Tips About Dog Agility Training
Sponsored linksOne of the biggest difficulties dog trainers have when they begin a dog agility training program is getting their dog to stay. The stay command is both basic and challenging at times. Dogs, whether they are home dogs or show dogs, don’t like to stay still. So how should we train a dog to stay in a particular spot?
Dogs are no different from children; they keep on testing the surroundings. The appeal of the dog’s eyes looking up to you is irresistible for most, but you have to be firm with a dog or else it will disobey you. You absolutely must correct your dog every time they move after you have given the stay command. During a dog show it is very awkward to have a dog that does not remain steady after being told to do so.
The inability of a dog to remain still has both positive and negative connotations. It is a negative because it makes it difficult to teach your dog to stay still, but it is a positive because it can be harness as a reward. Treats are a one way to reward your dog for staying still as well as letting it run.
Agility traing for dogs has some major benefits for both owners and their dogs, regardless if they are show or family dogs. Lack of sufficient exercise is always conducive to bad behavior on the part of dogs. By agility training a dog gets its required quota of exercise, and by walking it out, its master also gets the exercise he needs. That does not mean that the dog owner should keep pace with the dogs in running, and agility training might actually even be more suitable for those who do not have much outside exercises because after all it is the dog which will be running and not the master.
Being a dog owner myself, I know that the regular old walk isn’t very exciting, but taking your dog to the park to engage in some agility training can be an excellent motivator. It is a fun way to bond with your pooch and knowing that you will get to watch it run around with joy, doing what they naturally do is much more motivating than the thought of being pulled around town by an under exercised over excited companion.
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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