How to Find a Trainer for Your Miniature Australian Shepherd

How to Find a Trainer For Your Miniature Australian Shepherd: What to Look For

• 1) A respected reputation, inquire and get advice from your animal doctor, other Miniature Australian 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 Miniature Australian 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 Miniature Australian Shepherd’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Miniature Australian Shepherd Obedience Tips

Training should be a positive and rewarding experience for both you and the Miniature Australian Shepherd. If you’re not in the best mood for training, do not even start. Always reward your Miniature Australian Shepherd for obeying your orders promptly! A prize is anything that your Miniature Australian Shepherd wants and is happy to earn. Edible treats are a great reward but different prizes could be verbalized admiration and toys. Many shorter sessions are typically better than a long one. Training must not contain any degrading comments or consequences. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no chain yanking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Every single training opportunity should be enjoyable and confidence-building with praise for a job well done.

Training Miniature Australian Shepherds with head collars

Yanking the leash is one of the few displeasing jobs of raising a new Miniature Australian Shepherd puppy. Using a head collar for Miniature Australian Shepherd training has become standard during the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the standard training collar. While quite easy to utilize, it’s imperative that head collars are fitted properly and your Miniature Australian Shepherd correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are generally more simple to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are very effective when training Miniature Australian Shepherds in tricky situations.

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