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Finding the Right Person to Train a Alaskan Malamute

Find a Trainer for Your Alaskan MalamuteWith so many guys marketing in the industry of professional dog training today, finding out who’s truly best qualified to look after your Alaskan Malamute can be confusing. What to consider for when picking a professional to help you with training your Alaskan Malamute:

How to Find a Trainer For Your Alaskan Malamute: What to Look For

  • 1) A stellar reputation, inquire and get suggestions from your animal doctor, other Alaskan Malamute 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 Alaskan Malamutes.
  • 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 Alaskan Malamute’s well being.
  • 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General Alaskan Malamute Obedience Tips

Training needs to be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for both you and the Alaskan Malamute. If you’re not in the best mood for training, do not even think of beginning. Always reward the Alaskan Malamute for listening to your commands expeditiously! A treat is anything that your Alaskan Malamute desires and is happy to earn. Food is a great prize but other treats could be verbalized commendation and toys. Multiple brief sessions are typically better than 1 long one. Training must not contain any negative components or punishment. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no chain yanking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Each training session is to be enjoyed and confidence-building with rewards for a job well done.

Training Alaskan Malamutes with head collars

Yanking the leash is one of the few unpleasant tasks of bringing up a new Alaskan Malamute puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Alaskan Malamute training has become very popular in the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the traditional training collar. While very easy to use, it is vital that head collars are fit correctly and your Alaskan Malamute systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more simple to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very powerful when training Alaskan Malamutes in difficult situations.

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