How to Find a Trainer for a American Foxhound

How to Find a Trainer For Your American Foxhound: What to Look For

• 1) A stellar reputation, ask around and get recommendations from your animal doctor, other American Foxhound 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 American Foxhounds.
• 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 American Foxhound’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

General American Foxhound Obedience Tips

Training should be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and the American Foxhound. If you are not in the best mood for training, do not even begin. Always treat the American Foxhound for obeying your commands promptly! A treat is anything that your American Foxhound wants and is happy to work for. Food is a great prize but different prizes could be oral commendation and toys. Many shorter sessions are demonstrated to be more effective than a long one. Training mustn’t contain any degrading components or consequences. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every training session should be enjoyable and positive with praise for jobs well done.

Training American Foxhounds with head collars

Pulling on the lead is one of the few unpleasant experiences of training a new American Foxhound puppy. Using a head collar for American Foxhound training has become standard over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the regular training collar. Though it’s very simple to use, it’s vital that head collars are fitted correctly and your American Foxhound correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more simple to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very effective when guiding American Foxhounds in difficult situations.

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