Finding the Right Trainer for Your Border Collie

How to Find a Trainer For Your Border Collie: What to Look For

• 1) A great reputation, inquire and get advice from the doctor, other Border 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 Border 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 Border Collie’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Border Collie Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and enjoyable situation for both you and your Border Collie. If you’re not in the best mindset for training, don’t even begin. Always treat the Border Collie for heeding your commands expeditiously! A prize is anything that your Border Collie desires and is willing to work for. Edible treats are the typical prize but different treats could be oral admiration and toys. Many brief sessions are typically more effective than a single long one. Training mustn’t contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no leash yanking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every single training opportunity should be enjoyable and positive with praise for jobs well done.

Training Border Collies with head collars

Pulling on the leash is one of the few unpleasant requirements of bringing up a new Border Collie puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Border Collie training has become standard in the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the usual training collar. Even though it is quite easy to utilize, it is imperative that head collars are fit correctly and your Border Collie gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more intuitive to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very effective when training Border Collies in difficult situations.

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