Finding the Right Trainer for a Posavac Hound

How to Find a Trainer For Your Posavac Hound: What to Look For

• 1) A respected reputation, inquire and get insight from the doctor, other Posavac 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 Posavac 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 Posavac Hound’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Basic Posavac Hound Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and rewarding experience for both you and the Posavac Hound. If you are not in the best mood for training, do not even think of starting. Always reward your Posavac Hound for listening to your commands expeditiously! A reward is anything that your Posavac Hound desires and is willing to work for. Food is the expected reward but different treats could be oral commendation and toys. Multiple brief sessions are typically more effective than a long one. Training shouldn’t involve any negative components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training session needs to be pleasant and confidence-building with treats for each job well done.

Training Posavac Hounds with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few unpleasant requirements of training a new Posavac Hound puppy. Using a head collar for Posavac Hound training has become standard throughout the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the standard training collar. While quite simple to use, it is vital that head collars are fit correctly and your Posavac Hound gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more easy to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are very effective when controlling Posavac Hounds in tricky situations.

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