With so many folks advertising in the industry of professional dog training today, trying to determine who’s really best qualified to look after your Smooth Collie can be overwhelming. What to examine for when deciding on a trainer to help you with training your Smooth Collie:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Smooth Collie: What to Look For
- 1) A respected reputation, ask around and obtain advice from the doctor, other Smooth Collie 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 Smooth Collies.
- 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 Smooth Collie’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Standard Smooth Collie Obedience Tips
Training needs to be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and the Smooth Collie. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, do not even begin. Always treat your Smooth Collie for heeding your orders expeditiously! A prize is anything that your Smooth Collie wants and is willing to earn. Edible treats are a great prize but other rewards could be oral admiration and playthings. Several shorter training sessions are demonstrated to be better than a single long one. Training should not contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no chain jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training session should be enjoyable and positive with prizes for jobs well done.
Training Smooth Collies with head collars
Dragging the lead is one of the few displeasing tasks of raising a new Smooth Collie puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Smooth Collie training has become very popular over the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the traditional training collar. Although very easy to use, it’s important that head collars are fitted correctly and your Smooth Collie properly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more easy to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are quite effective when training Smooth Collies in tricky situations.
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