Puppy training is important whether for good behavior or fun. During the process of teaching the puppy the fetch game, it is necessary that the treats are used alongside praise and there is a very good reason for this. Since the puppy has yet to understand the importance of praise, you will have to give the puppy the positive reward stimulus of food until it does understand. You may be thinking, shouldn’t training always take place in the pup’s head and not their stomach and while this is true, they are learning a game.

Dog and puppy training can be a fun time for both you and your dog. Attempt to do at least three of the fetching games for a period of ten minutes each day, for three days in sequence. These fetching drills should be in addition to a five or ten minute walk on the leash, daily. What we will do is sneak in two commands during the puppy’s ‘game times’ and before it realizes what is going in, the puppy will have been taught to ‘come’ and ‘sit’.

During your retrieving games, when your puppy has returned the play toy to you, place your left hand on its rear end and your right underneath its chin. Press down gently with the left hand while administering small pressure upwards with your right as you say the command ‘sit’.

Makes For Good Puppy Behavior

As soon as you have placed the puppy in that sitting position, pour on the enthusiastic praise, then toss the play toy out again. After the puppy brings back the toy, refrain from praise until the ‘sit’ command has been given and it is placed in the sitting position. If the puppy should squirm from your grasp and you fail to get it properly seated, do not throw the play toy, do not praise and above all, do not give up. This will begin the process of a well trained dog and hence good puppy behavior.

Utilize the leash to bring the puppy to you, say ‘sit’ and put the puppy in the proper sitting position, ending each round of the fetch-sit game with a special treat.

By the time you finish your third session of fetch-sit games, you’ll notice that it really doesn’t take much left-hand pressure at all to get your puppy seated. You have a 10-minute walk on leash still scheduled for each of the days, four through seven. The entire routine will be the same as on the preceeding days and keep four tidbits with you. Make sure they are tucked away in your pocket, out of sight and scent, as you take the puppy outdoors.

After you have ventured out on what the dog thinks is a routine walk, take out a treat and kneel to the dogs level, then say his name and follow up with the “come” command. carefully lure the puppy in your direction using the leash. Give it the tidbit, and at the same time pour on the praise. By giving the tidbit with the praise, your puppy will begin to learn that praise is synonymous with the reward. These dog training and puppy training techniques can be followed in other areas of your training.

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