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Krista Cantrell is my favorite dog trainer by far!
She's just released some great step-by-step videos that show you how to eliminate 95% of all dog behavior issues by working with your dog's natural instincts.
I have a few of her books and love the way she teaches. Not to mention that her stuff really works.
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If there’s only one thing you ought to start doing immediately after your new great dane comes home, it is definitely great dane training. While training adult great danes is often challenging because of their size, training a new puppy mustn’t be that difficult. You’re not expected to train advanced or specialized lessons at this point in time. What you ought to focus to is to have your pup socialized to help him become a well-behaved pet in the days to come. Early training could also prevent the occurrence of various behavior issues like unnecessary barking, aggression, nipping, chasing and many more.
Great danes are labeled as friendly and don’t usually attack or chase smaller animals. But as part of every dog’s natural instinct, the chasing behavior is certainly going to manifest if the situation calls for it. And being chased by one of the largest breed of dogs in the planet is no joke. An adult great dane can easily topple you down if he catches and jumps up on you so it’s just proper that they must be trained to lose the behavior as quickly as possible.
As part of the preparation for the actual dog training, ensure that he is reliably trained with the commands like sit, stay and down. These commands will help you control, not just when he has started to chase but also during many other situations. If you’re sure that he responds to those commands reliably, put him on leash and bring in the distractions. Ask someone to act as a jogger or passerby who routinely drives by. When your friend comes close to him, give the command “sit” or “down” and command him to remain in the position until given the release command. Reward him with praise or treats for being obedient. Practice in different locations and times of the day. Soon enough, he will figure out that he is being rewarded for behaving when somebody or something passes by hence will not chase any longer.
