Training a Puppy Getting a puppy for the first time is exciting - they are so cute and bouncy, and they love you to pieces.
You are the leader of the pack in the dog's eyes, so when you respond with praise it makes him feel good - and he'll know from your tone if his leader is not happy.
But to keep the owner/pet relationship on a happy, even keel, your puppy must know its place within the household- and plenty of good training is required.
The five basic commands you will need to teach your dog in order to obtain a good degree of control are: sit, down, stay, come and heel (for walking nicely on the lead).
You really need to start training your puppy as soon as you bring it home. The most important words that it must quickly learn are its name - and the meaning of the word "no". It's just like dealing with children - when you say "no", you must stick to it! The tone of your voice as much as the word will help stop your puppy chewing the furniture or jumping up at you, as well as preventing little puddles around the house - but it will take a little time.
Beryl’s Diary Of course, there was no Arthur, the stranger was dreaming but I was scared to go back to bed and had to get in with my two sisters. Gran and Mrs. Morris's imprint on family life was only just beginning. The two of them would sit about the kitchen for hours, moaning every time a door was opened or closed and giving mum tips on what they would do to us kids if they were in charge.
A puppy's attention span is short, just like a child's, so 10 minutes at a time is enough. Always make it fun and always end on a positive note. If you can't manage alone, join a local dog training class.
I didn’t help matters by repeating the conversations ‘the bookends’ had at night.
Take your new young pet out frequently, especially after waking, eating and drinking and before you go to bed at night. When training, you should always praise the puppy - your tone has got to be enthusiastic and affectionate.
One I can remember was "Well our Will (meaning my dad) could have done a lot better for himself." Of course, when I repeated it to my mum she said, “Could he have indeed, not with a dragon like that for a mother.”
Your new little friend will respond well if you reward him with verbal praise. And if he makes a mistake, just use a cross voice - without shouting. Punishment should never be used in training. If you punish your dog, it will only teach him to be scared of you and may eventually teach him to be aggressive.
One morning, after the postman had been, mum informed us our grannie was coming to stay for a month. Her face was longer than a wet week!
He will mistrust you and your relationship may break down. If your dog is disobedient or naughty the best thing to do is completely ignore him (and that includes looking at him) or shut him out of the room for 5-10 minutes.
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Next day off went dad to pick her up. We all knew the score with gran, she was handy at giving us a back-hander if we said much so we always kept at arm’s length from her. There was not much love lost between us kids and our grannie. When dad's old pick-up came into the yard there was not one old biddy in there but two. It seems our gran had brought her friend, a Mrs Morris who, at 75, had just lost her husband. Mum was livid but apart from showing them the door there was not much she could do. 'I'll have to put the double bed in Beryl's room, you two will have to sleep together and our Beryl can sleep in a camp bed by the side.' 'Why me mum?' I asked, 'it's not fair!' 'Nothing is fair in this world,' said mum. I knew better than to argue with her. Nights became a funny affair. Gran would be sat up in bed with this mob cap on and the stranger by her side. Like two wrinkly dwarfs they sat there, talking to each other and drinking brandy for their nerves, they said. Most nights I fell asleep with the two ‘book ends’ sat up but one night I was woken by the stranger, she was bolt upright in bed talking to some ‘Arthur’. I listened and she said 'Arthur, you're cold - get into bed.' I was petrified. I ran into my parent's bedroom gabbling that Arthur was in my room and he was cold. Dad shot out of bed in his shirt. 'Arthur, what bloody Arthur is she talking about Brenda?'
Talk about enemy camps. Poor dad was drifting from one enemy to the other every five minutes as he tried to keep the peace - and when their brandy bottle ran dry they complained of fainting turns and heartburn that only dad's medicinal brandy could cure. Mum, being teetotal, was getting madder and madder as they got drunker and drunker. Next day poor gran fell over in her stupor and broke her hip. The ambulance came and took her to hospital. Now dad had a reason to get the stranger off our hands, which he promptly did next day. Arthur it appeared had been her late husband. God, I hoped she had taken him as well! The day my father went to fetch gran from hospital, I'm sure the staff were so relieved. She had them dancing attendance on her day and night.