Finding the Right Trainer for a Polish Greyhound

How to Find a Trainer For Your Polish Greyhound: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and get advice from your veterinarian, other Polish Greyhound 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 Polish Greyhounds.
• 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 Polish Greyhound’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General Polish Greyhound Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and enjoyable experience for both you and your Polish Greyhound. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, don’t even begin. Always commend your Polish Greyhound for heeding your commands expeditiously! A reward is anything that your Polish Greyhound desires and is happy to earn. Food is an obvious prize but other prizes could be verbalized praise and playthings. Many brief training sessions are demonstrated to be better than a long one. Training must not contain any degrading comments or consequences. There should be no shouting, no smacking or hitting, no chain jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Every training opportunity needs to be enjoyed and confidence-building with treats for each job well done.

Training Polish Greyhounds with head collars

Yanking the leash is one of the few unpleasant experiences of bringing up a new Polish Greyhound puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Polish Greyhound training has become very popular during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the standard training collar. Though it’s very easy to utilize, it is important that head collars are fit properly and your Polish Greyhound correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more easy to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are very powerful when controlling Polish Greyhounds in difficult situations.

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