The biggest and best way to help with How to prevent your dog or puppy from embarrassing you in public is through obedience classes and basic training, although there are several different ways an individual could learn how to prevent a puppy or dog from doing things they shouldn’t.
If you have a puppy, beginning obedience training classes as soon as they are part of your family is recommended. The sooner they realize that you are the leader of the pack and that they need to listen to what you are saying and commanding them to do, the better it will be for both you and the puppy.
Just as children need love, attention and boundaries, so do puppies; they need to know they are loved and cared for as well as where their boundaries are. Training a puppy can be rewarding and frustrating at the same time but well worth the efforts when they begin to grow into well behaved dogs.
It is most embarrassing when people come to your house and a puppy or dog full of energy comes bounding around the corner and jumps up on the visitor. This is especially difficult when the person visiting does not like or care for dogs.
One of the best ways to help keep your dog or puppy from playfully attacking family members such as grandma or other visitors is to help them learn simple command such as sit, stay or down and stay. Then you could place them in the sit stay position or down stay before opening the door for your guest. A well trained dog or puppy will stay on command until you tell them ‘release’ no matter what is going on around them. This is the beauty of good training and will help cut down or eliminate the embarrassing moments.
Dog school is a great place for puppies and dogs to learn good manors and how to control their energy. It will depend on the breed of dog and the amount of time and effort put forth by the owner as to when a puppy or dog ‘gets’ the training right and learns the appropriate commands for sitting, staying and heeling next to the owner.
One of the more important commands a puppy should learn is ‘leave it’. This command is very helpful when taking a puppy or dog on a walk and they want to sniff or investigate everything or anything along the way. For example if there is something on the sidewalk, a discarded cigarette or a sandwich wrapper, a dog’s natural curiosity and hunger will send them barreling towards the item, but if they know the command ‘don’t touch’ they will continue on with their walking and leave the item alone, not giving it a second thought. There is another time in which the ‘no’ command would be necessary and that is when the dog or puppy would come face to face with another dog. This is because proper dog welcoming is to sniff the rear and not lick the face. Some dogs are sensitive to other dogs getting in their face.
There are many different exercises a dog owner and their puppy will participate in at dog school and one that helps with the embarrassing jumping on strangers or visitors is the ‘meet and greet’ exercise. These workouts has the class split up into two groups, on either side of the arena, and then walk towards each other with their dogs at heel position. Once they are about a foot away from each other, the handler puts their dog or puppy on a sit stay and proceeds to greet the other dog handler with a handshake. The dogs are to remain sitting without jumping or moving. Another part of the exercise is for each handler to wave their arm over the top of the dog and pat the other person on the shoulder.
Although fulfilling and fun, learning How to prevent your dog or puppy from embarassing you will take time and a lot of effort on the part of the owner in addition to a lot of patience. Practice is another big commitment a dog owner must resign themselves to if they want a well behaved pooch they are not embarrassed to take out in public or have people over to their house.
Puppy training can be frustrating. Training a dog requires discipline and consistancy. When experiencing problems, consult a professional.
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