DOG Training TOYS

Unfortunately, finding the right trainer isn’t always easy. Where do you find a good trainer? How do you know if a trainer is good? What questions should you ask of a trainer?
As I write this book in 2003, nowhere in the United States are dog obedience trainers tested or licensed. This is also true in all Canadian provinces. By dog obedience trainers, I mean those people who teach

companion or pet dog obedience. (I am not talking about trainers who teach dogs to sniff bombs, work at search and rescue or with police dogs. Nor am I talking about service dog trainers.) To put it another way, anyone who wants to call themselves a pet dog trainer can do so. You can print up business cards, hand them out, set up an answering machine for your new training business and—poof!—you’re a dog trainer. That’s kind of scary, when you think about it.
Because there are no state or federal standards for dog trainers, it is up to dog owners to make educated choices about whom to hire.
Regardless of which trainer you choose and which training meth¬ods and/or principles they subscribe to, there are really only three basic kinds of programs trainers offer:

1. Group obedience training
2. Private obedience training
3. In-kennel training

GROUP OBEDIENCE TRAINING

Group training involves you taking your dog to a place where there are four to 20 other like-minded people and their dogs. At this location, a trainer will teach everyone how to train their pets. In most basic classes, commands are taught entirely while the dog is on a leash. Basic commands are usually sit, stay, come, down, heel and loose leash walking. Aside from obedience, simple problem-solving instructions to help owners address jumping, chewing, digging and housebreaking are usually included.
FYI, “heel” means the dog walks directly at your left side…