Finding a Person to Train Your Patterdale Terrier

How to Find a Trainer For Your Patterdale Terrier: What to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, ask around and obtain recommendations from your vet, other Patterdale Terrier 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 Patterdale Terriers.
• 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 Patterdale Terrier’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General Patterdale Terrier Obedience Tips

Training needs to be a positive and rewarding situation for both you and your Patterdale Terrier. If you are not in the best mood for training, do not even think of starting. Always commend the Patterdale Terrier for obeying your orders promptly! A prize is anything that your Patterdale Terrier desires and is happy to work for. Food is an obvious reward but other prizes could be verbal admiration and playthings. Multiple brief training sessions are much better than one long one. Training must not contain any negative comments or punishment. There should be no shouting, no smacking or hitting, no leash jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Every single training opportunity must be enjoyed and reinforcing with treats for each job well done.

Training Patterdale Terriers with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few unpleasant requirements of raising a new Patterdale Terrier puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Patterdale Terrier training has become very popular in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the usual training collar. Although quite simple to use, it is crucial that head collars are fitted correctly and your Patterdale Terrier correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more easy to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are very powerful when training Patterdale Terriers in difficult situations.

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