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Ok so you are walking down the street with your best, four-legged friend beside you, you have been concentrating on being a great leader for them and so far everything is going great. Then down the path approaches another proud owner with their best, four-legged friend and as the space between the both of you gets smaller you make a choice on what to do next.

What is the walk to you? Is it an opportunity for your dog to have fun, get out & release it’s energy, say hello to other dogs, sniff and do what dogs love doing most? Is it a time when finally your dog gets to see you and the world after being locked up and alone all day?

Does your dog follow you around the house whenever you’re home? Does it never want to leave your side? Does it spend it’s time looking up at you, pawing or nudging you for your attention?

What behaviour does your dog demonstrate when you grab it’s lead or your keys or anything else you do as part of the ritual before you go for a walk? Does it get highly excited, run around in circles, jump up at you, bark or whine? If you begin your walk with your dog in this manner it can be even harder to lead your dog on the walk in a peaceful and calm way.

Training your dog to come to you every time is all about consistency and repetition. It is very important that you create ‘good’ habits with your dog when training it to come to you. It is a great idea when first training your dog or puppy to start off in your home where distractions are limited and the environment is controlled. Once your dog comes to you consistently within the home environment then you can gradually build up the challenge of more distractions such as noises, toys, other dogs and the outside world.

Toilet Training your puppy can be simple if you are consistent and follow these basic steps…

It is highly important that we reward our dog at appropriate times. Rewards are a great tool to encourage or nurture certain behaviours from our dog. Put simply, we reward our dog when it is doing something that we like or when it is demonstrating a calm and relaxed state. Rewards can be given in many different ways. Basically a reward is anything that we know our dog will like.

GAMES TO ENCOURAGE WANTED BEHAVIOURS AND CREATE BONDS WITH YOU AND YOUR DOG…