How to Successfully Train Your Dog!

Starting from the first day you bring your pooch home, training is a must. Start with the basics. House training is one of the most important things. Some find that using a bell is useful.

House Training Using a Bell.

• Hang a bell next to the door you go through to let them out. 
• Through out the day, bring your puppy to the bell
• Lift their paw and tap the bell with it
• Then take them out to go potty. 
• Do this several times a day for a few days

Your puppy will recognize that the bell is a signal to go outside. They will begin to use the bell when they need to go to the restroom. 

One of the most important things to remember is even if you adopted your dog and they had already been trained to do so many things, you must keep up with the training and practice the commands regularly otherwise your dog is likely to forget those commands. It is just like playing a sport. When you are out of practice, you won't play as well as if you had practiced every day leading up to that point. 

There are different techniques to training, and I encourage you to try many if not all techniques to test which techniques work best for your dog. Different breeds and genders respond to techniques differently. Just because one technique doesn't work does not mean that they all won't work. The key to successful training is patience and love. Always reward your dog for being good. Even if it is something small like coming to you when you call.