With so many folks marketing in the world of professional dog training right now, finding out who’s truly best to care for your Ariege Pointer can be tiresome. What to look for when picking a professional to help you with training your Ariege Pointer:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Ariege Pointer: What to Look For
- 1) A good reputation, ask around and get suggestions from your vet, other Ariege Pointer 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 Ariege Pointers.
- 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 Ariege Pointer’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Basic Ariege Pointer Obedience Tips
Training has to be a pleasant and rewarding experience for both you and the Ariege Pointer. If you are not in the best mood for training, do not even start. Always treat your Ariege Pointer for following your orders expediently! A prize is anything that your Ariege Pointer wants and is willing to work for. Food is a great reward but other rewards could be verbal praise and toys. Multiple brief training sessions are much better than a single long one. Training must not contain any negative components or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no leash jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every single training opportunity must be pleasant and positive with prizes for a job well done.
Training Ariege Pointers with head collars
Pulling on the leash is one of the few negative experiences of bringing up a new Ariege Pointer puppy. Using a head collar for Ariege Pointer training has become very popular over the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the usual training collar. Even though it is very easy to use, it is vital that head collars are fit correctly and your Ariege Pointer systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are usually more easy to use than a typical training collar. Head collars are very powerful when controlling Ariege Pointers in tricky situations.
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