How To Prevent Your Dog Or Puppy From Embarrassing You

Obedience classes and extensive training are the best ways to help with How to prevent your dog or puppy from embarrassing you at home or in public when they are around other dogs or people. There are many techniques for helping a puppy or dog to control themselves when it comes to learning what they should and shouldn’t do around other animals and people.

If you have a puppy, beginning obedience training classes as soon as they are part of your family is recommended. The sooner they realize that you are the leader of the pack and that they need to listen to what you are saying and commanding them to do, the better it will be for both you and the puppy.

Knowing that they are going to be loved and well cared for is one of the basic things puppies need to know before they will commit to behaving for an owner. They also need to know where their limits are. Just as children, puppies need to know that there are restrictions to what is acceptable and what is not. It is worth the effort and time put in to training a puppy although it can become frustrating after long hours and sometimes the puppy wants to do other things; but sooner or later you will have a good dog.

It is most embarrassing when people come to your house and a puppy or dog full of energy comes bounding around the corner and jumps up on the visitor. This is especially difficult when the person visiting does not like or care for dogs.

To prevent your puppy or dog from jumping on visitors, even family members like grandma, it is important to teach them a simple command like a sit stay or a down stay which you can put them in before answering the door. A dog that can master this basic command will stay in this position no matter what is going on around them.

Schools for dogs and puppies are wonderful places for your pets to learn the good behavior they need and to control their excess energy some have. Depending on the dog’s breed and the amount of effort an owner puts out, this will determine when a dog or puppy ‘clicks’ with their training and masters the correct commands for stay, heel and sit.

There is another command that is important to the control of a dog or puppy and that is the command ‘leave it’. This tells the dog not to sniff, touch or go after something they want. For example if you and your dog are going for a walk and another individual with their puppy are approaching and are going to pass you and your dog, you would want to say leave it as you pass the other dog because your dog will want to sniff or investigate the other animal. This could be embarrassing if the dogs begin to sniff each other in the proper manor which is sniffing each others back side. Proper dog etiquette is to sniff the bottom, not the face because some dogs will bite or growl if approached in the face.

There are many different exercises a dog owner and their puppy will participate in at dog school and one that helps with the embarrassing jumping on strangers or visitors is the ‘meet and greet’ exercise. These workouts has the class split up into two groups, on either side of the arena, and then walk towards each other with their dogs at heel position. Once they are about a foot away from each other, the handler puts their dog or puppy on a sit stay and proceeds to greet the other dog handler with a handshake. The dogs are to remain sitting without jumping or moving. Another part of the exercise is for each handler to wave their arm over the top of the dog and pat the other person on the shoulder.

Although fulfilling and fun, learning How to prevent your dog or puppy from embarassing you will take time and a lot of effort on the part of the owner in addition to a lot of patience. Practice is another big commitment a dog owner must resign themselves to if they want a well behaved pooch they are not embarrassed to take out in public or have people over to their house.

Puppy training can be frustrating. Training a dog requires discipline and consistancy. When experiencing problems, consult a professional.

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