What are the three ingredients of Head Start program that will ensure your puppy's success?

 

First, you as the owner/handler will be taught to be PERSISTENT. You will be taught to be persistent when it comes to the style of training you adopt to teach your dog its basic obedience skills. Dogs are individuals and will learn at different rates, some much slower than others. Owners should appreciate the presence of individual differences and persist in the pursuit of training, despite possible beliefs that their dogs may be too dull, stubborn, or obstinate to learn. Owners who do not persist in the techniques they are taught in the Head Start program will surely putting themselves at a disadvantage: namely, their dog's disobedience will continue and, with time, the habit of disobedience, instead of obedience, becomes the rule rather than the exception.

 

Persistence

Persistence means do not give -up. It will be a serious mistake if you stop because you feel your dog is too stubborn to train. All dogs will improve and eventually learn: some, however, may take more effort. How much effort is determined by such factors as the breed characteristics, gender, and the age of your puppy when you start the training.

Insistence

Insistence means making sure you dog complies with the command you rendered. In other words, if you tell your dog to sit, he has to sit, if you command stay he has to stay.

Consistency

Consistency means that all household members need to train the dog using the same methods. It is important that all family members render the commands and utilize the training methods in the same manner.

 

Second, you will be taught to be INSISTENT into all aspects of training with your puppy. This means if a dog knows what to do but does not do it, then the owner has to make the dog do it. For example, the STAY command is introduced in Session #2. Most owners appreciate and value the ability of being able to make their dogs stay. The command provides a means of sustained control. Difficulties often arise in teaching this command because dogs are frequently willing to stay only for as long as they like - and not for the length of time desired by the owner. If a dog breaks the stay command after 20 seconds, and if the owner desires a longer stay, then the owner has to be insistent on quickly re-positioning the dog back exactly where it was supposed to stay. This style of training will teach your puppy that it cannot behave according to its own set of rules.

Third, you will be taught to be CONSISTENT. Lack of consistency in the way training procedures are taught, or lack of consistency between those who handle and interact with the dogs (e.g. family members), can easily retard and confuse the learning process.

In sum, in the Head Start program you will learn to train with a style that is persistent, consistent, and insistent. These ingredients are closely followedand are part of the training philosophy and methods you and your puppy will be taught in Dr. Polsky's Head Start Puppy Training Program.

 

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