Finding the Right Person to Train a Newfoundland

How to Find a Trainer For Your Newfoundland: 6 Things to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and obtain suggestions from your doctor, other Newfoundland 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 Newfoundlands.
• 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 Newfoundland’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Newfoundland Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and rewarding experience for both you and the Newfoundland. If you’re not in the best mood for training, don’t even start. Always commend the Newfoundland for listening to your orders precisely! A reward is anything that your Newfoundland desires and is happy to earn. Food is an obvious prize but other treats could be verbal commendation and toys. Several brief training sessions are much more effective than a single long one. Training should not involve any negative components or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no leash yanking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every training opportunity is to be enjoyed and positive with treats for jobs well done.

Training Newfoundlands with head collars

Pulling on the lead is one of the few displeasing experiences of training a new Newfoundland puppy. Using a head collar for Newfoundland training has become very popular during the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. Even though it is very easy to use, it’s imperative that head collars are fit properly and your Newfoundland systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more intuitive to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very effective when training Newfoundlands in difficult situations.

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