Thursday, January 9, 2014
Monday, May 27, 2013
Spending Quality Time with Your Poodle
It is important for your dog to trust and respect you and feel
secure. A dog should feel that his new home is a safe and dependable
place. Dogs enjoy spending time with their families. A dog usually
appreciates an owner who will love, lead and protect them.
It is helpful if your Poodle understands the house rules. Here are some examples of some common house rules:
Being polite with people: you may want to teach the dog to sit, instead of jumping up on people when greeting them.
Discourage
chewing of furniture and other items: As a new owner you may want to
provide safe and appropriate chew toys and routinely spend time with
your dog so he is not bored.
You may want to discourage excessive barking for attention.
Good house training habits are also very important for your Poodle.
A
dog may be more calm and relaxed when he knows what is expected of him.
The following factors are very important when training a dog:
attention, consistency, repetition, patience, love, rewards and
understanding.
Spending quality time with your dog is very important. Here are a few ideas:
You can enjoy walks together with your Poodle.
You may wish to take your dog on errands with you, if possible.
You may want to let him sit with you while you watch TV or chat with friends on the phone.
You can provide a special place for your dog to sleep, like a nice dog bed.
Maybe you can get into the daily habit of brushing his coat, while he sits nice for you.
Dogs usually respond well to a daily routine schedule. A good schedule may help him stay relaxed and confident.
Hopefully,
some of these things may help you develop a nice relationship with your
Poodle. Reward your dog when he has done something right. You may want
to reward him with lots of positive praise, a favorite treat, or some
nice play time.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
The Poodle Trained as a Therapy Dog
Dogs can be trained to provide comfort and affection to specific people in need. A therapy dog may be trained to help people in nursing homes and hospital settings and much more. Therapy dogs may be trained to help disabled people.
Dogs that are trained to be therapy dogs should be friendly in nature. These dogs are usually gentle, patient and confident. The Poodle may be a good dog for this type of work. The Poodle is known for it's intelligence and pleasant personality.
A therapy dog should enjoy interacting with people. Is your Poodle well-mannered and adaptable to new situations? Some things that are important for a trained therapy dog are the following:
Accepting a friendly stranger: the therapy dog is usually trained to allow unfamiliar people to make physical contact with it. For example, children in particular, and also adults may enjoy safely petting the trained therapy dogs. Some therapy dogs can actually perform small tricks during their visits.
The therapy dog is often trained by it's handler to sit and stay in place and to come when called. The dog should behave politely around other dogs.
The dog may be tested around medical equipment, such as a wheelchair or walker, or other medical devices which you might normally see at a medical facility. They may check the dog's reactions to these things during training.
Trained therapy dogs are sometimes used for the following:
To help the disabled.
Trained seeing eye dogs help the semi to permanently blind person.
Some dogs are actually trained to know when a person is going to have a seizure.
Sometimes children with difficulties will relate well to a dog or cat.
Therapy dogs are sometimes used in nursing homes for the elderly.
Poodles can become excellent "therapy" dogs because of their affectionate, gentle nature.
Dogs that are trained to be therapy dogs should be friendly in nature. These dogs are usually gentle, patient and confident. The Poodle may be a good dog for this type of work. The Poodle is known for it's intelligence and pleasant personality.
A therapy dog should enjoy interacting with people. Is your Poodle well-mannered and adaptable to new situations? Some things that are important for a trained therapy dog are the following:
Accepting a friendly stranger: the therapy dog is usually trained to allow unfamiliar people to make physical contact with it. For example, children in particular, and also adults may enjoy safely petting the trained therapy dogs. Some therapy dogs can actually perform small tricks during their visits.
The therapy dog is often trained by it's handler to sit and stay in place and to come when called. The dog should behave politely around other dogs.
The dog may be tested around medical equipment, such as a wheelchair or walker, or other medical devices which you might normally see at a medical facility. They may check the dog's reactions to these things during training.
Trained therapy dogs are sometimes used for the following:
To help the disabled.
Trained seeing eye dogs help the semi to permanently blind person.
Some dogs are actually trained to know when a person is going to have a seizure.
Sometimes children with difficulties will relate well to a dog or cat.
Therapy dogs are sometimes used in nursing homes for the elderly.
Poodles can become excellent "therapy" dogs because of their affectionate, gentle nature.
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