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Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr This is a quote from the "Little Dogs: Training your pint-sized companion" by Deborah Wood. Not only does she believes that a small dog needs to be trained for it's own safety, but that it will only benefit your experience as a pet owner and your dog's experience since they thrive on learning just as humans do.
You already love your dog, and he loves you, but after you follow the training suggestions in this book, you'll find yourself more bonded and attached than you could have ever imagined before. This kind of training will open doors of communication and joy between you and your dog that you've probably never experienced before.
Whether you train your dog to be a service animal or just to prevent a tragedy when he doesn't "come" when he needs to, I believe from my own personal experience from training 12 of my own family pets, three of whom are yorkies, that those who are the most trained are the happiest. Obviously, this is just my opinion. |
I probably wouldn't train my dog as a service dog b/c I don't need to. Now if I ever need it I may then regret not having training her before. But as far as just basic obedience I believe it is necessary and I also believe there is a bond formed from that that isn't there otherwise. My sisters dog, who I have now, is a loner he hasn't really found his person yet and we never really trained him. He knows sit and only when he wants. "My" first dog I trained by myself no school and he is geniunely my dog he follows me around, he sits by me when I stop, seeing us you know he is "mine". Then came my husbands dog. If we hadn't taken her to school and I hadn't worked with her I don't believe we would have the relationship we do today. I think with training you learn who your dogs is and furthermore you dog learns who you are. I'm not saying that without training you and your dog don't bond, but its a different kind of bond with training.