Dog Training: Would Your Dog Listen If You Punish Him?

Article Title: Dog Training: Would Your Dog Listen If You
Punish Him?
Author: David Willis

Always use praise instead of punishment with dog training. Dogs
respond best to positive dog training rather than negative. With
all of this in mind you should be able to teach your dog the 3
basis commands such as sit - stay - fetch. There are many
different dog training techniques that are out there today. Many
people often don't realize that dog training courses often
utilize different dog training techniques. Unfortunately one
part of dog training that is not gone over very well in dog
training classes is chewing.

Reprimanding your dog should not happen often as dogs respond
better to positive reinforcement used in dog training. A dog
that has been properly trained won't take a nip at other dogs or
pedestrians when you are out for walks. Your frustration can
cause you to want to force the issue and end up taking two steps
backward with your progress. See
http://www.dogtraining-online.us/know-your-dog/opting-for-a-purebred-dog.html

The dog may run back and forth and bark. The owner may think
this is annoying or anxious behavior on the part of the dog and
that training is the answer. There are several things to keep in
mind before starting any dog obedience training. You need to
understand that dogs have an attention span of no more than ten
to fifteen minutes. A well socialized bred and adjusted puppy or
dog will feel no need to act aggressively. A dog that acts this
way demonstrates that there is a problem with the dog's
relationship to humans. " To let your dog up from sitting give
him a release command such as "free" or "break.

When these feelings are all mixed up their only known
protection for themselves is to bite because they cannot
understand the situation logically. Therefore people should know
that in order to avoid such circumstances. So-- How do you work
with a "high functioning" abused dog? And how do you teach your
dog to relax and enjoy life? Dogs bark because we humans want
our dogs to bark. For years our domestication process and
selective breeding has allowed our dogs to develop their barking
abilities. The sit command: This is usually the first command
new owners teach their dog.

About The Author: Expert dog training online tips and tricks at
http://www.dogtraining-online.us

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Puppy Power

Title: Puppy Power
Author: Gary Crow

Puppy Power
I'm sitting here watching our puppy bark at his reflection
in the window in the door to the back yard. His goal is to
get outside but he has a problem. There is a guard dog on
the other side of the window, staying right with him, bark
for bark, preventing his exit. He first runs up to the
other dog, tries to get past him, then backs away to
analyze and evaluate. They go back-and-forth like this for
a few minutes until pup is distracted by some unseen and
unheard temptation in the kitchen.

Dumb, dumb dog. That is certainly not anything you would
ever find me doing: barking at my shadow in the window. I'm
sure you never behave like that either. After all, we are
mature, responsible adults who can distinguish reality from
our reflections in the window. The things that frighten us
are definitely there and absolutely justify our fear. The
barriers to our success are substantial and certainly not
products of our imaginations or in anyway self-made.

There is that puppy again. What is he up to this time? He
is running around in circles, jumping up and changing
directions, yipping at only he knows what, and having
himself a right good time. He is having way too much fun.
That pup makes three minutes of silliness seem like a day
at the circus. There is no point to it. He is just running
around like a…, well, like a puppy.

There comes that pup again. What is he up to this time? He
has been in the bathroom and now he is in the living room,
proudly pulling the TP along behind him. Do I get upset
with him, laugh at his antics, or just sit back and
appreciate his cleverness? How did he manage to pull the TP
out of the bathroom, down the steps, around three corners,
and into the living room in one piece? Maybe I will try
that just to see if I am at least as clever as a pup; but
alas, someone might see me. After all, I'm a responsible,
mature adult who has his image to consider.

Wonder when we lost our puppy's view of the world? Maybe
the pup knew that it was his reflection in the window or
maybe not. It likely does not matter either way. He is now
playing the same game with me. Run up very close, bark, and
then scoot back, just out of reach. Do it again, and then
again. Woops, there he goes. He is off to other more
interesting activities. No, he wasn't distracted after all.
He simply tired of the game. For him, every situation has
the potential for fun be it seeing his reflection in the
window, taking time to run around in circles, or indulging
in the great TP pull.

Look at him, lying in my favorite chair where he is not
supposed to be, just resting it seems. I'll bet he is not
there because he is tired, though. He is conserving his
energy for his next escapade. Cute puppies!

That pup may have something to teach us, not that he cares
whether we learn the lesson or not. He is only being a pup,
doing puppy stuff. Still, the lesson is there. If we are
open to it, we can learn the lessons of puppy power.

• Puppy power is recognizing our reflection in the window
and giving it a good bark, knowing that if we shake it off
and walk away, it will walk away too.

• Puppy power is stopping for three minutes of pure fun,
time to run around in circles and jump for joy.

• Puppy power is finding out if we really can pull the TP
through the house in one continuous pull.

• Puppy power is stopping to rest, not because we are tired
but so we will have the energy we will need for our next
adventure.

I'll be dog gone if that's not one smart pup. Hot dog! my
friend; here's to puppy power.

