Dog Training Tools Can Train Your Dog

As a responsible dog owner, you must have realized the need for owning a dog that behaves well with strangers and other animals and who obeys commands that are given. The need to train your dog must be recognized at the earliest if you want to enjoy owning a dog, but you may not be very clear about what it takes to train your pet dog. You will certainly come across dog training tools while you are searching for ways and means to train your dog and a most useful dog training tool that you should consider for your dog is the electronic dog collar.

Electronic Dog Collar

Of all the different dog training tools available, the electronic dog collar comes in many different types and it has two main purposes. The first is to keep your pet within the boundaries of your home, while the second objective is to get the dog to understand basic house rules and to behave well around friends and family.

I personally do not like to use electronic dog collars as I have seen some bad outcomes from dog owners using these. They have worked exceptionally well for others. It is up to you if you chooses to use them with your dog training.

These dog training tools can work well in helping to train the dog, especially the way it behaves and the electronic dog collar works when shock waves are sent to the dog that makes him understand that certain dog behavior is not right. The shock can be sent on its own or through operation of a remote control. Though such dog training tools are a good tool to get your dog to behave properly, there is still the humane aspect that should be also considered and the dog should not be abused by giving it excessive shocks, even though the shocks are not very powerful there are still risks of using electronic dog training collars.

Besides the electronic dog collar, there are numerous other dog training tools that are being introduced into the market which are very attractive, yet still not a substitute for the basic knowledge required in order to properly train a dog. You could also use clickers, which are hand-held devices that you can carry in the palm of your hand and emit a click-clack sound that can be detected by the dog, even in the presence of common background sounds, so it is very useful in getting the attention of the dog.

Other dog training tools include leashes which come in all sizes, with those that can extend up to thirty feet and which can be retractable. Another alternative would be to use chest halters and even full vests, that gives the trainer a stronger hold on the dog. You can use muzzles which are another type of dog training tool.

Dog Behavior - Never Let Your Dog Beg For Food

Unless they are trained not to do so, most dogs will form the natural habit of begging for both attention and food. Some dog owners except this behavior and think it’s cute, but most people get annoyed very quickly, when their dog starts to beg every time it wants love, attention and especially when it smells something tasty cooking in the house.

What is wrong with begging?

For starters, begging is another form of demanding and it gives your dog an aspect of control within the family “pack”. I describe your family as a pack, because that is exactly how your dog sees it. While it seems adorable when your dog rolls over on its back expecting a belly rub every time you enter the room, or just sits all teary-eyed staring straight at your plate of food when you’re eating dinner, this behavior has the possibility to gain momentum and become aggressive.

Just how aggressive can a dog possibly become?

If you do not think that your dog could ever possibly bite your hand because he expects you to give him food every time he begs, think again. For years a friend of mine would hand feed his puppy pieces of food at any time of the day when he was eating. If it were breakfast, his dog would get a two pieces of bacon. At lunch time my friend would hand feed his dog a few bites of his sandwich. The same went for dinner.

After some time, his dog matured and grew bigger and my friend did not realize that he was reinforcing a dominant leadership role into his dog every time he gave in to begging. Once he decided to change this behavior with his dog, he learned quickly just how dangerous the situation was. At one of his meals, my friend absolutely refused to feed his dog anything and the begging and crying turned into aggression and barking. Then without notice, his dog leaped up onto his plate and snapped at the food, taking a little bit of my friends flesh with it.

Begging can be eliminated with proper behavior training

The above example may seem a bit extreme and you still probably could never imagine you’re adorable dog biting you in an attempt to get food. The problem is real and you must start early in your puppy’s life with instilling rules when it comes to begging.

During your meals, you need to train your dog to sit and stay in a specific area while the family eats. This may take some time but eventually it will remain in a sit position until after your dinner is over and then of course you should praise its actions by offering a meal that he can eat in its own food bowl and only after everybody else has finished eating.