With so many people advertising in the industry of professional dog training right now, trying to determine who’s really qualified to look after your Mountain Cur can be astonishing. What to think about for when choosing a professional to help you with training your Mountain Cur:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Mountain Cur: What to Look For
- 1) A good reputation, ask around and obtain recommendations from the doctor, other Mountain Cur 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 Mountain Curs.
- 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 Mountain Cur’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General Mountain Cur Obedience Tips
Training should be a pleasant and enjoyable situation for both you and your Mountain Cur. If you are not in the right mindset for training, do not even begin. Always reward the Mountain Cur for following your commands expediently! A treat is anything that your Mountain Cur desires and is willing to earn. Edible treats are the expected reward but other prizes could be verbalized praise and playthings. Multiple shorter sessions are much better than one long one. Training should not contain any negative comments or consequences. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain yanking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Every single training session is to be enjoyable and positive with prizes for jobs well done.
Training Mountain Curs with head collars
Dragging the leash is one of the few negative experiences of training a new Mountain Cur puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Mountain Cur training has become standard over the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some benefits over the regular training collar. While quite easy to utilize, it’s vital that head collars are fitted correctly and your Mountain Cur gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more intuitive to use than a regular training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when controlling Mountain Curs in difficult situations.
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