About the Author:

For more articles by Gary Crow, visit
http://www.LeadershipVillage.com
or http://www.StuffWorthKnowing.com

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Dog Training Online: How To Focus On Your Dog's Needs?

Article Title: Dog Training Online: How To Focus On Your Dog's
Needs?
Author: Adwina Jackson

The first type of dog training is basic dog training. This type
of dog training can be for puppies or for adult dogs that have
never received any type of dog training. Positive dog training
techniques involve using only praise and positive reinforcement.
This means positive dog training rewards your dog for good
behavior or when it performs a command correctly. Basic dog
training can often be easier if the dog is on a leash. This is
because the dog can't really run off or lose focus because you
have him on a leash.

These are all of the important things you need to focus on when
determining when to reprimand or reward your dog during dog
training. Just be prepared to put more effort into it than you
would with a younger dog and to always be patient. Praise is a
great way to alleviate that stress. A stress-free dog learns
quicker and has more fun. See
http://www.dogtraining-online.us/dog-training-school/school-for-dog-trainers.php

The thing most needed in dog training is what experts define as
"positive reinforcement." This refers to the way people reward
their dogs with treats praises or both whenever their dogs show
positive behavior. Through positive reinforcement dogs are able
to comprehend that treats and praises will come whenever he
shows good behavior. For example when the owner gives his dog
some treats for obediently obeying his commands the dog will
think that obeying commands when told equals treats. So training
should be limited to this amount of time. So if you don't
properly socialize your dog with people or other dogs expect
bites any time. Most obedience and training schools won't take
aggressive dogs as most of the places run classes with other
members and won't let them be endangered. Your dog will not only
begin to associate the verbal "sit" command with sitting but
will start associating your hand signal too. As your dog learns
start giving the sit voice and hand commands before you use the
treat.

Experts say that dog behaviors can be controlled through proper
training. Dog behaviors are actually responses that are mostly
triggered by environmental and social factors. Or dogs that have
been physically scarred and wounded. There are far more dogs
waiting for adoption than there are owners to adopt them.

About The Author: See expert dog training online courses at
http://www.dogtraining-online.us/kingdomofpets.html

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Dog link Dog World: Website Linking strategies and The No follow tag

Title: Dog link Dog World: Website Linking strategies and The No follow tag
Author: Paul Easton

Dog link Dog World: Website Linking strategies and The No follow tag
For a site to get long term free traffic from the search
engines. Understanding of website linking strategies needs
to be applied. This strategy needs to fit with your
business model and must be sustainable over time. Traffic
from some links, takes time to develop.

At this time, Google owns the `search engine' playing field
for traffic. The majority of webmasters approach a linking
strategy purely for SEM (Search Engine Marketing). More
links to a site is a key when looking to get found in Google

The overall goal should be traffic results based, not
purely for search engines.

Links can take anything up to six months to show up. An
example that would help indirectly with search marketing
would be Wikipedia.

This free online library allows edits to apply external
links to the bottom its pages. The site has a many million
pages and a vast amount of traffic

Now Wikipedia has applied the `no follow' HTML tag on its
external page links to stop it being abused by some
webmasters. This can be seen on any site using this
process, by the following steps:

1. Highlight the link by left mouse and holding 2. Right
mouse the link and look at the properties.

The text "Nofollow" can be seen in the properties

The no follow tag means Page Rank (or Reputation - PR) will
not be passed on to your site and Google will not count it
as a link. To Quote Wikipedia:

"nofollow" actually tells a search engine "Don't score this
link" rather than "Don't follow this link."

However many of the Wikipedia pages rank very high on
Google, and features as a trusted authority site which has
power in all search engines. So is likely to send traffic
which is really what you are looking for anyway.

At the same time, different engines treat these links
differently. In a recent interview with the Yahoo director
of search, they have stated that the link will be followed
to the site, however the details of the link will not be
passed on, simply that your site will be found.

There is an easy way to identify these types of links, if
you use the Web Browser, Firefox which I highly
recommended. It is a good alternative to Internet
Explorer as its very clean and easy to use.

It has an Search Engine Marketing add on which, when
installed and turned on, it will show you the no follow
links highlighted in red.

Also, while searching in Google, it will show a large
amount of information on links to the listings, age of the
site, alexa ranking etc.

Download it here:

http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html

Another method that has been used to acquire links, is that
of posting comments on blogs. This has resulted in a rash
of posting comments only for return links. Wordpress, one
of the most used blog open source software platforms, has
made all the comment links no follow in order to combat
this.

In conclusion, there are many effective linking strategies,
for marketing online at the same time the development of
goals with an overall plan for the development of these
goals should be applied.

About the Author:

Paul Easton is a Web site Link Marketing Expert, and the
owner of DigitalAwol.com, The Link Exchange Directory
which helps the small online business get traffic from
links. You can instantly get 20 High Quality Fre.e Links to
your website by visiting:
http://www.DigitalAwol.com/

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