This document provides 8 tips for establishing yourself as the alpha in your dog pack to improve obedience training. The tips include never allowing your dog to eat from your plate, sit on furniture, chew inappropriate items, be left alone for long periods, or jump on people. Instead, you should set boundaries, use positive reinforcement with praise for good behavior, and correct misbehavior with your tone of voice or collar without physical punishment. Following these steps will help your dog respect your authority as the pack leader.

2. Dog Training Tips that Work!

3. Indogtraining,themostsimpleactsoftenproducethebestresults.Inanydog
pack,thealphasetstherulesandtherestfollow.Therefore,byestablishing
yourselfasthealpha,youcanbesurethatyourobediencetrainingsessionswill
bethatmuchmoreproductive.Thefollowingisalistof8simplethingsyoucan
dototeachyournewpuppyorunrulydogthatyouarethealphainyourpack.

4. 1.Neverfeedyourdogfromyourplatewhileyou'reeating.Adogmustlearn
thatyourarethealphaandthatitcanonlyeatwhenyouarefinishedwithyour
meal.

5. 2.Neverallowyourdogonthesofaoronyourbed.Andifyourdogsitsonyour
path,gentlyshoveitoutofthewaywithyourfoot.Bysettingboundaries,you
willinstillinyourdogthatitmustobeythealpha

6. 3.Neverallowyourdogtochewonyourtowels,socks,shoes,orclothing.Use
bitterappletodiscouragethesebehaviors.

7. 4.NEVERHITYOURDOGFORMISBEHAVING.Insteadusethetoneofyour
voiceandacollar/leashtoteachandmakecorrections.

8. 5.Neverallowapuppytochewonyourfingers.Otherwise,itwillbecomea
habitthatwillbeveryhardtobreakwhenitbecomesanadult.Sprayyou
handsandfingerswithbitterappleandthenallowthedogtoproceed.Thedog
willlearnnottobiteyourfingerswithoutassociatinganynegativethoughts
aboutyouasthealpha.

9. 6.Neverleaveahyperdogunexercised.Playingballbeforeyouleaveforwork
andafteryoureturncanhelpalleviateyourdog'spent-upenergy.

10. 7.Neverkeepyourdogaloneinayardfordaysatatimes.Withoutproper
socializationyourdogwillbecomeaggressivetowardsotherdogsaswellas
otherhumans.Adogneedscontactwithitsownspeciesinordertolearnhow
tobehaveinadogpackequallyaswellasitmustlearntobehaveinahuman
pack.Adogleftaloneforlongperiodsoftimewillbelieveitselftobethealpha
andtrytodictatetoitsmasterinsteadoftheotherwayaround.

11. 8.Neverallowyourdogtojumponyouoryourguests.Itsfunwhenyourdogis
apuppy,butitisn'tfunwhenitbecomesa100lbbehemoth.Practicewitha
collarandleashandsetupsituationswhereaneighborringsyourdoorbell
whileyourdogawaitstheirentrance.Makeasharpcorrectionandcommand
yourdogto"sit"whenasyourneighborentersthehouse.And,ofcourse,don't
forgettopraisethedogassoonasitfollowsyourcommand.Oncethedog
knowswhattodo,trythesamethingoffleash,butthistimeuseawaterspray
bottleandsprayyourdogsfacewithwateraspunishmentforjumpingwitha
sternvocalcorrectionof"NO".Proceedtopraiseyourdogonceagainwhen
yourdogobeysyourcommand.Thisway,itwilllearntoassociatepraisewith
correctaction.

12. Byfollowingthesesteps,youwillestablishyourselfasthealpha.And,youwill
haveahead start in training your dog because it will have already learned
to respect yourauthorityasitsleader.

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