How To Train A Dog
Training a dog will take time, patience and consistency. These are 3 major keys. What ever training you will be doing with your dog it will almost always takes lots of repetition and also patience on your part. Whether you have a puppy or older dog learning how to properly train your dog will bring many advantages and great rewards.
It has been a question facing humans for sometime, how to train a dog? For hundreds of years dogs have been companions to humans and as soon as dogs became a part of the 'human pack' the dog training began.
How ever dogs where not domesticated to just be pets, on the contrary many had valuable jobs. Those jobs included protecting their humans. Helping to herd and protect cattle or sheep. Assisting in gathering food by hunting, which includes jobs like tracking and retrieving. Pulling carts and sleds. As well as many other jobs that made dogs a very important part of human civilization and still do.
As years went by and dogs remained loyal companions interest in dogs & the training of them grew. Around the 17th & 18th centuries dog shows where started. This was the beginning of more organized forms of dog training like we know today. As well as specifically training dogs for purposes other than work.
Throughout the 1900s learning & teachings on how to train a dog became more popular. Several trainers taught & wrote books that are considered by some as the foundation of modern training. Despite the fact that many of them also taught somewhat harsh methods and arguably severe punishment they are still thought to have had a good impact on dog training. The reason being that they also taught positive & revolutionary techniques that are still used today.
The emphasis on positive reinforcement has been around in some ways since the beginning of dog training but has been truly growing in popularity since the late 1900s and has become widely popular recently as a main technique of training. This method of humanly training your dog which is often coupled with humane discipline has been a major advancement as more & more people are seeing it's success.
Today numerous books, sites and TV shows have become extremely popular and testify to the growing interest in properly training our dogs. Though there are still some who have not realized the benefits of a well trained dog. There are a large percentage of today's dog owners who are searching out the best methods and teachings so they can better train their canine companions.