Finding a Person to Train Your Miniature Shar Pei

How to Find a Trainer For Your Miniature Shar Pei: 6 Things to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, ask around and obtain recommendations from your animal doctor, other Miniature Shar Pei 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 Miniature Shar Peis.
• 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 Miniature Shar Pei’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Miniature Shar Pei Obedience Tips

Training should be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and your Miniature Shar Pei. If you are not in the right mindset for training, don’t even start. Always treat your Miniature Shar Pei for obeying your commands to the tee! A reward is anything that your Miniature Shar Pei wants and is willing to work for. Food is the typical reward but other treats could be verbal commendation and toys. Multiple brief training sessions are usually better than 1 long one. Training should not contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no shouting, no smacking or hitting, no leash jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every training opportunity should be pleasant and confidence-building with praise for a job well done.

Training Miniature Shar Peis with head collars

Pulling on the lead is one of the few unpleasant jobs of raising a new Miniature Shar Pei puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Miniature Shar Pei training has become very popular over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the standard training collar. Though it’s quite simple to utilize, it is crucial that head collars are fitted properly and your Miniature Shar Pei gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more easy to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are very effective when training Miniature Shar Peis in difficult situations.

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