Finding the Right Person to Train a Formosan Mountain Dog

How to Find a Trainer For Your Formosan Mountain Dog: What to Look For

• 1) A stellar reputation, ask around and obtain advice from your veterinarian, other Formosan Mountain Dog 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 Formosan Mountain Dogs.
• 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 Formosan Mountain Dog’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Formosan Mountain Dog Obedience Tips

Training must be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and your Formosan Mountain Dog. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, do not even think of beginning. Always reward your Formosan Mountain Dog for listening to your commands to the tee! A reward is anything that your Formosan Mountain Dog wants and is happy to work for. Edible treats are an obvious reward but different prizes could be verbal commendation and playthings. Many brief sessions are much better than a single long one. Training must not involve any negative comments or consequences. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain yanking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Every single training session is to be pleasant and reinforcing with praise for each job well done.

Training Formosan Mountain Dogs with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few displeasing experiences of raising a new Formosan Mountain Dog puppy. Using a head collar for Formosan Mountain Dog training has become standard throughout the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the traditional training collar. Even though it is quite easy to utilize, it is vital that head collars are fitted properly and your Formosan Mountain Dog properly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more simple to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are very powerful when guiding Formosan Mountain Dogs in tricky situations.

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