YNP #045: Pros and Cons of Different Dog Training Programs
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
🗓️ 30 January 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Especially with a new puppy, you’ll hear 20 times a day, play with your puppy, exercise your puppy, stimulate your puppy so they don’t get bored, bond with them to create a strong relationship…
OK OK, we get it’s important but after 160 games of fetch things get a little…well, boring.
In this episode, I’m going to go through 10 ways to play with your dog. And this is just to get you started, it doesn’t stop here, not even close. In reality, there are hundreds of ways to play with your dog. I want you and your dog to get creative and take it from here.
With the cold weather settling in here in NJ I decided to concentrate on indoor activities. It’s easy to take things outside and get all the exercise and entertainment you need. It’s when you’re stuck inside that things get harder.
No matter what activity we do with them, we are entertaining, stimulating, and bonding with them. It’s tiring them out that can sometimes seem impossible. That is why I also focused on ways that will up the exercise and tiring out factor. At the end of the day (literally) what we want is a tired and happy dog!
Your dog will probably have their favorites. I hope you can find something you love, your dog loves AND gets everyone to sleep!
Let’s get those creative juices going!! Press play to listen and enjoy!!
Transcript
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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 welcome to episode 45 of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie and today we're |
| 0:35.3 | going to talk about some pros and cons of different types of training programs. |
| 0:39.8 | So I'm going to talk about a puppy class versus an obedience class versus private training versus online training. |
| 0:49.0 | So this will help you make a decision on what type of training program is going to work best for you and |
| 0:55.7 | your dog. |
| 0:56.7 | Now, remember, no matter what training program or type of training that you choose, it all comes down to you. |
| 1:05.8 | You could find the best type of training out there, hire the best trainer in the world, spend |
| 1:12.4 | oo-gobs of money, but you still have to be the one to do the work. |
| 1:18.0 | Because once you walk out of the class, once the trainer walks out of your door, it's just you and your dog. |
| 1:24.4 | So when making this decision, it should be based on how you are going to learn best |
| 1:31.3 | and how you are going to absorb the information and then be able to apply it with your dog and what |
| 1:37.8 | exactly is going on, like what you're looking to learn. |
| 1:41.0 | Is it common universal typical dog behavior and commands or is there a |
| 1:47.0 | specific problem that may or may not be uncommon? So those two things combined should help you make the decision. |
| 1:56.0 | So let's start by talking about a puppy class. |
| 1:59.0 | A puppy class is for dogs that are anywhere from three months to six months old. You know |
| 2:05.8 | individual classes might have different requirements but that's what it is in |
| 2:10.0 | general and the emphasis should be on socialization with a little bit of learning. |
| 2:16.7 | This is the one type of training I highly recommend any new puppy owner do. |
| 2:22.0 | For that reason, you know, you get to go to a clean, safe, healthy |
| 2:25.6 | environment under the supervision of a trainer that knows appropriate puppy play and your |
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