With so many people advertising in the field of professional dog training today, finding out who’s actually able to care for your Pug can be overwhelming. What to examine for when selecting a professional to help you with training your Pug:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Pug: Six Things to Look For
- 1) A pristine reputation, inquire and get suggestions from your vet, other Pug 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 Pugs.
- 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 Pug’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
General Pug Obedience Tips
Training needs to be a positive and enjoyable experience for both you and the Pug. If you’re not in the best mindset for training, do not even start. Always reward the Pug for listening to your orders to the letter! A treat is anything that your Pug desires and is willing to earn. Food is a great prize but other treats could be verbalized commendation and playthings. Several shorter sessions are usually better than a long one. Training must not involve any degrading components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no smacking or hitting, no chain jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every training opportunity should be pleasant and confidence-building with praise for a job well done.
Training Pugs with head collars
Dragging the leash is one of the few negative requirements of training a new Pug puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Pug training has become very popular during the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the traditional training collar. While very easy to utilize, it’s important that head collars are fit correctly and your Pug systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more simple to use than an usual training collar. Head collars are very effective when training Pugs in difficult situations.
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