With so many people marketing in the world of professional dog training right now, learning who’s really best qualified to look after your American Akita can be astonishing. What to look for when determining a trainer to help you with training your American Akita:
How to Find a Trainer For Your American Akita: 6 Things to Look For
- 1) A respected reputation, ask around and get advice from your veterinarian, other American Akita 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 American Akitas.
- 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 American Akita’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Basic American Akita Obedience Tips
Training has to be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and the American Akita. If you’re not in the best mindset for training, do not even begin. Always commend your American Akita for heeding your commands expeditiously! A treat is anything that your American Akita wants and is willing to work for. Edible treats are a great prize but different rewards could be verbalized admiration and playthings. Several brief sessions are much more effective than a single long one. Training should not contain any degrading components or consequences. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no leash jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Each training opportunity should be enjoyable and positive with prizes for jobs well done.
Training American Akitas with head collars
Yanking the lead is one of the few negative jobs of raising a new American Akita puppy. Utilizing a head collar for American Akita training has become standard over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the standard training collar. Although very simple to use, it’s vital that head collars are fit properly and your American Akita gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more intuitive to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when guiding American Akitas in difficult situations.
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