Free Puppy Training – Name Recognition

Posted November 15th, 2009 by
A puppy is just like a new born baby. It has no idea that it can have a name and that it has to respond to a name. Like the many other commands that puppies and dogs eventually learn (e.g. sit, come, stay), a puppy has to be trained to recognize its name. This is the most basic and fundamental training any puppy or dog has to go through as this establishes the association of someone calling their name, which then requires them to pay attention. So when a puppy is able to recognize its name and focus its attention on you, you can build upon it and have the puppy learn other commands and tricks. Getting a puppy to recognize its own name is actually a very fun game which you can do it yourself with the following Free Puppy Training tips:

Tip 1
Find a quiet place with as little distraction as possible to conduct your training session. This could be any rooms in the house or a small fenced up section in your yard. Grab some of your puppy's favorite treats and put it in your pocket. 

Tip 2
Have the puppy wander around you and make some noise (e.g. whistling, saying "Hey!) to attract the attention of your puppy. Once the puppy looks in your direction, say "Yes!" in a upbeat, happy voice and give him a little treat. Let the puppy wander off. Do this 2-3 times so that your puppy learns that by giving you his attention, he gets a treat.

Tip 3
Now, the puppy needs to learn how to make eye contact with you. Again, make some noise to get the puppy's attention. Hold the treat at the side/near your eye. This encourages the puppy to look at your eyes. When the puppy makes eye contact with you, even for a small fraction of a second, say "Yes!" in the same upbeat voice and reward him with the treat. Again, let the puppy wander off. Repeat this exercise 2-3 times and make sure that your puppy maintains a slightly longer period of eye contact (e.g. 1-2 seconds the second time, 2-3 seconds the third time) before the treat is given. The purpose of doing this is so that the puppy learns to give you a cue that it is giving you full attention by maintaining eye contact.

Tip 4
Now step it up to the next level by adding the puppy's name. Call the puppy's name in a happy voice and wait for your puppy to look at you. As with tip 3, the treat is held at the level of your eye. When the puppy engages in eye contact, say "Yes!" and give your puppy the treat. Do this exercise 2-3 times. If you call out your puppy's name at least twice and there's no response from the puppy, backtrack to Tip 3 and start from there. It is important that you do NOT call out your puppy's name repeatedly if there is no response. Otherwise, the puppy will learn that the "name" is just something that can be ignored.

Tip 5
Change to another spot in the room/section and repeat Tip 4 a few times. You can then end the training session by praising the puppy or giving it some affectionate pets to let your puppy know that it has done a good job.

Remember that puppies have very short attention span. The above Free Puppy Training tip should take you about 15 minutes at the max so that both of you can end on a good note. Repeat this training at different locations and spread the training sessions throughout the day. Be consistent with your puppy's name and do not use name variation as your puppy will get confused and you will have to start all over again. If somehow your puppy does not "get it" immediately, it's OK. Just proceed slowly as patience and consistency are the keys to successful training. Never ever call out your puppy's name in a growling or angry tone or punish your puppy after you called its name.

After a few days of name recognition training, slowly replace the treats with a good scratch, petting and words of praise so that an overall positive association is built rather than just having treats. This helps your puppy builds a strong link between its name, giving you attention and good things happening, as well as a solid foundation towards more puppy obedience training with less reliance on treats.
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Free Puppy Training Video – Welcome Home, Puppy

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Free Puppy Training – Basic Introduction

Posted November 5th, 2009 by
Free Puppy Training is, as much as anything else, the formation of good habits. By indulging your puppy and letting it run wild for a long period of time, doing whatever the puppy likes to do, bad habits will form easily and quickly. Puppy Training Classes for most of the time accepts puppies only after they have gone through all their vaccination shots. So between the time of you acquiring your puppy and the puppy training classes, as the proud owner of the new puppy, you have the responsibility to give your puppy some basic training.
Here at FreePuppyTrainingIdeas.com, we provide Free Puppy Training ideas and tips that you can use to work with your puppy. We highly recommend the use of consistent and positive reinforcements in all your training as this helps in creating great bond and trust building sessions, as well as developing a confident and smart thinking puppy. Positive reinforcement is whereby the puppy is rewarded (e.g. a praise such as "good boy" or a small nibble of treat) IMMEDIATELY following a desired behavior/action. Such reinforcements are then carried out consistently until your puppy associates the desired behavior/action with the reward.
As the puppy is still of a young age, they naturally have a short attention span. As such, training sessions should be kept to a shorter time frame of 5-10 minutes so that the puppy can keep its attention long enough and you can finish the session on a positive note. Such training sessions can then be repeated 3-5 times a day to reinforce the training. As the bond between you and your puppy gets stronger and your puppy matures, training sessions can be lengthen progressively to include other forms of skill training and obedience training.
A puppy or any pets for the matter, is not obliged to behave according to our peck and call. However, should the puppy accepts and learns its training so that life together is more enjoyable and fun, it deserves to be treated with a lot of respect and love. It is important that you follow through with these Free Puppy Training ideas every time you are with your puppy, even though it may not be a training session. Always reward your puppy when it does something right. Remember, the number one key to a well-trained puppy is Consistent and Positive reinforcements.

Free Puppy Training

 Free Puppy Training is, as much as anything else, the formation of good habits. By indulging your puppy and letting it run wild for a long period of time, doing whatever the puppy likes to do, bad habits will form easily and quickly. Puppy Training Classes for most of the time accepts puppies only after they have gone through all their vaccination shots. So between the time of you acquiring your puppy and the puppy training classes, as the proud owner of the new puppy, you have the responsibility to give your puppy some basic training.
 
Here at FreePuppyTrainingIdeas.com, we provide Free Puppy Training ideas and tips that you can use to work with your puppy. We highly recommend the use of consistent and positive reinforcements in all your training as this helps in creating great bond and trust building sessions, as well as developing a confident and smart thinking puppy. Positive reinforcement is whereby the puppy is rewarded (e.g. a praise such as "good boy" or a small nibble of treat) IMMEDIATELY following a desired behavior/action. Such reinforcements are then carried out consistently until your puppy associates the desired behavior/action with the reward.
 
As the puppy is still of a young age, they naturally have a short attention span. As such, training sessions should be kept to a shorter time frame of 5-10 minutes so that the puppy can keep its attention long enough and you can finish the session on a positive note. Such training sessions can then be repeated 3-5 times a day to reinforce the training. As the bond between you and your puppy gets stronger and your puppy matures, training sessions can be lengthen progressively to include other forms of skill training and obedience training.
 
A puppy or any pets for the matter, is not obliged to behave according to our peck and call. However, should the puppy accepts and learns its training so that life together is more enjoyable and fun, it deserves to be treated with a lot of respect and love. It is important that you follow through with these Free Puppy Training ideas every time you are with your puppy, even though it may not be a training session. Always reward your puppy when it does something right. Remember, the number one key to a well-trained puppy is Consistent and Positive reinforcements.
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