Sit Stay Fetch Review:

Many dog training methods exist nowadays. One best training package, Sit Stay Fetch, effectively helps dog owners teach their dogs good behavior and obedience.

Sit Stay Fetch is by far the most in depth, value for money dog obedience training guides available both on and offline. The information contained is comprehensive, clearly laid out and the bottom line is that the techniques will show you have to obedience train your dog in as little time possible.

The chapters cover are:

* For people considering a dog or who have recently
obtained a puppy.

* Where the dog training begins, some secrets to
training a dog.

* For people who already have dogs, these
chapters are invaluable.

* How dogs use their senses and how their body
language gives an insight into their feelings and attitudes.

* Dog problems, two are devoted to teaching commands,
and one deals with the positives and negatives of dog whispering.

* Dog commands are divided into basic or starting commands
and advanced commands.

Sit Stay Fetch is the mother of all dog training packages. It covers everything you need to know about dealing with behavioral and training situations you will face, and includes great bonus books on specific problems such as how to train an 'alpha dog,' 'house training methods & tricks,' 'dog grooming,' and more. For anything related to dog training or ownership, Sit Stay Fetch should be your first port-of-call, it covers what you need to consider before adopting, health issues, puppy leash training, dog training for older dogs; just to name a few. We found Sit Stay Fetch's on-site dog training experts to be the most helpful and knowledgeable of all the sites we reviewed.

Members can contact Sit Stay Fetch for free personal consultations to deal with specific training issues.

I give Sit Stay Fetch 5 Starts Rated Dog Training System

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April 30, 2008

Using Positive Reinforcement With Your Dog

You have understood why positive reinforcement is the best dog-training tool to use for you dog and now you would like to know exactly how to use this tool. You are in luck, because this article will give you the basics of how to use positive reinforcement as well as some books that you can read to further your understanding of this very successful dog training tool.

There are two elements that you need to understand about this tool in order to use it successfully. The two elements are: correct timing and consistency.

Correct timing means that you need to give the praise or reward immediately to the dog upon completion of the desired behavior. Immediately means within two seconds and BEFORE the dog does any other behavior.

Consistency means that everyone in the family has to use the same command for each desired behavior. Consistency will reinforce the training and will guarantee that you will not confuse the dog about what is desired. It is equally important to not reward bad behavior in the dog and to be consistent in that every family member understands to reward good behavior only. If you are trying to teach the dog to not beg at the table and one family member is continuing to feed the dog table scraps under the table, then the consistency will not be there. The dog will be rewarded for bad behavior as well as for good behavior and the dog will not only be confused but will get very fat.

Here are some command words to use:

Come

Stay

Sit

Down

Stand

Off

Heel

Leave it

Settle

Watch me

Although praise works best when using positive reinforcement to train your dog; other items such as food treats, a favorite dog toy or even a game with your dog all will serve well for rewards. Pick the reward that works best with your dog, not all dogs respond well to food treats, some prefer a favorite toy, or commercial foods such as a small square of cheese, cooked chicken pieces or small chunks of hot dogs. Use a fanny pack or small plastic baggie to carry treats in while training your dog. If you are rewarding the dog with play, make sure to keep the play brief.

The new behavior must be rewarded every time in the beginning. This is called, “continuous reinforcement”. It is a technique used to “shape” the dog into making the desired response or behavior. Sometimes when teaching a behavior that is new to the dog; rewarding may be done as the behavior is learned in steps. An example would be if the dog does not know how to shake hands with you, then you can reward the dog for each step in the behavior. When the dog correctly lifts his paw, reward with a treat. When the dog lifts and hold the paw higher off the ground, give him a treat, then when the dog successfully allows you to hold his paw, and finally accepts the “shaking hands”, behavior reward with a treat.

Once the behavior is learned than you can reward the dog intermittently (3 out of 4 times he does the behavior, then half the time, then occasionally).