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Dog Training - What a Regular School Course Will Cover You've likely heard that saying "Just the facts ma'am!" That applies in this instance, as that is what you will get in most dog training schools, just the basic manners. If you want to go further you can, but make sure you always give your dog the basic obedience foundation first. What does a class like this teach? Teaching a dog is done in a pyramid fashion where you lay the first level down, reinforce it and then move to the next level. Ideally it takes 8 weeks to train a dog from start to finish. This isn't to say they will be 100 percent ready to go into any situation you throw them into (after all they are still puppies), but they will have the foundation. Dog training schools either teach things in pairs (like two things per lesson) or do one command at a time. Is there a right or wrong way to do this? Not really, although if you get two commands to work with it makes things a little more varied for your dog and you while you are working on them at home between classes. So let's say for the purposes of this article that you are getting two commands to teach at once. The two first commands are usually sit and stay. The next is heel and sit. Commands are paired with the next logical thing you want your dog to perform. And since the sit was already taught in lesson one, you have a nice start for lesson two – something new and something familiar. Lesson three usually covers the down and stay. By the way, all these commands are verbalized while the dog is ON the leash. You will work on dropping the leash later and working further away from your dog until you can work without the lead. Lesson four has the stand command and come. Vets love the stand as it helps them examine your dog without having to wrestle with it. Why would some dog training schools teach come last? You teach it last because the first lessons were about staying in one spot. Until you get that through their heads you don't want to be teaching forward momentum. Come is last because it can be the most fun for the dog to come to smiles, hugs, praise, treats and toys. Not that you don't do that as a reward for them for a good performance for their other work, it's just that come is one of the most important commands (aside from heeling to save you lengthening your arms on a walk). |
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