Reply to What’s your #1 tip for new dog owners?

Forum Index » Pets

Reply to "What’s your #1 tip for new dog owners?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Make sure there’s a place he can go to be his wolf den. Either between an armchair and the wall, or behind the couch.

Teach him “go to place.” “Place” is whatever spot you designate as his home base when you want him to go sit somewhere. It’s similar to “out of the kitchen” that a PP suggested, but it’s all-purpose.

Teach him to sit and stay as you put his food bowl down, then wait for you to say “ok” before he starts to eat. That way he’s not jumping on you as you try to feed him.

Buy one of those Lamb Chop toys. Dogs go nuts for those.

Don’t feed him treats from the table.

Don’t yell at him when he barks if someone knocks on your door or whatever. That just escalates things. Praise him for being a good watc dog then tell him it’s ok, reassure him, and send him to place.

If you take him to the dog park after getting to know him, for the first few times don’t go at peak rush hour at the park.

Decide from day 1 if you will let him sit on furniture or sleep on your bed, and then be absolutely consistent. Begin as you mean to go on.

When training him, don’t just say “good boy” or “good dog.” Say “good place” or “good sit,” so he knows why he’s being praised.

Enjoy your new family member!! Will you report back and let us know how it’s going?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics