Dog Training Tips To Speed Up Training Your Dog
Anthony Johnson
Using a ball and food can help speed up training your dog.
Let's discuss the use of these devices in dog training.
The main purpose for using a ball or food when
training your dog is a little different from what you're
probably used to. Most people use treats as just that: a treat.
I use them in a totally different fashion.
Before your dog will work for you, he has to be
properly motivated. I use treats and balls to do this. The
dog training videos show you how. What is a drive, you may ask?
A drive is simply part of your dog's instincts.
There are several different drives.
Ball Drive
Food Drive
Sex Drive
Fight Drive
Defense Drive
Hunt Drive (or Prey Drive)
Herding Drive
and there are others.
Ball drive and food drive are the two we'll discuss
as they are ideal for teaching your dog new task.
The key is to keep your dog happy while working. You
as the owner, must find a way to do this. Using a ball or
food are very good for making this happen. The dog training video kit
and the online video center show you how to accomplish this.
Sometimes, without using these types of devices, your
dog will appear bored.
Don't make the mistakes others have made when using
food as treats. I don't want you to get into the habit of
bribing your dog. When you do this, you teach your dog to work
only for the treat and not for you. I teach you how to
use treats to motivate your dog to work for YOU.
To me this is one of the best methods to build drive.
It's a way that actually frustrates your dog. The frustration, in
this case, is actually good because it builds drive.
In the video segment covering dog drive-building, you
learn how to take your dog from a low drive state to a high
drive state. In this exercise, it is really the only time I'll use
food to work with a dog.
Using food is effective because your dog won't get
bored if you do it right. If your dog is in a low drive state,
he will get bored quickly. A bored dog won't work.
You have to be able to identify when your dog is in a
high drive state, because that is the perfect time to work
him. If he isn't, then you have to increase his drive.
This concludes this short discussion of building drive in dogs
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About Anthony Johnson SolvingDogroblems.Com &
Dogskills Academy are owned and operated by Anthony
Johnson. Anthony is a graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley, where he received his Bachelor
of Arts degree while also studying canine behavior
under prominent Israeli dog trainer Alon Geva.
He has worked as a technical consultant and dog
handler for the Canine Communications video production
How to Keep Your Dog Out of the Dog House.
Anthony has also lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where
he worked with Tom Rose, an international Schutzhund
competitor and author of Training the Competitive
Working Dog and Dogs That Love and Protect. In
addition, he has trained dogs for the Dog House,
Inc., a kennel and training facility also in Missouri.
Anthony has done training for obedience, competition,
behavior modification, drug detection, tracking,
schutzhund, police work, agility, film, and personal
protection.
He is currently raising 2 Rottweilers "Hercules and
Zeena", while running the web site, Solving Dog
Problems.com, and providing other dog trainers with
information about how to make money in the fascinating
and lucrative field of dog training.
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