Finding a Person to Train a Portuguese Pointer

How to Find a Trainer For Your Portuguese Pointer: What to Look For

• 1) A good reputation, inquire and get recommendations from your veterinarian, other Portuguese Pointer owners, or local kennel clubs.
• 2) Experience. – Inquire about their background, i.e. number of years experience.
• 3) A genuine love of and devotion to Portuguese Pointers.
• 4) Extensive and up to date knowledge. Dedicated trainers keep themselves updated by attending dog training and animal behavior courses, conferences, seminars and workshops.
• 5) Their training methodology and handling skills. A good trainers first concern should be the Portuguese Pointer’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General Portuguese Pointer Obedience Tips

Training should be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and the Portuguese Pointer. If you’re not in the right mood for training, do not even think of starting. Always reward your Portuguese Pointer for listening to your commands exactly! A treat is anything that your Portuguese Pointer wants and is willing to earn. Edible treats are a great prize but different treats could be verbal praise and playthings. Many shorter training sessions are typically more effective than a long one. Training shouldn’t contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no chain yanking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every single training session needs to be pleasant and reinforcing with prizes for each job well done.

Training Portuguese Pointers with head collars

Dragging the leash is one of the few unpleasant experiences of raising a new Portuguese Pointer puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Portuguese Pointer training has become very popular in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the usual training collar. Even though it is quite simple to utilize, it’s crucial that head collars are fit correctly and your Portuguese Pointer correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more intuitive to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are quite effective when guiding Portuguese Pointers in difficult situations.

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