With so many people marketing in the industry of professional dog training today, learning who’s really qualified to care for your King Shepherd can be overwhelming. What to prepare for when choosing a professional to help you with training your King Shepherd:
How to Find a Trainer For Your King Shepherd: What to Look For
- 1) A good reputation, ask around and get insight from the vet, other King Shepherd 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 King Shepherds.
- 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 King Shepherd’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General King Shepherd Obedience Tips
Training must be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and your King Shepherd. If you’re not in the best mood for training, do not even think of starting. Always reward your King Shepherd for obeying your commands to the tee! A reward is anything that your King Shepherd wants and is willing to earn. Food is an obvious reward but other treats could be oral praise and toys. Multiple shorter sessions are demonstrated to be more effective than one long one. Training must not contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no shouting, no smacking or hitting, no leash jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Every single training opportunity needs to be enjoyable and reinforcing with prizes for jobs well done.
Training King Shepherds with head collars
Dragging the lead is one of the few unpleasant jobs of raising a new King Shepherd puppy. Utilizing a head collar for King Shepherd training has become standard during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the usual training collar. Although very simple to utilize, it is vital that head collars are fitted properly and your King Shepherd gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more intuitive to use than a regular training collar. Head collars are quite effective when training King Shepherds in tricky situations.
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