With so many folks advertising in the industry of professional dog training today, learning who’s actually able to look after your Whippet can be astonishing. What to examine for when choosing a professional to help you with training your Whippet:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Whippet: What to Look For
- 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and get advice from your animal doctor, other Whippet 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 Whippets.
- 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 Whippet’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Standard Whippet Obedience Tips
Training needs to be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and the Whippet. If you’re not in the right mood for training, don’t even think of starting. Always treat the Whippet for heeding your commands exactly! A reward is anything that your Whippet desires and is happy to work for. Snacks are the expected reward but different rewards could be oral commendation and toys. Many brief sessions are usually better than 1 long one. Training should not contain any degrading comments or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every training session is to be enjoyed and positive with rewards for each job well done.
Training Whippets with head collars
Dragging the leash is one of the few negative experiences of raising a new Whippet puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Whippet training has become very popular during the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the standard training collar. Though it’s very easy to use, it is imperative that head collars are fit correctly and your Whippet correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more simple to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are quite effective when training Whippets in difficult situations.
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