How to Find the Right Trainer for a American Eskimo Dog

How to Find a Trainer For Your American Eskimo Dog: What to Look For

• 1) A good reputation, inquire and obtain recommendations from the doctor, other American Eskimo Dog 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 American Eskimo Dogs.
• 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 American Eskimo Dog’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard American Eskimo Dog Obedience Tips

Training needs to be a positive and rewarding experience for both you and the American Eskimo Dog. If you are not in the right mindset for training, don’t even begin. Always reward the American Eskimo Dog for obeying your orders promptly! A prize is anything that your American Eskimo Dog desires and is happy to work for. Food is an obvious prize but other prizes could be verbalized praise and playthings. Multiple brief sessions are usually more effective than 1 long one. Training shouldn’t contain any negative components or punishment. There should be no yelling, no smacking or hitting, no leash yanking on training chains or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every training session must be pleasant and confidence-building with rewards for a job well done.

Training American Eskimo Dogs with head collars

Dragging the lead is one of the few unpleasant experiences of raising a new American Eskimo Dog puppy. Using a head collar for American Eskimo Dog training has become very popular over the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the usual training collar. Even though it is very simple to use, it is vital that head collars are fit correctly and your American Eskimo Dog correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are generally more easy to use than a regular training collar. Head collars are quite effective when controlling American Eskimo Dogs in tricky situations.

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