Outdoor Training

Responsible Ownership

Remember that enjoying the love, loyalty, and companionship of a canine brings obligations to maintain not only the dog’s basic needs, but also the quality of life of your family, friends, and neighbors. Ensure that you obey the local legal requirements concerning dogs, and obtain insurance for your dog.

Road Sense

Once your puppy responds to commands in your home and garden, you can move to busier environments. With the approval of your vet, take your dog to public places so that it can become accustomed to traffic noise. Use a lead to keep your dog safe and under control at all times. Always command your dog to sit before crossing a road.

Introducing The Car

Train your dog to look upon the car as a second home. Dogs can quite naturally enjoy car journeys, both because they find the trips exciting, and because car journeys often end in exercise and meeting with other dogs. Take your dog on frequent short trips so that it becomes accustomed to the car. If your dog experiences car sickness, do not feed it before the trip, and protect the car with newspaper.

Control & Restraint

Always keep your dog under control when taking it out to a public place.

Muzzle your dog if you have any doubts about its temperament, especially in the presence of children.

Use only a safe, basket-type muzzle that allows the dog to pant freely.

The Importance Of Playtime

Socialize your pet by arranging meetings with dogs that are well controlled. Keep both dogs that are well controlled. Keep both dogs on their leads for the initial introduction. After they have sniffed each other thoroughly and become acquainted, allow them to play together. It is through play that dogs learn about cement their pack relationship.

Dogs With Children

Even the friendliest dog should be introduced to your young children only in presence, and under the supervision, of an adult, it might not be used to the more rapid and jerky movements of children.

Instruct children to stroke the dog from the side. They should never pat a dog’s head, as this is a dominant gesture to a canine.

Because children are much smaller and less authoritative than adults, they are more at risk from bites.

The “Down & Stay” Command
Teach your dog to stay down on command in order to maintain control in the presence of children or in other distracting environments. This exercise requires great patience to keep the dog calm. Be careful not to display anger, but neither should you be flamboyant with your praise.

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