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How to Train a Dog Without a Dog Park: 7 Tips from Resourceful Owners
05.06.2023 05:30
What if you don't have access to a dog training facility or can't hire a dog trainer?
Don't despair, because resourceful owners have long since learned to train their pets on their own, using the recommendations of dog trainers and their own ingenuity. Listen to their advice so that you too can have a happy, well-behaved dog.
Tip 1: Use online courses
There are many online dog training courses that can help you learn if you have no prior experience with raising a dog. Some of these courses offer interactive lessons where you can ask the trainer questions and get feedback. You can also find many free video tutorials on YouTube that will help you learn the basics of dog training.
Tip 2: Use books
Many dog training books and guides contain detailed instructions and tips on how to teach your pet various commands on your own. You can find such books at your local library or buy them.
Tip 3: Start right away
As soon as the puppy appears in the house, start training. At first, devote 1-2 minutes to this, then increase the training time as the puppy grows up.
Tip 4: Take your classes outside
All dogs are obedient in the house, but in reality obedience is needed outside. Often it saves the life of the pet and saves the owner from paying a fine if the dog suddenly decides to bite someone. Therefore, teach the dog to obey in different conditions.
Tip 5: Train near dogs
Do training near playing dogs. This will teach your pet to obey you in any situation, without running away to his relatives.
Tip 6: Make shells
If you have a private house, you can easily make a slide, boom, barrier and tunnel yourself.
Tip 7: Use improvised means
If there is no dog training area with equipment near your home, use anything that can replace them. Jumping over barriers can be learned using sticks, benches, fallen trees and even your own feet. Walking around is great for training on trees, poles, bushes and clumps of tall grass. Instead of a tunnel, you can use a greenhouse in the country while the bed is empty.
It is convenient to teach putting paws on elevated surfaces using stumps, benches, stools. The commands "Up!" and "Down!" are perfectly trained on stairs.
Use your imagination, and then any place will become a dog training ground for you and your pet.
Remember: training a dog requires patience, consistency and love. Teaching new commands can be a fun and exciting process that will strengthen your bond with your pet and make both you and him disciplined. But be patient and promise yourself to continue, no matter what, because you will not have a dog trainer standing over your soul and demanding results.
The hardest part of training is not training the dog, but disciplining and motivating yourself.
