With so many folks marketing in the world of professional dog training right now, learning who’s actually able to care for your English Coonhound can be tiresome. What to consider for when determining a professional to help you with training your English Coonhound:
How to Find a Trainer For Your English Coonhound: 6 Things to Look For
- 1) A great reputation, ask around and get suggestions from your doctor, other English Coonhound 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 English Coonhounds.
- 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 English Coonhound’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General English Coonhound Obedience Tips
Training must be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and your English Coonhound. If you’re not in the right mood for training, do not even start. Always treat your English Coonhound for heeding your commands to the letter! A prize is anything that your English Coonhound wants and is happy to earn. Edible treats are the typical prize but different treats could be verbal commendation and toys. Several brief sessions are typically better than a long one. Training must not involve any degrading components or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no leash jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every single training opportunity is to be pleasant and positive with praise for jobs well done.
Training English Coonhounds with head collars
Yanking the leash is one of the few displeasing experiences of training a new English Coonhound puppy. Utilizing a head collar for English Coonhound training has become standard over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the traditional training collar. Although quite easy to use, it’s vital that head collars are fit correctly and your English Coonhound gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more easy to use than a traditional training collar. Head collars are very powerful when guiding English Coonhounds in tricky situations.
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