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Old 04-13-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Default When is best time to begin a dog's training?

What is a good time when a dog best absorbs everything in his brain? I'm planning of using the clicker technique to train my puppy, which would be a good time?
 
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Old 04-13-2007   #2 (permalink)
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2 months old
 
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Old 04-13-2007   #3 (permalink)
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As early as possible. I started training my dog when he was 8 weeks old. By 12 weeks, he was walking on a leash and would sit and speak.
 
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Old 04-13-2007   #4 (permalink)
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probably when theyre still puppys
 
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Yep, any age (unless we are talking only a few weeks old -- infants). Puppies learn incredibly fast. Start!
 
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You can start clicker training your puppy as soon as you bring them home. Of course sessions should be very short (2-5 minutes. Find a good puppy training class or buy a good book on the subject. The breeder I got my puppies from (I have littermates) started their clicker training sessions before I got them at 8 weeks! Just be patient and positive reinforcement only please! Good luck and have fun.
 
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Old 04-13-2007   #7 (permalink)
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puppies can begin training at a very young age, even learning to sit at the age of 3months. Though, you will find that most professional trainers like to start training heavily from the age of 5months to a year and a half. Personally, I find training from the ages 6months to a year to work very well. Hope this helps,K
 
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The minute you get them! A well-behaved puppy is a well-behaved adult!
 
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Old 04-13-2007   #9 (permalink)
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The earlier the better, many of your local pet stores will have training classes for puppys to not only learn tricks but learn socialization skills. If your dog is not introduced to other dogs and people early it can be wary of them and this is harder to break as they get older.As for the tricks part they can learn at any age, but the earlier you begin to teach them the faster they will pick up on new things you want to teach them later. I am a dog trainer and in my one dogs first year of life he learned to sit, laydown, bow, rollover, play dead, stand, jump, speak, and shake. He also learns tricks much faster than my other dog who because of my conflicting schedule I could not spend as much time training his first year. He takes about twice as long to pick up on a trick as the other one. Happy training!!
 
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Old 04-13-2007   #10 (permalink)
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usually about 5 months but it all depends on the dogs personality. you need to start the potty training ASAP. . NEVER EVER EVER WAIT PAST A YEAR!! if its a hyper dog then you may want to wait till it matures a couple of weeks. dogs are like kids they develop habits that are hard to break and an attention spanned that doesn't last long, for example: if you give your dog table scraps then he thinks its OK to beg because you've allowed him. if you never gave him table scraps then he wont ever ever know. you have to be in control in every situation, every animal has to test its boundaries don't ever let him be the boss.
 
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Old 04-13-2007   #11 (permalink)
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my dog trainer told me about 12 weeks old is a good time
 
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It will be better as fast as you can take him or her to a trainer.You can make some search on yahoo or google to find trainers in your locality.To know more you can visithttp://lovingdog.blogspot.com
 
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