In-House Training & Protection Training

By: Coach House Boarding Kennels & Cattery

You As The Trainer

A good dog trainer is patient. He or she understands that training takes time and is willing to spend the time. He or she is intelligent, and he thinks clearly about what effect certain actions will have upon the dog. Also, he has "feeling", and accurate intuition for what makes dogs do the things that they do. Our trainers are not dogmatic, but flexible - always ready to re - examine beliefs and methods and adapt them to particular nature and endowment of the pupil.

 

A good trainer is emotionally disciplined and has an even disposition. He or she is not prone to temper tantrums and can administer both praise and punishment appropriately. When the trainer disiplines the animal, we does it impartially - we disipline as the result of a thoughtful decision to use force in order to get results rather than from wrath and the desire to relieve some of his frustration by taking vengeance upon the dog.

 

Our trainers have integrity, in the sense that he is his own person and does not depend upon his dog's behaviour or performance to give him a sense of worth, identity or importance.

 

Finally, the good dog trainer has a worldly understanding of the pupil, and knows it for a dog, and only a dog. We realise that the animal does things for its own reasons and does not necessarily live its whole life in order to please its trainer. We accept that sometimes the dog will be less than completely brave, that the animal has no sense of fair play or honesty, that it does nothing for spite and that its basic nature is that of an opportunistic predator.

 

The trainer must respect his dog not just as an asset or possession, or as a way of gaining recognition by winning trophies, but as a living, breathing and utterly unique product of nature. After all, each and every dog is an event of biology that will never happen again.

 

From the trainer's respect for his dog should arise the capacity to self - examine, let the trainer examine himself when his dog makes a mistake or does not understand an exercise, and ask himself.

 

In-House Training

Points to remember:

1. Make certain the check chain is on correctly.
2. Train your dog for 10 minutes twice daily in as many different areas as possible. e.g. House, Yard, Park, and shopping centres etc.Do this for the next two months and there after four times a week.
3. Praise must be given the instant your dog responds positively to your command. It may be by voice, pats or even a small food reward. If he is excitable tone down the praise, if he is timid or disinterested always give him plenty of encouragement.
4. Correction must be given the instant your dog responds negatively to your commands. It must be given firm enough so he stops misbehaving immediately. Correction is given by the use of the check chain and a firm No command.
5. Do not repeat commands - one command one response. If he does not obey you, physically make him do what he is told.
6. Drop stays are the best way to calm and steady your dog. These must be done in quiet areas and later on around distractions e.g. dogs, people etc.
7. Deny and give permission as often as possible in every aspect of your dogs life, e.g. before he eats, before he jumps up into the car, before he enters your house.
8. Train your dog in as many different areas as possible. When you start training, use the word "Work." When you finish training use a release word, e.g. "Free"
9. Be consistent, be firm and be fair

 

Protection Training

Coach House trainers have the unique ability to develop your family pet into your personal family protector.

 

We also offer for sale green dogs or trained dogs, once again suitable for protection work, ie, Police Work, Military Dogs, Security Dogs, Working Service Dogs.