For a long period in human history, dogs have been the friendliest animals to human beings. Human beings attempt to coach their dogs so that they can behave almost as similar as human beings behave, and in some cases assist them in performance of specific duties. Even though dogs cannot speak like humans, they can listen and understand when given instructions. There are many aspects involved in training dogs, but the three that are the most important are: (1) Positioning; (2) Obedience; and (3) Rewards. First, positioning is telling the dog to do something at a certain position. Second, obedience is telling the dog a specific command or task to complete. Third, rewards also known as treats are given to a dog when he or she successfully accomplishes …show more content…
The point of dog obedience is so that the dog will “understand” a verbal command and performs some type of action or exercise in response to the specific cue it is given. An article titled Obedience Training Your Dog points out that, “Many people think that obedience training is something that is done to a dog to make it perform some artificial activity on command. But if we turn the words around, we'll be closer to a real definition: Obedience training is to train dogs to be obedient, to obey anything and everything they're told to do and the commands always need to follow the same pattern.” Very much like people, dogs tend to learn in sets of three. So when teaching a dog any command, the dog will learn better when the command is repeated in multiples of three. When I personally began to train my dog to sit, it just would not happen because I kept yelling at my dog to “sit” or “stand” and I was also unaware of this technique of saying the command in multiples of three. Dogs genuinely want to do the right thing and please there owners, but we need to give them the tools to do so. I asked my trainer Natalie Rimmons, who is a professional dog trainer at Pet Smart, why my dog was not listening to me and she told me that he is disobeying me because he is being difficult or stubborn. The only way to fix this problem was by having an incentive or reward for the …show more content…
Once your dog is trained you can enjoy and participate in many activities. It builds a mutual bond and a partnership for life. Edward Hoagland once said, “In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog so the environment will appreciate it” (Hoagland). Here we can see that Edward Hoagland explains that one benefit of dog training is that your dog will be welcomed in far more places, environments, and situations if they have been taught some basic manners. When you have guests over to your home, you won’t need to banish your well-behaved dog to another room, or crate, for fear that they will embarrass you. Amber Aben a professional dog trainer and coach, states, “The more time you spend with your dog, and more bonded you are with your dog, the better understanding you have of what their needs are, and what they are trying to communicate with you”(Aben). The initial bond with your dog is a tentative one; you don’t know each other very well yet. To strengthen that bond, you must spend time with them and do things together. Positioning, Obedience, and Rewards are three easy aspects of training that can easily make your dog become your best friend in no