You will likely avoid
later obedience problems if you can communicate your expectations to your dog in a manner that is firm and direct, but also always calm and exuberantly positive when it comes time for reward - it's very helpful for the dog to know how you communicate.
Not exact matches
However, many folks still employ a trainer to work on
obedience training or dog behavior
problems only to find out after it's too
late that the trainer is using harsh methods.
If done improperly, it can initiate a host of other behavioral
problems later, such as bonding and dominance
problems,
problems with confidence, running away, and difficulties in training
obedience commands.
With the love of dogs
later in life, Margaret adopted a number of shelter / rescue puppies and dogs with different behaviour
problems and became the «go to» person when friends and neighbours were having difficulty with their dogs from basic
obedience to behaviour
problems.
Two and a half years
later, with the experience he now had in teaching
obedience and handling behavioral
problems with hundreds of different breeds and personalities, he was invited back to National K - 9 as the head trainer and main instructor.
The goal of these classes is not solely learning basic foundational
obedience commands (even though they are incorporated into the curriculum), but socialization (including play),
problem prevention and early solutions.The number one reason dogs are surrendered to shelters is lack of PROPER early socialization and the
later development of behavioral
problems.