner. It is useless having a third party doing it. My best advice is to get and read The Dog Listener and The Practical Dog Listener before attempting anything. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=pd_sc_1/2 ... %20fennell
Our present dog caused us many headaches. We tried two pro trainers both with and without us. One said he was "headstrong and wilful"; the other said he was the first dog he had come across that he considered untrainable. We started using Jan Fennell's techniques after reading those books. He is now reasonably well trained; he can walk to heel, sit, lie, stop barking. He is still reluctant to come, though, unless he feels like it. The other day, I was working outside the garden and had accidentally left the gate open and the dog escaped into the road. As soon as I saw him, 10 m down the road, I said, "sit!" and he immediately sat. I walked up to him and said, "To heel!" and he walked back with me into the garden. According to the expert, who suggested we had him put down, this is the untrainable dog! I admit it was not easy, but Fennell's technique does work.
Our present dog caused us many headaches. We tried two pro trainers both with and without us. One said he was "headstrong and wilful"; the other said he was the first dog he had come across that he considered untrainable. We started using Jan Fennell's techniques after reading those books. He is now reasonably well trained; he can walk to heel, sit, lie, stop barking. He is still reluctant to come, though, unless he feels like it. The other day, I was working outside the garden and had accidentally left the gate open and the dog escaped into the road. As soon as I saw him, 10 m down the road, I said, "sit!" and he immediately sat. I walked up to him and said, "To heel!" and he walked back with me into the garden. According to the expert, who suggested we had him put down, this is the untrainable dog! I admit it was not easy, but Fennell's technique does work.
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by iceman » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:33 pm
devil wrote:The first rule of dog training is to train the owner. It is useless having a third party doing it.
Absolutely correct...You are the one who will live with the dog and the dog needs to understand you as well as you need to get to know your dog...No third party training can do that...the best they could do is to train the owner to learn to work with the dog..
I trained my dobermans myself using information i gathered from the internet + the books i ordered from UK & USA...You need to be patient and work hard for a while but the result is worth it...
One other golden rule is....LOVE...show your love to your dog...Praise them when they do as told and tell them off when they do something wrong ... NEVER punish them the Cypriot way which is beating them up!!
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