Finding a Trainer for Your Old Danish Pointer

How to Find a Trainer For Your Old Danish Pointer: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A good reputation, ask around and get advice from your veterinarian, other Old Danish 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 Old Danish 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 Old Danish Pointer’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Old Danish Pointer Obedience Tips

Training must be a positive and rewarding situation for both you and the Old Danish Pointer. If you’re not in the best mindset for training, do not even begin. Always reward the Old Danish Pointer for heeding your commands promptly! A prize is anything that your Old Danish Pointer wants and is willing to work for. Edible treats are the expected reward but different prizes could be verbal commendation and playthings. Multiple brief training sessions are typically more effective than a single long one. Training shouldn’t involve any degrading comments or punishment. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no leash jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training opportunity should be pleasant and reinforcing with rewards for a job well done.

Training Old Danish Pointers with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few unpleasant requirements of bringing up a new Old Danish Pointer puppy. Using a head collar for Old Danish Pointer training has become standard throughout the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the regular training collar. Even though it is very simple to utilize, it’s crucial that head collars are fitted correctly and your Old Danish Pointer gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more intuitive to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very powerful when guiding Old Danish Pointers in difficult situations.

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