Dog Agility Training The Right Way
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One of the biggest difficulties dog trainers have when they begin a dog agility training program is getting their dog to stay. The command ‘stay’ is a basic one but it can be challenging. Although stay is a crucial command, not only for show dogs, but for everyday dog owners, staying still is simply not in a dog’s nature. How then can the dogs be trained to remain where they should?
Dogs are much like children; they will always test their boundaries. People do get disarmed by the charm of the cute eyes of a dog, but you have to put your foot down and be stern to make the dog obey. The dog has to be corrected if it tries to move after the stay command has been given. Having a dog that does not stay when told to is seen as a major embarrassment in the dog show world.
As was mentioned above, Dogs just do not like to stay still, this fact is both a negative and a positive at the same time. It is a negative because it makes it difficult to train your dog to stay still, but it is a positive because it can be harness as a reward. You can reward your dog not only with treats for staying still, but also by allowing it to run.
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Dog agility training is good for the dogs and their masters, whether the dogs are show dogs or pet dogs. A lack of exercise accounts for the number one reason why dogs misbehave. Agility training is a great way to make sure your dog gets the exercise it needs and deserves, and it also gets you, the owner, out of the house and exercising as well. This is not to say that one must run with the dogs to be one with the dogs, in fact, agility training is ideal for those who are incapable of extraneous exercise since it is the dog that will be doing the running.
As I myself own a dog, I know for sure that giving agility training to the dog is more interesting than taking it for a mere walk. Agility training is a very pleasant way of connecting with your dog, by watching it jumping and frolicking in the natural way, rather than being dragged around the town by its excited master who lacks sufficient exercise.
When all is said and done, it is good to use agility training as a starting point in dog training, whether you are doing the job professionally or just as the owner of a lovely pooch.
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