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When is the best time for Obedience school We see a number of area's where our Zoey need to be trained, I read somewhere that 9 months is the best age to start with Obedience training. Does anyone else have any Idea's |
Obedience training is probably best started asap. I never took Jackson to formal training classes but his training began at 9 weeks of age when I brought him home, with the simple 'sit' command. A few other basic commands I then introduced such as down, stay, come, shake, and then some fun ones, of course... roll over and play dead. He knew all these by 4 1/2 months old. Now, he's almost 2, and has got around 30-ish commands he knows. Besides training, socialize, socialize, socialize. So so so super important. A lot of puppy classes focus more on socialization than anything! I feel that is one of the best benefits to obedience school, and learning to listen while around distractions. I always practice with Jackson whether we're at the dog park, with other dogs, around kids or strangers, etc. And we're starting agility next month which will be our first official training class. :) Good luck! |
All three of my dogs started obedience training right away as puppies. I hve continued to do obedience over the years and I communicate very well with my dogs as a result. They know commands, tricks, and phrases. As britster said the socialization piece is very important - and some dog need multiple exposure to different things - Teddy has been to puppy class twice and advanced class twice and he is still unable to do anything there because he is so fearful. We just keep taking him! |
Puppy Kinfergarten for socialization at 3-5 months....Good time for Obedience training is around 5-6 months....but socialize, correct, praise, repeat! After Obedience, try a distraction class, when when it is mature, tru something fun like Agility. I would not even consider Personal Protection with these little beasts...they attack, and do not release! |
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LOL steve; I'm going to take Razz in for a TT. Temperament test. Going to see how he does. I may have the first Yorkie with a TT.:D |
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