With so many guys marketing in the field of professional dog training right now, learning who’s really best to train your Estonian Hound can be overwhelming. What to prepare for when selecting a professional to help you with training your Estonian Hound:
How to Find a Trainer For Your Estonian Hound: What to Look For
- 1) A stellar reputation, inquire and obtain suggestions from your animal doctor, other Estonian Hound 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 Estonian Hounds.
- 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 Estonian Hound’s well being.
- 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.
Basic Estonian Hound Obedience Tips
Training has to be a positive and enjoyable situation for both you and your Estonian Hound. If you’re not in the right mindset for training, don’t even begin. Always treat your Estonian Hound for listening to your orders to the tee! A prize is anything that your Estonian Hound desires and is happy to work for. Food is a great reward but different rewards could be oral praise and playthings. Many brief sessions are much more effective than a single long one. Training should not involve any negative comments or punishment. There should be no yelling, no hitting or smacking, no leash jerking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electricity! Each training opportunity must be enjoyable and reinforcing with rewards for jobs well done.
Training Estonian Hounds with head collars
Yanking the leash is one of the few negative jobs of training a new Estonian Hound puppy. Utilizing a head collar for Estonian Hound training has become standard in the last decade. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the traditional training collar. While quite easy to utilize, it is imperative that head collars are fit correctly and your Estonian Hound gradually introduced to the collar. Head collars are generally more simple to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are very effective when guiding Estonian Hounds in difficult situations.
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