1. Socialize your K9 to everything. This includes all types & ages of people, dogs, sights, sounds and places.
2. Never allow your K9 on the furniture. This will only make your K9 think of himself as an equal “PACK” member.
3. Never feed your K9 people food or treats from the table. If you follow this rule, you never have begging problem.
4. Always praise your K9 when he does good work. This will produce amazing results – even more so than punishing your K9 when he doesn’t do what you want.
5. Correct your K9 only if you can catch him/ her in the act. Otherwise forget it, and be prepared next time.
6. Train your K9 in basic obedience. This is must, if you want to have happy, well behaved companion you can trust in any situation.
7. Remember humans must be the “PACK” leaders. The proper pack structure is easily established if obedience training is done.
8. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER hit your K9. This will only make behavior problems worse.
9. Utilize the 4 P’s in training: Practice, Patience, Praise, Proper Timing (within 15 -2 seconds of a behavior)
10. Think like a K9 when you are trying to teach him something. Do not treat your K9 like a human with fur. Treat him with respect and in training always try to look at things from his perspective.
