How to Find the Right Trainer for Your Seppala Siberian Sleddog

How to Find a Trainer For Your Seppala Siberian Sleddog: Six Things to Look For

• 1) A respected reputation, inquire and obtain advice from the vet, other Seppala Siberian Sleddog 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 Seppala Siberian Sleddogs.
• 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 Seppala Siberian Sleddog’s well being.
• 6) Memberships with reputable associations, organizations and training clubs.

Basic Seppala Siberian Sleddog Obedience Tips

Training should be a pleasant and rewarding situation for both you and the Seppala Siberian Sleddog. If you’re not in the best mindset for training, don’t even think of starting. Always reward the Seppala Siberian Sleddog for following your commands promptly! A treat is anything that your Seppala Siberian Sleddog wants and is willing to work for. Food is an obvious prize but other prizes could be oral commendation and toys. Multiple shorter sessions are much more effective than a long one. Training should not involve any negative components or consequences. There should be no shouting, no hitting or smacking, no leash yanking on choke leashes or collars, and absolutely no electric shocking! Every training opportunity is to be enjoyable and confidence-building with treats for jobs well done.

Training Seppala Siberian Sleddogs with head collars

Yanking the leash is one of the few unpleasant requirements of training a new Seppala Siberian Sleddog puppy. Using a head collar for Seppala Siberian Sleddog training has become standard in the last few years. Training with a head collar does have some unique advantages over the standard training collar. Even though it is quite simple to utilize, it’s vital that head collars are fit properly and your Seppala Siberian Sleddog correctly introduced to the collar. Head collars are typically more easy to use than a standard training collar. Head collars are very effective when training Seppala Siberian Sleddogs in tricky situations.

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