With so many people marketing in the industry of professional dog training today, trying to determine who’s truly best to care for your Otterhound can be astonishing. What to consider for when determining a trainer to help you with training your Otterhound:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Otterhound: 6 Things to Look For
- 1) A good reputation, ask around and get suggestions from your animal doctor, other Otterhound 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 Otterhounds.
- 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 Otterhound’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Basic Otterhound Obedience Tips
Training should be a positive and enjoyable situation for both you and your Otterhound. If you’re not in the best mood for training, do not even think of starting. Always reward the Otterhound for heeding your orders exactly! A treat is anything that your Otterhound wants and is happy to work for. Edible treats are an obvious reward but different treats could be verbalized commendation and toys. Multiple shorter sessions are much better than a single long one. Training must not involve any negative comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no leash jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every training session should be enjoyable and confidence-building with treats for jobs well done.
Training Otterhounds with head collars
Yanking the leash is one of the few unpleasant experiences of raising a new Otterhound puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Otterhound training has become standard in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the regular training collar. Though it’s very easy to utilize, it is important that head collars are fitted properly and your Otterhound properly introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more simple to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very powerful when controlling Otterhounds in tricky situations.
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