Obedience Training
Obedience training is necessary for owners to control their dogs’ body position, location and activity. Some form of functional obedience training is necessary for all dogs, no matter what their station in life. Certainly, all aspects of obedience training may be effectively accomplished at any time in the dog’s life, but it just happens to be easier, quicker and more enjoyable to train the dog as a pup. However, despite the ease of early training, we should never forget that obedience is only the tertiary reason for puppy classes. Even so, the prospect of early, off-leash, verbal control is ideal owner-bait to encourage enrollment of pups in classes that additionally offer far more urgent behavior modification and all important temperament training. It is unlikely many owners would rush to enroll their pup in a canine anti-aggressiveness and bite-inhibition training class!
Ian Dunbar PhD, BVetMed, MRCVS
SIRIUS Puppy Training
copyright 1999 Ian Dunbar
