With so many people advertising in the field of professional dog training right now, learning who’s truly qualified to care for your Shar Pei can be confusing. What to prepare for when determining a trainer to help you with training your Shar Pei:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Shar Pei: Six Things to Look For
- 1) A great reputation, inquire and get advice from the veterinarian, other Shar Pei 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 Shar Peis.
- 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 Shar Pei’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General Shar Pei Obedience Tips
Training has to be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for both you and the Shar Pei. If you’re not in the best mood for training, don’t even begin. Always reward your Shar Pei for heeding your commands to the tee! A treat is anything that your Shar Pei desires and is happy to earn. Food is the typical prize but different treats could be oral admiration and toys. Multiple shorter sessions are demonstrated to be more effective than 1 long one. Training shouldn’t involve any degrading comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no leash jerking on choke chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every single training opportunity must be enjoyable and reinforcing with praise for each job well done.
Training Shar Peis with head collars
Dragging the lead is one of the few unpleasant requirements of bringing up a new Shar Pei puppy. Using a head collar for Shar Pei training has become standard throughout the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the regular training collar. Though it’s very easy to utilize, it is vital that head collars are fitted correctly and your Shar Pei gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more intuitive to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are quite effective when controlling Shar Peis in tricky situations.
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