How to Train an Untrainable Dog

Training dogs for over 20 years I have heard from a lot of dog owners that think they have an untrainable dog. In all my experience I have never come across a dog that could not be trained. Here are some tips for training that "untrainable" dog of yours!

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Leash
• Collar
• Treats
• Crate

1. Establish leadership. Dogs are social animals and respond to a social structure. The better you are at becoming the leader, the faster an untrainable dog will listen to you.

2. Exercise your untrainable dog. Most dogs that are very difficult to train have a lot of pent-up energy. By giving the untrainable dog a lot of exercise, it will be easier for the dog to learn.

3. Once leadership and exercise have been used, it's time to start teaching the untrainable dog obedience. The first step with obedience training is attention. Spend the majority of your time teaching attention until you can get your dog to look at you every time you say his name.

4. Once attention has been established you can start teaching the other basic commands: sit, stay, stand, down, come and heel. These are the basic commands that every dog should learn.

5. Stick with the steps outlined in this article--and your "untrainable" dog will no longer have that undeserved title.

Tips & Warnings

• Train in short 10-minute sessions.
• Use positive reinforcement to train your dog.
• Never train when you are stressed or tired.

Resources

• FREE Dog Training Videos To Help You Train Your Dog

[uniquechoices]

on 8/3/2009 Spending time with our pets is so very important. Thanks for the article on how to train an un-trainable dog because it can be done.

[swampfox27]

on 7/31/2009 I definately like step #2. In fact I think the Dog Whisperer guy does that same thing. Nice article.

[johnrapp]

on 7/31/2009 righteous.