Use you pets name to get it's attention. To have good control of your pet you must be able to get a good orientation response from the animal. [ Build attention by using your pet's name when calling it for food, walks, and play. (Some instructors may have a problem with using reinforcement with this exercise)] Do this randomly 10 times a day. Never punish your pet for coming to you or by calling it.

If you have a well behaved dog a six foot training lead and a regular buckle collar will do. However if you dog is uncontrollable you should use a training collar. For the right collar size measure the dogs' neck and add 2 inches.

Adopting a dog means choosing the correct type of dog for you as the fist step. You will have to decide whether you want a dog that is large or small according to the space available to you. You may want an active companion that loves to go hiking or a gentle one that is contented to sit in your lap and be petted regularly. There are dogs with long fur that look cute or the smooth-coated ones that shed very little. Guardian dogs need to be stronger and more intelligent while toy dogs need to be cute and gentle and easily sociable.

In most cases they have a history of not being treated well or being ignored. All dogs need to learn how to act in our world, and your new dog will be no different. He will not know how you want him to behave, where he should go to the bathroom, what he can chew, who is friend or who is foe. These are things you will teach him, just like the rest of us learn it. Please be patient and give him a chance to show you what he can do. He wants desperately to please you. He just needs to learn how. It will take some time for him to be convinced that you are his forever family
Check the dog pound or shelter (Animal Control) that is usually operated by your city or county. Often times, you can find a real diamond-in-the-rough and the fees are generally low. City shelters often have limited resources and need to find homes for dogs quickly so they do not have to euthanize them. Purebred dogs are sometimes abandoned to the pound, but animal control is also full of loveable mutts.

There is also the issue of dog teeth, and so, as dog owners, dog must want for Brush every day to prevent plaque, tartar formation and gum disease. You can shop at pet supplies dog or animal clinics purchase the exclusive use of toothbrushes and toothpaste; young children with soft hair brush can be, but do not use human toothpaste for a dog brush, which does not give rise to the digestive system of dogs . Labels in accordance with the instructions on the toothpaste, with the right amount of toothpaste, we should bear in mind that each dog is only the surface of the tooth brush again. In the first several times, dogs are not used to children would escape while the East West channeling, you will have to be patient and help it to adapt. What if the dogs would not brush your teeth, you can be soft towel or sterile gauze pad for dog teeth cleaning. You may wish to add into the dog food with some coarse grinding or crisp foods (such as grain and vegetables and many foods such as fiber), these foods can be friction in the chewing surface of teeth, oral hygiene will help.