How to Find the Right Trainer for Your Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen

How to Find a Trainer For Your Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A respected reputation, inquire and obtain advice from your doctor, other Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen 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 Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens.
• 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 Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Standard Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Obedience Tips

Training has to be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for both you and your Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen. If you are not in the right mindset for training, do not even begin. Always commend the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen for obeying your orders expeditiously! A reward is anything that your Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen desires and is willing to work for. Food is a great reward but other treats could be oral admiration and toys. Multiple brief training sessions are demonstrated to be more effective than one long one. Training should not involve any degrading comments or punishment. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no chain jerking on training leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric fences! Each training session is to be pleasant and reinforcing with praise for each job well done.

Training Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens with head collars

Dragging the leash is one of the few negative experiences of training a new Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen puppy. Using a head collar for Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen training has become standard in the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some advantages over the standard training collar. While very easy to utilize, it is important that head collars are fit properly and your Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen systematically introduced to the collar. Head collars are pretty much more simple to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are quite powerful when guiding Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens in difficult situations.

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