With so many people advertising in the industry of professional dog training today, deciding who’s really qualified to look after your Briard can be confusing. What to look for when choosing a professional to help you with training your Briard:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Briard: 6 Things to Look For
- 1) A good reputation, inquire and get recommendations from your animal doctor, other Briard 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 Briards.
- 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 Briard’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Standard Briard Obedience Tips
Training must be a positive and enjoyable situation for both you and the Briard. If you are not in the right mood for training, do not even think of starting. Always treat the Briard for listening to your commands precisely! A prize is anything that your Briard wants and is happy to work for. Food is the expected reward but different prizes could be verbal commendation and playthings. Many brief training sessions are typically more effective than one long one. Training shouldn’t contain any negative components or punishment. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every training opportunity should be enjoyable and confidence-building with treats for jobs well done.
Training Briards with head collars
Dragging the lead is one of the few displeasing experiences of bringing up a new Briard puppy. Using a head collar for Briard training has become standard during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. Although very easy to use, it is imperative that head collars are fitted properly and your Briard properly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more simple to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are quite effective when guiding Briards in tricky situations.
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