With so many folks advertising in the industry of professional dog training right now, learning who’s truly qualified to train your Greyhound can be astonishing. What to think about for when picking a professional to help you with training your Greyhound:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Greyhound: What to Look For
- 1) A respected reputation, ask around and get suggestions from the vet, other 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 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 Greyhound’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General Greyhound Obedience Tips
Training must be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for both you and your Greyhound. If you are not in the right mindset for training, do not even start. Always commend your Greyhound for following your orders promptly! A treat is anything that your Greyhound wants and is willing to earn. Food is an obvious reward but different rewards could be verbalized commendation and toys. Multiple shorter sessions are demonstrated to be better than a long one. Training shouldn’t involve any negative components or punishment. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no chain yanking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every single training opportunity should be enjoyed and reinforcing with praise for a job well done.
Training Greyhounds with head collars
Pulling on the lead is one of the few displeasing requirements of training a new Greyhound puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Greyhound training has become standard during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the regular training collar. Although quite simple to use, it is imperative that head collars are fitted properly and your Greyhound systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more easy to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are very powerful when training Greyhounds in tricky situations.
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