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Chinese Shar-Pei are very bold, territorial, and dominant. Its important that you establish yourself as the pack leader. Chinese Shar-Peis and most other dogs will always trust and obey their pack leader. Establishing yourself as the dominant one in the relationship will make the rest of your dog training much easier.

Teaching your Chinese Shar-Pei to be the follower is more difficult than most other training lessons because its hard to teach a Chinese Shar-Pei that you are the pack leader when they already see themselves as the pack leader.

While your Chinese Shar-Pei is still young avoid playing games that would establish authority. Games like tug-o-war usually result in giving your dog the object you had been “fighting” over. Giving up will give your Chinese Shar-Pei the impression that he is in charge. Instead play games like catch that require your dog to respond to your actions and to retrieve something for you, establishing an authoritative relationship.

A Shar-Pei that doesn’t understand whose in charge will enjoy climbing up on furniture bring himself to your level giving him the impression that you are on the same level as him/her. Avoid giving them the freedom to climb on furniture and reserve the privilege for special occasions only when you allow them to.

When taking your Chinese Shar-Pei out for walks keep them on a short leash and always avoid retractable leashes because they allow dogs too much freedom. As a dog matures retractable leashes are acceptable. Keeping them on a tight leash when young will teach them that you are leading the walk and not them.

Other than dominance issues Chinese Shar-Peis are fairly easy to train, if trained correctly. If you can manage to remain patient and firm, you’re dog will be able to maintain a healthy relationship with their owners and will make any future training much easier to manage.

Bulldogs are very friendly dogs, but can become aggressive when needed. These traits make the Bulldog both a great companion and a guard dog, espcially for families with children. Training your Bulldog requires you to constnatly praise them for carrying out the required dog training lessons. The Bulldog will respond to praise better than other forms of reward training. And food reward aren’t recommended because Bulldogs have a tendency to gain weight rather quickly. Its also important to remain firm when training so you can ensure your Bulldog will see you as a dominant figure. If you fail to do so, your Bulldog may be hard to control and training will only get more difficult. On the bright side Bulldogs require very little socialization and will take kindly to children and the elderly. Bulldogs are quite rambunctious dogs but with age and training, will grow out of it somewhat, but they will continue to be playful and affectionate

Bulldogs tend to stay by their owners side when being walked because they get highly attached to their owners and home so extensive leash training usually isn’t required.

Bulldogs are very playful which can make training fairly strenuous. Try to make your dog training lessons as entertaining as possible so you can keep the attention of your dog. Try to resist your Bulldog’s attempts to gain your affection by being cute during training, by only rewarding them with praise when they’ve done what has been asked. This will help establish boundaries of whats right and wrong.

Overall the Bulldog is a pleasure to train and should be fun for both you and your dog. Even though Bulldogs require very little training, it not something that should be brushed aside. Training is essential with every breed and ample time should be dedicated to properly integrating your Bulldog into your family via dog training.

Even though the Boxer may appear to be large and aggressive, they’re actually very friendly and affectionate pets. Your Boxer won’t hesitate to let you know when they want something. If a Boxer wants something they’ll jump up on you and will push around toys and their food/water bowls around the house with their front paws when they’re hungry or want to play, like a professional boxer, which is where they get their name. Boxers are well known for jumping on people, especially strangers, in a playful way. Its important that you unteach these behaviors. If you don’t train your dog out of these actions, you will have a hard time getting them to pay attention and to participate
during your training sessions. Even if you unteach this behavior, a Boxer will still pounce on an intruder without hesitation.

Boxers naturally want to protect their owners, so they will sometimes be standoffish around strangers and will bark whenever they sense a stranger in the distance. The Boxer is exceptionally strong and athletic and require ample exercise. Due to their great strength and playfulness its important that you leash train your boxer at an early age so they won’t drag you behind them when they catch site of a squirrel or some other outdoor distraction. Keep them on a tight leash and give the leash a soft tug when they stray from your side to regain their attention.

Training your Boxer requires you to be very firm and persistent. Its essential that you establish a healthy relationship with your Boxer by being the dominant owner so they will respect your commands.

Boxers are often trained to perform work for the military and police. This just goes to show that Boxers are highly intelligent and can be trained to carry out even the most difficult of tasks, with the proper training of course.

Australian Shepherds, due to their natural instinct to protect, make great guard and work dogs. Though they are inherently aggressive when working with livestock, they can also be gentle loving dogs among people and other dogs. Since these dogs have been breed to perform important tasks like herding, this breed tends to have an insanely high level of intelligence. Unlike other herding dogs the Australian Shepherd is fairly quiet, so training them out of barking shouldn’t be an issue what so ever.

Due to their long history of herding the Australian Shepherd is known to nip at the heels of humans, however, this is fairly rare. And in cases where they do nip on the heels of human, its usually pretty easy to train them out of this behavior. Proper socialization of your Australian Shepherd is an easy and effective way to stop this behavior all together. Though your Australian Shepherd should be well socialized regardless of if they nip at peoples’ heels. Because of their instinct to protect their owners, a Australian Shepherd that hasn’t been properly socialized will be very protective of their owners around strangers.

Australian Shepherd dogs are very high energy pets. By ensuring they have enough time to be active outside, will allow you to save a lot of time with behavioral training. An Australian Shepherd that gets ample time to let go of excess energy will be both relaxed and less likely to be destructive indoors when their owners are out of the house.

It is absolutely essential that your provide your Australian Shepherd with the proper training to compliment their smarts and ability to solve problems. Doing so will ensure your Australian Shepherd lives a happy life at their full potential. A dog with self purpose and good obedience will result in a bold and loyal pet with a loving personality to match it.

The Akita Inu, originating from Japan, is a very strong and intelligent dog breed. Akita Inu are also very loyal dogs which makes training a cinch with this breed. The Akita is also a very aggressive breed so a using a retractable leash is a big mistake. Due to their aggressiveness its probably a good idea to keep them supervised around other pets and strangers, especially unfamiliar children. Though they may be friendly among people they do know and are very faithful pets.

Since the Akita is so set in its own ways, firm training is essential. You may have a hard time getting a young Akita to behave but with the right guidance, the Akita Inu can be very responsive to training and will make for a very obedient dog. However, the Akita Inu breed is a well known biter so its very important that you get this misbehavior under control while they are still young. The key to training a dog to stop biting, is to gain their trust. A dog that truly trusts you will have no reason to bite you. As mentioned earlier, its vital that you stop this behavior while they’re young, the best time to do this is within their first 4 months, while they’re still a puppy.

The best way to train a Akita Inu not to bite is by letting them rough house with other dogs of the same or slightly greater size. By doing so, especially under the 4 month age limit, it will teach them when biting is OK and when biting is inappropriate, because if your Akita Inu misbehaves among its peers they will be fast to learn when their peers retaliate by biting back.

Due to the Akita’s high energy levels, many owners find training an Akita Inu to be extremely stressful. This is why it is so important the you’re consistently firm and patient with your Akita Inu.