Finding a Trainer for Your West Highland White Terrier

How to Find a Trainer For Your West Highland White Terrier: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, ask around and get advice from the doctor, other West Highland White 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 West Highland White 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 West Highland White Terrier’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General West Highland White Terrier Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and rewarding experience for both you and the West Highland White Terrier. If you are not in the right mindset for training, don’t even think of beginning. Always commend the West Highland White Terrier for listening to your commands promptly! A reward is anything that your West Highland White Terrier desires and is happy to work for. Edible treats are a great prize but different treats could be verbal commendation and toys. Several shorter sessions are usually more effective than one long one. Training must not involve any negative components or consequences. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no leash jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Every single training opportunity should be enjoyed and positive with rewards for each job well done.

Training West Highland White Terriers with head collars

Pulling on the leash is one of the few unpleasant jobs of bringing up a new West Highland White Terrier puppy. Using a head collar for West Highland White Terrier training has become very popular throughout the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. Even though it is quite easy to use, it is imperative that head collars are fit properly and your West Highland White Terrier gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more intuitive to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are quite effective when guiding West Highland White Terriers in difficult situations.

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