YNP #012: The Most Important Part of Your Dog’s Obedience Training
Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog
Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
4.8 • 917 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2017
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
You don’t have to be a dog person to know about basic obedience. It’s usually the first thing you think of when someone says “training a dog”.
It is popular for very good reasons. I could list a hundred reasons for you and your dog to go through some kind of obedience training.
In this episode, I name a few but I mostly talk about what, in my opinion, is the most important part of your basic obedience education.
YOU are the most important part of your dog’s obedience training.
Learning the commands is only half the story. Developing the relationship and bond is the other. You can’t have one without the other.
If you have ever had a dog or have known a dog that only listens to one person in the family or if you have ever known a dog that knew all his commands but still didn’t behave properly then you know what I’m talking about
I feel that if you approach your training as a relationship building exercise then you are going to get the most out of it.
Obedience training isn’t a cure-all but it can create the foundation of your relationship and all training to come.
Have you taken an obedience class? Tell us your experience. What was the best thing you got out of it? What do you wish was different? Leave a comment below and let us know.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salento. Hello and this is episode 12 of your new puppies podcast and at the time of this |
| 0:39.1 | recording it's about the middle of September, which means school is back in. |
| 0:44.4 | So I thought it'd be appropriate to talk about you and your dog's obedience training. |
| 0:49.6 | So I'm essentially going to talk about the basic obedience. |
| 0:52.4 | So like where you start about the basic obedience. |
| 0:52.5 | So like where you start, the sit down, stay, come. |
| 0:56.3 | If you plan on going way beyond that |
| 0:58.5 | to some advanced training, maybe it's therapy training |
| 1:01.2 | or even competition training, or if it's just something you enjoy |
| 1:03.9 | doing that's fantastic it's still going to relate but if you're in that place with your |
| 1:08.6 | dog then you probably already know what I'm going to talk about. You can find basic obedience classes |
| 1:15.0 | everywhere and they're popular for very good reasons. Just about any pet |
| 1:21.3 | professional out there from of course trainers to vets to pet sitters to |
| 1:27.2 | rescue workers they recommend it because really when it comes down to it, there is no downside, but there are a ton of upsides. |
| 1:38.0 | I mean, I could sit here all day listing all the reasons why you and your dog should do some kind of basic |
| 1:44.1 | obedience and yes it does cost money because I do highly recommend that you work |
| 1:50.2 | with a trainer in some way. |
| 1:53.2 | So you can go to a group class, |
| 1:55.6 | you can do private lessons. |
| 1:58.2 | There are even options online now, |
| 2:00.8 | which is actually something I'm working on, but we're going to talk about that at a later date. |
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