Finding a Person to Train Your Anatolian Shepherd Dog

How to Find a Trainer For Your Anatolian Shepherd Dog: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and obtain recommendations from the vet, other Anatolian Shepherd Dog 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 Anatolian Shepherd Dogs.
• 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 Anatolian Shepherd Dog’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Basic Anatolian Shepherd Dog Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and rewarding situation for both you and your Anatolian Shepherd Dog. If you’re not in the right mood for training, do not even think of starting. Always reward your Anatolian Shepherd Dog for obeying your orders to the letter! A prize is anything that your Anatolian Shepherd Dog desires and is willing to earn. Edible treats are the usual prize but different treats could be verbalized commendation and toys. Several brief training sessions are demonstrated to be better than 1 long one. Training should not contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every training session needs to be enjoyable and confidence-building with treats for each job well done.

Training Anatolian Shepherd Dogs with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few negative tasks of raising a new Anatolian Shepherd Dog puppy. Using a head collar for Anatolian Shepherd Dog training has become standard in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. While quite simple to utilize, it’s crucial that head collars are fitted properly and your Anatolian Shepherd Dog correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more intuitive to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are quite effective when training Anatolian Shepherd Dogs in tricky situations.

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