Finding a Trainer for a Australian Cattle Dog

How to Find a Trainer For Your Australian Cattle Dog: 6 Things to Look For

• 1) A great reputation, ask around and obtain recommendations from the doctor, other Australian Cattle 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 Australian Cattle 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 Australian Cattle Dog’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Australian Cattle Dog Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and enjoyable experience for both you and the Australian Cattle Dog. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, do not even start. Always commend the Australian Cattle Dog for heeding your orders exactly! A treat is anything that your Australian Cattle Dog desires and is willing to earn. Food is the typical prize but different rewards could be verbal praise and playthings. Several brief sessions are much more effective than 1 long one. Training mustn’t involve any negative components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no leash yanking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every training opportunity should be enjoyable and reinforcing with treats for each job well done.

Training Australian Cattle Dogs with head collars

Pulling on the leash is one of the few negative tasks of raising a new Australian Cattle Dog puppy. Using a head collar for Australian Cattle Dog training has become standard throughout the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the traditional training collar. While quite simple to utilize, it is imperative that head collars are fit properly and your Australian Cattle Dog systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more intuitive to use than a regular training collar. Head collars are very powerful when training Australian Cattle Dogs in difficult situations.

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