With so many folks advertising in the world of professional dog training today, learning who’s truly able to look after your Catahoula Cur can be tiresome. What to think about for when determining a professional to help you with training your Catahoula Cur:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Catahoula Cur: What to Look For
- 1) A good reputation, ask around and get recommendations from your veterinarian, other Catahoula Cur 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 Catahoula Curs.
- 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 Catahoula Cur’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General Catahoula Cur Obedience Tips
Training should be a positive and rewarding experience for both you and the Catahoula Cur. If you are not in the best mood for training, don’t even think of beginning. Always reward the Catahoula Cur for following your orders to the letter! A reward is anything that your Catahoula Cur desires and is happy to earn. Snacks are a great reward but different treats could be verbal praise and toys. Several shorter training sessions are typically better than one long one. Training must not involve any degrading components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no smacking or hitting, no leash jerking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Each training session must be pleasant and positive with treats for jobs well done.
Training Catahoula Curs with head collars
Yanking the leash is one of the few displeasing tasks of training a new Catahoula Cur puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Catahoula Cur training has become standard throughout the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the standard training collar. Although quite easy to use, it’s crucial that head collars are fitted properly and your Catahoula Cur systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more simple to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when training Catahoula Curs in tricky situations.
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