Understanding Dogs – Part 1 – Characteristics of a Well Trained Dog

It is a pleasure to have a well trained dog. It is welcome almost anywhere as it behaves with other people and with other dogs. You know the easy way to stay and you come when called. It’s great to take it for a walk, and it can be unleashed for a game in the park. They will take you on family trips and outings. It could be a member of the family in any sense of the word.

The most important benefit to your dog is your safety, the safety of others, and your own safety. A dog that listens and does what he is told is hardly in trouble. Rather than being enslaved by a leash or a line, a trained dog is actually a free dog – it will be trusted to stay when told, not to jump on people, to come when called and not to. follow a moggy across the street.

After that, ranked by importance, a well-trained dog is one that

* Does not jump on people

* Don’t beg at the table

* Does not disturb the guests

* Comes when called

* Does not pull on the strap

Note that these wishes, with one exception, are expressed negatively, ie, “dog, don’t do that.”

For training needs, you want to express these wishes in a positive way so that you can teach your dog precisely what you would expect of him. Here’s what the new list of needs for a well-trained dog looks like:

* Sit down when I tell you.

* Go somewhere and relax.

* Lie down when I tell you and stay there.

* Come when they call you.

* Walk on a loose leash.

The “Sit” and “Down-Stay” commands are the lego blocks for a well-trained dog; If Tommy doesn’t know anything else, you can live with him. Of course, your Tommy may have some additional wrinkles that need to be straightened, some of which are more of a management issue than a training one. He can enjoy landscaping, just like my Beagle who enjoys digging holes in the backyard and can do it with fantastic speed and strength.

Unless you are ready to endure what can become large digging projects, your strongest defense is to use this digging energy with plenty of exercise, training, and supervision. Another favorite entertainment for some dogs is looting trash.

Prevention is the cure here: Put the trash where your dog can’t reach it. One of my Dachshunds learned to open the cooler by pulling the towel we kept wrapped through the door handle and helping himself to anything he could reach. Prevention was the solution. We remove the towel and solve the problem. With these simple guidelines, you can identify whether a DOS is properly trained or not.