Dog Training for Beginners, and Beyond!
Your everyday training guide throughout your dog’s life!
Dear Friend:
Welcome. My name is Dennis Dalia, and I’m a full-time dog trainer. I have over 30 years of experience training dogs and dog owners. During that time I’ve gained a good amount of knowledge about dog training. My goal is to share some of what I have learned about breeding, training, and raising German Shepherds with you.
I train all breeds of dogs. I have a big heart for German Shepherds and a strong passion for training them. The most important thing about dogs is you must train them or they will train you.
I will be adding new helpful videos with some awesome-trained puppies and older dogs. I love to share helpful information and training methods that work well today, and for many years to come.
This is your home for great dog training information, tips, and resources for starting your new puppy off on the right steps, with my helpful training guide for raising a well-trained German Shepherd puppy. I can only tell you that owning a well-trained dog is one of the best experiences that I ever had.
German Shepherd puppies are a great breed of dog and so much fun, because of their loving temperament wanting to please us., they love to work and have fun when playing with us. Play should be a big part of your training program.
Attention and focus Is the key to successful dog training and beyond!
Your Everyday Training Guide Is All About
How to raise and train your dog for the everyday lifestyle. Building a solid foundation with your new best friend.
How to get started with training your puppy or older dog the right way.
How to avoid the biggest mistake that every pet owner makes.
How to solve your biggest challenges with your dog. Or maybe you are looking to become better with your training, to take your skills to the next level. You’re in the right place! Sign-up Below!
Many dog training experts estimate that the 80% failure rate of people attempting to train their dogs, is because of not having the right training program and inconsistency in their training. I have personally witnessed this far too many times.
German Shepherd Puppy Training. This is a six-month-old Puppy.
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Behavior Problems
Understanding why you have behavior problems requires the right dog training information. This information will play a big part in fixing any dog’s behavior problems. Every day I talk to people who have behavior issues with their dogs, but it never ceases to amaze me how often I am told the same thing.
They took their dog to obedience classes, but their dog is still running away, or will not stop pulling them down the road, and a litany of other behavior problems.
I have seen so many people struggle to correct their dog’s behaviors that have been compounded by incorrect or inadequate training, but those people with the right information and training, have witnessed success in their dog training.
This enabled them to truly enjoy having a well-trained dog, whether for personal protection or as a member of the family. The difference between failure and success is the right dog training information.
Dogs Do Not fail at training, people simply GIVE UP”
Welcome to. Dog Training for Beginners.
Basic-Your foundation work. As dog owners, we all want a well-trained dog. If you never trained a German Shepherd before this will be one awesome journey for you. Understanding and learning pack structure in your dog will give you the proper love and respect, for building trust and having a long loving relationship with your puppy or older dog.
With the foundation work, everyone needs to know.
Building Pack Structure -Puppyhood and Beyond!
Training begins the minute you bring home your new puppy or older dog. This is the number one biggest mistake that everyone makes. It’s human nature.
We as humans are led to believe that giving our new dogs time to settle into their new home and surroundings for weeks and months is what we should do. But that’s wrong.
You have to understand that all dogs and puppies live by rules and boundaries. It’s how they survive when living in the pack. That’s called pack structure.
You need to establish pack structure with your dog. If you don’t establish the rules and boundaries they will. And that’s when the behavior problems begin. And that’s why so many puppies and older dogs are given up every day as I’m talking to you now.
Puppy training for beginners:
Eight weeks to sixteen weeks of age. Getting started with training a new puppy? This will give you the information you need, so you can start housebreaking right away.
Attention- Training should begin at three months of age
Building your dog’s attention and focus is the key to successful dog training.
Getting started with teaching basic commands. This is what everyone thinks they should do with their dog. But to me, it’s wrong because dogs learn how to respond through body language first, then commands.
This is why I like to work with the nature of the dog. We can’t change the (DNA) of the dog, and how they learn. Understanding your dog’s mind, and how they see whatever you’re trying to teach them. Will give you the results you want when training a dog. This, way when it’s time for me to teach commands they are already responding to me.
When you start leash training your dog, you need to teach your pup to focus on you. We want our puppy to follow us around while being on a leash. Attention training should be done from the beginning of leash work. This is, the biggest mistake everyone makes when they start leash training their dogs. This is why their dogs are still dragging them down the road.
If your dog does not pay attention to you, how will he or she” ever learn any commands? Think about it for a minute or two.
You need to start training around your home first. Once you feel that you are doing better with your training, and your dog stops pulling on the leash, then I recommend going out of your comfort zone to practice.
I recommend you start two or three times a day, for 2o to 3o minutes each time you work your puppy. Then always end your training lesson with play. Ball training is a good reward, or any other type of toy you like to use. Just have fun with them.
Here I’m training a four-month-old German Shepherd Puppy, named, Roxanne. In the next two videos with me, and Roxanne, I’m taking her out of her comfort zone to practice.
How to start leash training work with a German Shepherd Puppy.
Here’s me and Roxanne training downtown in real-world distractions.
Learning how to handle a new puppy can be challenging.
What next?
Continue to read more in-depth information about getting your dog trained with my helpful tips and videos. I recommend you get started by reviewing some of my other pages on this blog.
One of the most-asked questions,
Do you recommend using food for training your dogs? To answer this question, I have put a video together that explains my recommendations for using food as a reward. In this video, I show you how I use food for training my own dogs.
Dog Training Tips and advice for more Advanced Training
Welcome to your first post in a four-part series on dog training with helpful tips. The full series is:
1. How To Train Your Dog-Helpful Tips For Getting Best Results
2. How I Use Food When Training My Dogs
3. Dog Training With My Dog’s Favorite Toy
4. Training A German Shepherd Puppy
Remember: “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.:- Josh Billings
Best success to all!
Dennis Dalia.