Dog leash training
One of the very important and basic obedience trainings for a dog would be leash training or training a dog to walk on a leash without pulling you everywhere he wants. Even if you do not want to take your dog to a dog show exhibiting his skills a basic walk is what he should know so that both you and your dog can enjoy the walks together without straining each other.
As in any other dog training you have to be patient and consistent with what you want out of him. You may have to repeat several times before he gets to know what is to be done and how it is to be done.
You start with getting the dog by your side and start walking, as soon as he starts to pull away in some direction you have to stop and let him know that this is wrong. You can do this by pulling him gently towards your self and saying a command. Slowly he will start to relate that command to the action. Do not drag him of pull him strongly just a firm hand will do. Start again and if he does it right praise him by another command which you use to praise him or reward him. He has to know that he has done something right and will want to do it again for the reward or the praise. Just repeat it daily for a few minutes, a few times a day, slowly he will start doing it the right way
This is the basic way of training a dog, there can be different variations of the techniques, some of them may work very effectively in a few cases. Leash training is the most basic of dog trainings and should be a must for every dog. Ideally the owner should take out some time and practice training his dog. This creates a good bonding between the owner and the dog. You can take this dog training to any level you want. The basics would remain the same.
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