Why Puppy Training Shouldn’t be Ignored

Puppy training can seem like an inconvenience when you’re just in the market for a cute new pet. But the time you invest in puppy training now will be well worth it later, as you get to enjoy years of companionship with your furry friend. Here are three reasons why you should opt for private dog training in Vancouver soon:

Build Communication and Trust:

By training your dog from an early age, you’re teaching it how to respond when asked to do something and understand a basic set of commands. This builds trust with both your pet and yourself. With the help of dog training in Vancouver, pets may be more reliable companions who know how to behave around guests or in public spaces like parks.

Minimises Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety:

Separation anxiety is one of many symptoms that your dog could develop, which is why it’s important to train your pet from a young age. With early dog training in Burnaby, you can teach your dog to remain alone safely while you’re away. This means separation anxiety and other problems may be avoided with pet training by an expert, which in turn may make your life easier!

Keeps Your Pet Safe:

Training your puppy at a young age solves unwanted behaviour such as nipping, jumping, bolting out the door, and others. It also trains them to be responsive to your cues in different environments, walking on a loose leash, and more. Teaching your puppy basic commands helps give them guidance and also keeps them out of trouble around cars, children, and dangerous situations. In other words, it helps you and your dog to be safe.

Private dog training in Vancouver is very important to help your puppy become healthy and happy in your home environment. Talk to a professional dog trainer for more information.

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Possessive Dog Aggression: How to Deal with It

Responsible dog ownership means teaching your dog how to get along with other people and animals. If you want to prevent possessive dog aggression, it’s important to understand what causes it, so you can focus on the right things in training. Aggression prevention dog training teaches your dog appropriate responses to his environment in order to help his aggressive behaviour toward anything or anyone around him. Dog behaviour and training in Burnaby focuses on common problems like possessive dog aggression, including what factors may contribute to it and how you may modify the aggressive behavior.

What is Possessive Dog Aggression?

Possessive aggression in dog is when your dog guards over things that they consider precious. The best way to understand possessive aggression is to identify where it’s coming from. Some of the common causes of possessive aggression may be:

The natural response of dogs to protect their food and resources
Learned behaviour
Past trauma
Limited access to food, toys, and other resources which triggers them to protect it at all costs
It may be dependant on the dog’s environmental influences

How to Deal with Dog Possessive Aggression?

If your dog shows signs of possessive aggression such as growling, snapping, or biting, it’s crucial to get assistance from a professional dog trainer as soon as possible. Here are a few tips that can be helpful in modifying possessive aggression in dogs.

Have your dog eat in a comfortable and secure area where he is not being bothered. Do not challenge your dog when he is possessive over his favorite item.
Getting advice to train him to “leave it” or “drop it” is the item that they are possessive about. However, these tips alone may not work if the dog does not understand what’s acceptable or unacceptable behaviour. Therefore, it’s essential to have your dog enrolled in a training program.
Don’t threaten your dog by yelling at him to leave the item. Consult your dog behaviourist for guidance and assistance.

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I got a cute puppy but he keeps biting me and chewing my furniture. What can I do to stop it?

I got a cute puppy but he keeps biting me and chewing my furniture.
What can I do to stop it?

Puppy Biting and Chewing

It can be a thrilling and exciting experience to own a puppy. One of the problems that can occur with a puppy is biting and chewing. At this stage, all is new to a puppy including their sensory and surroundings. If left unsupervised, they can run into a bit of mischief. However, with proper puppy training as early as at eight weeks, one can start to build a good foundation for the dog’s later years.

Biting is a normal problem that puppies tend to do since they are teething. Anything as soft as a hand going into a puppy’s mouth is joy to a puppy but pain to the owner. Also, chewing such things as furniture, walls, carpet and any other inappropriate items could not only be damaging to the household but harmful for the puppy’s health.

It is always good idea to have the puppy supervised and socialized as being part of the family. One choice is to have an enclosed area where the puppy can be contained and controlled with direct supervision. The puppy should have safe toys in this area but again always being watched for any problems.

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Another method to use to avoid the puppy chewing or biting is to replace it with a chew toy. For example, if the puppy chews on a leash while taking it out for a walk, with proper training, one could replace that habit by giving it a chew toy instead. This will take time, patience and consistency for the puppy to realize that the toy is fine to chew on rather than the leash. This can be applied to any other inappropriate chewing or biting that the puppy is doing. Also, having a chew toy ready is always a good idea especially when the puppy is about to bite your hand.

Providing a positive and motivational reinforcement approach to a daily puppy training obedience routine will help modify this behavior problem.

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