Educate yourself to be a Better Dog Trainer
Do you remember the old time when you were you school? There were some favorite teachers and some not. Why Student looked at them as the favorite teacher? Was it about appearance? Was it about their teaching style? It was about definitely about their teaching style. Favorite teachers were so good at sharing their knowledge; therefore their student will understand easily every single subject they teach. In other word, favorite teachers make their student learn faster. They have the ability to simplify a complex subject in order to make us easier to understand.
In the world of dog training, the same things happen. Great dog trainers have the ability to make their student who is a dog, learn faster. They are different from average dog trainer. What makes them different? The great dog trainer knows their material better than the average dog trainer. The knowledge about training dogs is important to be mastered if you want to be a great dog trainer. If you have more knowledge, you will know your material better because you can see from every aspect based on your knowledge. Knowledge here means the practical thing about how to do things when it comes to dog training.
The other things need to be mastered is to understand the psychology of the dog. Dogs have their own psychology as human have their own too. Dogs behave in a certain way they do based on their psychology. Many trainers do not have this understanding. They want their dogs follow every instruction they say and ignoring the fact that dogs have their own psychology. Therefore, in order to train your dog faster, you need to have the understanding about how your dogs think. Learn from every mistake they make and read every detail of their behavior. You will get the knowledge about why they behave the way the do. Let us move on to the next point. Dogs need leader to give them instruction. You may wonder about my statement. Yes, it is true. It is their psychology. Dogs need to be lead by a good leader. After understanding this knowledge, now you should establish yourself as the leader of your dog who gives instruction for them. Give them a clear instruction in a polite way. Because they can feel your emotion at the time you give the instruction. The last thing you need to know is about praising your dog if they do your instruction correctly.