It doesn’t have to be too long, but you have to stick to it every day. The most important thing about dog training is persistence. You don’t have to schedule too much time each day, but do it step by step without any rush.

If the owner can’t muster the energy to train it first, the dog will be sensitive to your emotions and become indifferent. On the contrary, if a training is arranged for too long, the dog will feel that there is nothing new and will not be too focused on learning.

The basic principle is to praise more and reprimand less

As mentioned many times before, dogs have been accustomed to obeying the leader's orders since their wild days, and this is still the case when living together with people. When it completes a certain action according to the "leader's" order and is praised by you, it will show joy and satisfaction beyond our imagination.

Therefore, we should praise and encourage it more than we blame it, and regard it as the basic principle in training and education. If you treat it with a ratio of 1 scolding to 9 praises and give it more praise and encouragement, the dog will show an increasingly strong enthusiasm for learning.

Discipline the dog after you are familiar with its personality and characteristics

Dogs also have various personalities. Some dogs give in easily while others are stubborn. Some dogs only need to be scolded once to learn what they are interested in. Some dogs become more disobedient the more you scold them. Generally speaking, long-haired dogs with softer coats tend to have softer temperaments, while dogs with short and hard coats tend to have more stubborn temperaments. Of course this is not absolutely the case. When scolding it, you should do it with love and observe its reaction to properly grasp the scale.

Training should be carried out with both voice and gestures

When the dog does something it shouldn't do, scold it with "Bold!" and when it follows the owner's orders, praise it with "Awesome." These two words of praise and blame should become the basic words for it to be remembered. This kind of action that uses sound to express the owner's mood and evaluation is technically called "sound symbol". Corresponding to this is the action of using gestures to clearly and unmistakably show the owner's attitude, which is called "visual symbol". For example, while issuing the scolding symbol "bold", you can face the dog's face with your flat palm. Use your eyes and make stop gestures to warn it. If this action still doesn't make it understand, you can stretch out your fingers and tap the dog's nose lightly a few times.

Other deterrent visual symbols, such as rolling a newspaper into a long tube and tapping it lightly a few times, are also very effective, but be careful not to hit too much or too hard. Overly severe corporal punishment may cause damage to the character of some dogs with strong intelligence. .

The gesture of expressing praise might as well be more direct and explicit

When a dog shows affection to you, he will rush over and lick you randomly.This is a bit exaggerated from a human perspective. In the same way, if people can express their praise to dogs more fully, they may bring greater joy and satisfaction to dogs.

Sound symbols should be short and clear.

A sound sign is simply a sound that conveys a message to the dog, so no matter which language is used, choose words that are short and easy to distinguish. Once selected, do not change it. It is best to keep the terminology consistent.

Visual symbols should choose actions that are easy for dogs to understand

Visual signs are actions received through the dog's vision, so you should choose gestures that can still be clearly distinguished from a long distance. If the meaning of the action varies depending on the number of repetitions, then the prescribed number of times should be limited to what the dog can understand. If it is difficult for the dog to make a clear distinction, it is easy to misunderstand it. Therefore, visual symbols should first consider selecting actions that are easy to remember and distinguish.