Finding a Trainer for a German Rough-Haired Pointer

How to Find a Trainer For Your German Rough-Haired Pointer: What to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, ask around and obtain advice from the animal doctor, other German Rough-Haired Pointer 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 German Rough-Haired Pointers.
• 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 German Rough-Haired Pointer’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard German Rough-Haired Pointer Obedience Tips

Training needs to be a positive and enjoyable experience for both you and your German Rough-Haired Pointer. If you are not in the best mood for training, don’t even start. Always reward the German Rough-Haired Pointer for following your commands precisely! A treat is anything that your German Rough-Haired Pointer wants and is willing to work for. Food is an obvious reward but other prizes could be oral commendation and playthings. Many shorter training sessions are usually more effective than one long one. Training shouldn’t involve any degrading comments or punishment. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no leash jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Each training session must be pleasant and reinforcing with prizes for each job well done.

Training German Rough-Haired Pointers with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few displeasing tasks of bringing up a new German Rough-Haired Pointer puppy. Utilizing a head collar for German Rough-Haired Pointer training has become standard throughout the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the standard training collar. While quite simple to utilize, it is important that head collars are fitted correctly and your German Rough-Haired Pointer correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more simple to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when controlling German Rough-Haired Pointers in difficult situations.

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