dog behavior training

 
If your dog’s barking and its not clear why, you can quickly identify the type of bark she’s making.

Aggressive or warning bark? If it is, is it directed at you or something else? This type is often the one that needs controlling and where you must avoid being manipulated.
Baying? This is often some form of signal, more common in specific [...]

To be the alpha, the leader of the pack that your dog looks to belong to, you should make use of the signs that dogs naturally recognize to continually reinforce the message.
Most good practices in dog behavior training build on the recognition by your dog that you are the alpha of the pack. Many instances [...]

Playing with your dog has many benefits:

provides fun, exercise and training opportunities
uses surplus energy in your dog
stimulates your dog
helps your dog develop
greatly enhances bonding between you and your dog
considerably benefits health, possibly in you as well as your dog!

Playtime can be as silly as you like. Play is really helpful as it can be used [...]

Dog agility training is a sport with organized competitions in many countries. It is most appropriate for dogs that have been trained in all the basics from an early age and is good for reinforcing the bond between dog and keeper as well as being good, energetic fun.
Agility equipment for building agility courses includes tunnels, [...]

Tricks don’t have to be complex routines but might be perfectly simple, such as sit up and beg, shake paws, etc. On the other hand, complicated tricks are usually taught, and learned most easily, by building up a series of short, simple routines. Also they can be done in stages, building, for example, distances and [...]

Consistency, persistence, patience, etc. Yep, read it, done it, got the tee-shirt?
Well, repetitive and boring as they sound, these are the main elements of training dogs and several other types of pet. But when you see someone else’s well-behaved dog while you’re still struggling, it’s probably worth a refresher of the things that don’t work in [...]

Chewing is one of the most natural things for your dog to do. Destructive dog chewing is the problem, especially when it’s our stuff that she’s developing a taste for!
Destructive chewing can often signify underexercise, boredom or loneliness. Exercise has a part to play in all of these, but it doesn’t solve the problem quickly. Really [...]

My article on this was published on ezinearticles.com earlier today, click here to see it.
There is also an earlier one about the Key Principles of Dog Behavior Training, click here for that one.
And for a later one about Dogs Around Horses, click here.

Dog behavior training issues are usually associated with assertive dogs. You could be forgiven for thinking that passive dogs should be easy to train.
After all, a passive dog is one that waits for others and seems comfortable letting others lead to the point where it will be last to do everything. One clue to a passive [...]