With so many folks advertising in the field of professional dog training right now, finding out who’s really best qualified to train your Basset Hound can be overwhelming. What to prepare for when picking a trainer to help you with training your Basset Hound:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Basset Hound: What to Look For
- 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and obtain insight from your vet, other Basset 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 Basset 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 Basset Hound’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General Basset Hound Obedience Tips
Training must be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and your Basset Hound. If you’re not in the best mindset for training, don’t even think of starting. Always reward the Basset Hound for following your orders exactly! A treat is anything that your Basset Hound desires and is happy to work for. Food is the typical reward but other rewards could be verbal praise and toys. Multiple brief sessions are usually better than a single long one. Training mustn’t contain any degrading comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no chain jerking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every single training session is to be enjoyed and confidence-building with treats for jobs well done.
Training Basset Hounds with head collars
Yanking the lead is one of the few unpleasant tasks of bringing up a new Basset Hound puppy. Using a head collar for Basset Hound training has become standard in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the traditional training collar. Even though it is quite simple to utilize, it’s important that head collars are fit correctly and your Basset Hound properly introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more easy to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are very effective when training Basset Hounds in tricky situations.
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