Articles about American Pit Bull Terrier
...to start reading this article from the beginning please click on here....As a tool of choice you can use a prong collar, and it is better to have it on your dog when you take her/him out to work. You may put it on him as soon as you open her/his crate to work her/him even though you, for example, hook a leash to a buckle collar. Therefore, she/he can always see a prong as something positive. At this stage, you may hook her/him up to a prong collar and step into training field. Now you should start the same routine and you may handle her/him walking closer to some dogs than others. If she/he gives an unwanted behavior like lagging or pulling away toward another dog, you need to give her/him a sharp pop on the prong. The "pop" should last the same amount of time as the tick of the clock. It must be firm but not overpowering as to put her/him into a trauma. Remember you are walking all the time, so the pop on the leash should be done in sequence. As soon as your dog gets to you (which should be immediately) you pet and praise effusively as you get to the end of "the track". Once there you stop and lower your body to praise slowly and profoundly. You want her/him to feel relaxed and reassured with you. There is some another example. Surely you have seen many dogs begin to get anxious when they even hear another dog so what you can start doing is walking your dog on a trail that is lined with backyards with barking dogs. As you start to approach the trail, ask for a sit, mark the behavior with a yes and give your dog a small low-value treat (i.e. charlie bear, dry cookies, kibble)the closer you get to the fences with barking the more frequently you should stop and treat. This preps your dog to be alert to you for the possibility of another treat and the dog begins to associate the barking of the other dog with food. When you get about two feet ahead, you should continue to ask for a sit, mark with a yes, and treat but this time using a high-value treat (i.e. chicken pieces, sausages, liver brownies). This gets the dog even more motivated to be close to the house with the barking dog and is likely to keep the dog alert to you. You may continue to walk a few steps and then treat all the way. Then you may stop and praise your dog as if she/he just talked. You can do the same thing when you are near another dog. Let's say you're 30ft from a dog across the street every few steps ask your dog to sit, mark the behavior, treat and then walk a few more steps. You will find that your dog will actually be excited to be close to other dogs because he/she knows it means lots of treats....to continue reading this article please click on here...
