The Journey !!!

As dog owners we owe it to them, ourselves and society, to have a happy, sociable, well mannered pet. A dog thrives on love, but still needs to be guided to what is acceptable and not acceptable behaviour.
Training a dog is a journey which you travel together; it is a lifelong journey that should be enjoyable and fun. it will be full of different adventures and like any journey there will be frustrations, and errors along the way, but the love, bond and trust, you will gain, will reward you 100 times over. There are many different methods of training and you have to find the one that suits your dog, books training clubs ect: are there as a guide, training clubs are good for socialising but don’t expect to go once a week and that’s it. It’s up to you to put the work in at home, most teaching can be taught indoors, or garden and once your dog knows the basic commands, incorporate some training during your walks but don’t overdo it and bore yourself and your dog to death. 15/20 mins a day varied good training is better than 1hrs bad, dedication, understanding, love and patience is needed, Never loose your temper in training and always finish on something the dog has done correctly, always play with your dog when he has done a good exersise,some dogs are easier to train than others irrespective of breed.

There is rarely a bad dog, usually its the handler. Think of the dog as similar to a car! lt will go in the direction in which it is guided, Bad Driver ( dangerous car) Bad Handler ( dangerous dog)
NEVER train your dog if you are not in the mood for it, as it will not be successful, and you will only upset your dog.Training should be enjoyable for both yourself and the dog, at the journeys end,you should have a Happy, Social and well ajusted companion not forgetting the bond that will have developed between you.

Remember PATIENCE-PRAISE and PLAY.
A well trained dog is a HAPPY dog.