Finding a Person to Train a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

How to Find a Trainer For Your Wirehaired Pointing Griffon: What to Look For

• 1) A stellar reputation, inquire and get recommendations from your doctor, other Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 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 Wirehaired Pointing Griffons.
• 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 Wirehaired Pointing Griffon’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Obedience Tips

Training must be a positive and rewarding experience for both you and the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. If you are not in the right mindset for training, do not even begin. Always reward your Wirehaired Pointing Griffon for following your orders to the tee! A prize is anything that your Wirehaired Pointing Griffon desires and is willing to work for. Snacks are a great prize but other treats could be verbalized praise and playthings. Many brief sessions are typically better than a long one. Training should not involve any negative components or consequences. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Each training opportunity needs to be pleasant and positive with prizes for each job well done.

Training Wirehaired Pointing Griffons with head collars

Yanking the leash is one of the few unpleasant experiences of raising a new Wirehaired Pointing Griffon puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Wirehaired Pointing Griffon training has become very popular over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the usual training collar. While quite simple to use, it’s vital that head collars are fit properly and your Wirehaired Pointing Griffon correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more easy to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are very effective when guiding Wirehaired Pointing Griffons in difficult situations.

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