A Concise Introduction To Attaining Real Success With Mastiff Training

By Regine Hehn

Mastiff training is important and should be started when the mastiff is still a puppy. It also helps if you first define certain training goals that must be achieved before you can say with confidence that your mastiff is properly trained. It is important that the training of a mastiff means that after some time your mastiff knows what he should be doing and also what he should not be doing. You must also ensure putting your goals down in writing and then you should hang these written goals on a wall so that you can see at a glance what you should be doing and also how many of the goals you have set are being achieved.

Your main mastiff training goal should be to teach him how to behave in an acceptable manner and in addition you need to teach him what he should not be doing. Both aspects of the training regime are equally important. In addition it is important that you do not try to train your mastiff to do things that suit your own convenience. Instead, you should ensure that you train your mastiff to perform certain tasks or missions that your pet loves and will find challenging and enjoyable.

You should not try and train the mastiff to do things which are convenient for you, the dog's owner. It is far better to teach the pet to perform certain kinds of tasks or perform certain missions that the pet likes to do and which he finds are a big challenge that must be overcome.

Problem solving is a different kind of training goal and one that should be taught to your pet mastiff. This kind of training can involve certain activities that must tax the mastiff's brain such as learning to choose from a set of different solutions to a problem. It means that the pet should learn how to find an object that you have hidden from him and it also means moving certain objects so as to be able to find a different object.

It does however pay for you to ensure that the dog is taught to connect the training with something that the pet loves to do. You should not try and use physical power to train your mastiff as this is not fun for either one of you and it also does not get desired results.

It is however recommended that the training should not become too serious as that will defeat the purpose of having fun. It is much more desirable to train the mastiff in a way that he (the mastiff) connects the training with things that they love to do.

Mastiff training is really about putting psychology to good use. Instead of teaching the mastiff to obey you or else face your wrath you should teach the pet to obey you because you are his friend and trusted ally.

Whenever your pet obeys your commands you must reward him with not only a tidbit but also by showing that you appreciate his good behavior. Punishment is of course the opposite of rewarding your pet but it must be used carefully and never through harsh or forceful means. The most that you should do in order to punish your pet is to admonish him with a firm command telling him to stop misbehaving. Anything harsh will not do any good and so is to be avoided at all costs. - 29953

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