Finding a Trainer for Your Australian Kelpie

How to Find a Trainer For Your Australian Kelpie: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and get recommendations from the veterinarian, other Australian Kelpie 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 Kelpies.
• 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 Kelpie’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Australian Kelpie Obedience Tips

Training has to be a positive and rewarding situation for both you and the Australian Kelpie. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, do not even start. Always commend your Australian Kelpie for following your orders expeditiously! A prize is anything that your Australian Kelpie wants and is willing to earn. Snacks are the expected reward but different prizes could be verbal commendation and playthings. Multiple brief training sessions are much better than a single long one. Training must not involve 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 electric fences! Every training opportunity must be enjoyed and positive with treats for jobs well done.

Training Australian Kelpies with head collars

Dragging the leash is one of the few unpleasant tasks of bringing up a new Australian Kelpie puppy. Using a head collar for Australian Kelpie training has become very popular during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. Although quite easy to utilize, it’s crucial that head collars are fitted properly and your Australian Kelpie correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more simple to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when training Australian Kelpies in difficult situations.

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