How to Find a Trainer for a Norwegian Elkhound

How to Find a Trainer For Your Norwegian Elkhound: 6 Things to Look For

• 1) A great reputation, ask around and get recommendations from the veterinarian, other Norwegian Elkhound 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 Norwegian Elkhounds.
• 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 Norwegian Elkhound’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Basic Norwegian Elkhound Obedience Tips

Training has to be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and the Norwegian Elkhound. If you are not in the right mindset for training, do not even start. Always treat the Norwegian Elkhound for obeying your commands promptly! A reward is anything that your Norwegian Elkhound desires and is happy to earn. Food is the expected reward but other rewards could be oral admiration and toys. Several brief training sessions are much better than 1 long one. Training mustn’t involve any degrading components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain yanking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training opportunity should be pleasant and positive with rewards for each job well done.

Training Norwegian Elkhounds with head collars

Pulling on the leash is one of the few negative experiences of raising a new Norwegian Elkhound puppy. Using a head collar for Norwegian Elkhound training has become very popular over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the usual training collar. While quite simple to utilize, it’s vital that head collars are fitted properly and your Norwegian Elkhound gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more intuitive to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are quite effective when controlling Norwegian Elkhounds in tricky situations.

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