Finding the Right Trainer for a Icelandic Sheepdog

How to Find a Trainer For Your Icelandic Sheepdog: What to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and obtain recommendations from your animal doctor, other Icelandic Sheepdog 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 Icelandic Sheepdogs.
• 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 Icelandic Sheepdog’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Basic Icelandic Sheepdog Obedience Tips

Training has to be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and the Icelandic Sheepdog. If you are not in the best mood for training, don’t even think of starting. Always commend the Icelandic Sheepdog for following your orders precisely! A treat is anything that your Icelandic Sheepdog wants and is happy to work for. Snacks are the expected prize but different rewards could be oral admiration and toys. Several shorter sessions are demonstrated to be more effective than one long one. Training must not involve any negative comments or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no leash yanking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every training opportunity needs to be enjoyed and reinforcing with prizes for a job well done.

Training Icelandic Sheepdogs with head collars

Yanking the leash is one of the few displeasing experiences of training a new Icelandic Sheepdog puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Icelandic Sheepdog training has become standard in the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the standard training collar. Though it’s very simple to use, it’s imperative that head collars are fit correctly and your Icelandic Sheepdog correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more intuitive to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when guiding Icelandic Sheepdogs in difficult situations.

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