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The most crucial factor that can spell the difference between success and failure in dog is both yours and your dog’s attitude. While you may feel it is hopeless based on the level of serious behavioral issues your dog presents, having the right attitude with respect to training will help overcome any bad dog behavior. However, that said, control of your dog’s attitude rests entirely with you. You need to train your dog into the family member you want him to be, where obedience and instant response will allow a relationship for you and your pet that is free from stress and frustration.

We will deal only with training dogs between six months of age and older as there is a difference in training techniques when teaching a dog below the age of six months and that age group requires methods specifically intended for puppies. Teaching a six month old dog with kindergarten methods would be an insult to its intelligence, much like a college student would be offended if the instructor talked using child like teaching techniques. Similarly, a six year old child would achieve nothing sitting in a classroom listening to a professor explaining the theory of relativity.

Your Dog and A Positive Attitude

Your beloved pet will adopt a negative outlook if your dog training attempts are nothing but barking commands. Since you are basically changing everything about your dogs daily routine, you have the added responsibility of making these training sessions something your pet will enjoy and want to take part in.

This can be easily achieved by simply using verbal communication during your dog obedience training. Here is one more piece to the puzzle to help differentiate between a somewhat average and an excellent performance from your pet. ‘Heel’ and ’sit’ is not what is meant by verbal communication. Quite frankly, speak to the dog. You need to say aloud with enthusiasm phrases such as “thats a good boy/girl, good dog”.

While it may be true that your pet does not literally understand the words coming out of your mouth, two things take place when you speak. Your dog will be motivated to please you and with your praise based on your warm and encouraging tone, will present a very positive environment.

Second, this motivation then triggers a positive attitude in your dog. To the contrary, commands should be vocalized in an entirely different tone. They should absolutely be interpreted as commands not just a request. They are then followed by enthusiastic and loving praise as soon as the dog follows the command, or when shown what its correct response should have been. These steps make for easy DIY dog training.

You have to remember that communication is the essential component for success when training your dog. Talk to your pet, reflect your positive attitude in the tone of your voice and your dog will reflect its positive attitude in the excited way it welcomes each day’s training session. These are just a few of the ways that make for easy dog obedience training.