Expecting your dog to learn what it is that you want them to do is not always that easy. If you expect them to get it right after just one or two sessions of training, then you may be expecting too much.

And you may well discover that the training, which you thought would be a quick and easy task, actually takes you much longer than you had expected. But this is not always the fault of the dog, most often the fault lies with the owner.

One mistake a lot of owners make is in making too much of a fuss when your dog does not get something right. What you need to be doing is accentuating the positive, and overlooking the negative.

And remember that dogs love to get the attention and approval of their owners, and will do almost anything to get it, so when they do something right them praise them, and praise them, and they will soon make getting that thing right the norm.

But please do remember that your dog does not understand a single word that you are saying. They do not speak your language, all that they can hope to do is connect some words, with certain actions.

If they make a mess for instance in your house while you are out, its no good yelling at them when you come in, they will not connect the two things. Just show some tender loving care, and a big spoonful of patience.

Don’t make the mistake when training your dog of getting upset if she doesn’t understand you or continues to make the same mistake if you’re not catching her right then and there. Punishing her after the fact is pointless and ineffective.

The last mistake that I want to talk about is the one of having too high an expectation for your training. If your dog does not progress as rapidly as you hoped, then its no good getting mad about it, just accept it, and perhaps consider the possibility of some professional training.

A professional trainer may be able to identify any problem straight away, and, more importantly, may know just how to fix it.

Training your dog is basically a way of ensuring that it acts in a disciplined and reasonable style. Dog training basically is a process that involves a series of well-articulated directions repeated faithfully enough for a dog to get used to and respond to. There are numerous aspects of dog training. However, obedience dog training is a fundamental training process that a dog must go through first. It is the desire of all dog owners’ that their dogs obey their directive. Once you can train your dog to obey, every other thing falls into place.

In obedience dog training, there are five basic directives or behaviors that a dog is taught. They are:

- Down: This command is ordinarily uttered to calm an especially exuberant dog. Your dog may be the overly excited kind that loves to paw individuals, lunge at them or even tug at their clothes. Teaching a dog to stay down when you order it to can help to keep its excesses in check. The ‘down’ instruction is simply a position of subservience the dog adopts when it is being excessive in its behavior.

- Sit: You can train your dog to sit down in a accurate place. This direction is good for situations where you can’t go into particular places with your dog. Teaching your dog to sit down and stay put while you shop or acquire something prevents it from wandering off and getting lost.

- Stay: The stay command is almost similar to the sit direction except that you use it in situations where you are going to leave your dog alone for an exceptionally long period of time.

- Recall: Calling your dog to you is a direction that establishes you as the master. The recall direction is manufactured to call your dog’s attention to you and to get it to come to where you are.

- Close or loose leash walking: You need to teach your dog how to respond to a leash. One basic dog-training tool, the leash enables you to do a variety of things ranging from walking your dog to correcting your dog. A dog that isn’t used to a leash may not be able to respond favorably to your other instructions.

Each of these instructions is executed using different words depending on the dog trainer. Use words that your dog will easily understand and get used to.

This article is written so that you might know about the different types of dog training that is available.

The more you look into it the more you will come to discover that there are many and varied forms of dog training, so the question will arise in your mind as to which is the best for you, and your dog.

Most dog owners and also people in general are unaware of the various kinds of dog trainings provided. The types of dog training change with the varying stages of development in the dog.

Perhaps your dog has already had some training, then again maybe they have not had any at all. This must be taken into account when you look into your dogs training needs.

The first level of dog training is the basic dog training. The basic training is meant for beginners ” either a puppy or a grown-up dog that is being trained for the first time. This level includes only the rudiments ” how to make a dog sit, stay and come when called. Some part of it also aims at teaching the dog to socialize with other dogs and people in a proper way. This is particularly given to puppies. And if your dog had never taken training before, this basic level is where to start with.

The next level is the intermediate level. This level of dog training is not for puppies, but for those adult dogs that have undertaken the basics either formally or at home by their own owners. This intermediate type of training trains a dog to heel, walk properly on a leash, fetch something and return. It also revises the basics of sitting, staying and coming etc.

Finally we come to the advanced level of dog training. You should only consider advanced level training if your dog has completed successfully the more elementary levels of training. What normally happens in the advanced class is that your dog is taught to respond to both your commands, and hand signals. Commands and signals such as come, stay, sit, fetch, heel, lie down, and so on.

Once your dog is comfortable with responding to hand signals then you can move on to teaching your dog how to walk beside you without being on the leash. The training will also teach your dog how to pay attention to you, and not be distracted by other people or dogs that they might see whilst out walking. This of course is indeed advanced training and hence it is only suitable for obedient and well behaved dogs.

Like all good training, dog training should also have motivators like prizes and rewards to yield better and more positive results. Hitting and yelling at the dog to make it pick up one action is not a wise technique while training. Instead of being a success, chances are that it will give negative output. So you must make sure that the dog training you assign your dog is a positive one, which indulges in positive strategies.

You must also be careful about choosing the right course for your dog”the course best-suited to it. That way, you may soon be able to boast of owning a dog that is obedient, well-mannered, well adjusted and the perfect pet one can have!