Finding the Right Person to Train Your Finnish Hound

How to Find a Trainer For Your Finnish Hound: 6 Things to Look For

• 1) A stellar reputation, inquire and obtain insight from the veterinarian, other Finnish Hound 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 Finnish Hounds.
• 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 Finnish Hound’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Finnish Hound Obedience Tips

Training has to be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for both you and the Finnish Hound. If you are not in the right mood for training, don’t even think of starting. Always reward the Finnish Hound for listening to your orders expeditiously! A treat is anything that your Finnish Hound wants and is willing to work for. Snacks are a great prize but different prizes could be verbalized commendation and toys. Multiple shorter sessions are usually better than a long one. Training shouldn’t involve any degrading comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training opportunity must be pleasant and reinforcing with praise for jobs well done.

Training Finnish Hounds with head collars

Yanking the lead is one of the few unpleasant requirements of raising a new Finnish Hound puppy. Using a head collar for Finnish Hound training has become standard during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the regular training collar. While very simple to utilize, it’s imperative that head collars are fit correctly and your Finnish Hound gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more simple to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very effective when guiding Finnish Hounds in tricky situations.

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