Finding a Person to Train Your Bearded Collie

How to Find a Trainer For Your Bearded Collie: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A respected reputation, inquire and get recommendations from your vet, other Bearded Collie 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 Bearded Collies.
• 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 Bearded Collie’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Basic Bearded Collie Obedience Tips

Training needs to be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and your Bearded Collie. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, don’t even begin. Always commend the Bearded Collie for heeding your orders to the letter! A prize is anything that your Bearded Collie wants and is willing to earn. Edible treats are the typical reward but other prizes could be verbal admiration and playthings. Several brief training sessions are typically more effective than one long one. Training must not involve any negative comments or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every single training session must be enjoyed and confidence-building with rewards for each job well done.

Training Bearded Collies with head collars

Pulling on the leash is one of the few unpleasant tasks of bringing up a new Bearded Collie puppy. Using a head collar for Bearded Collie training has become very popular over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the regular training collar. Even though it is quite easy to utilize, it is imperative that head collars are fit properly and your Bearded Collie correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more simple to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are very powerful when training Bearded Collies in tricky situations.

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