If you are shopping for a pet dog you obviously will be looking for one that will be a good friend for you, but you probably will want one that can be easily trained. When you are working on training a dog whether it’s a Australian or a Estrela Mountain Dog or a Valley Bulldog or a Tahltan Bear Dog that can be trained easily, it will make your work much more simple when you are paper training it and teaching it not to be obnoxiously friendly. While a dog that has more resistance to training can pose some problems in training, they can be trained by someone who is experienced in dog handing. However, if you have not handled or trained many dogs, you will want to find one that is quick to learn. When looking for this type of dog, there are some things that you should look for in character, breed and age.
Personality
It is generally believed that a calmer dog is naturally easier to train. But, while it is probably a bit easier to hold this type of dog’s attention, an exuberant, hyper dog can also be easy to train if you have some patience. The key is to take home a dog that will bond with you. When you bond with a dog and that dog is constantly all over you because it is so devoted to you, it will joyfully do anything that you ask. A dog that is bonded to its owner is very simple to train, whether it is hyper or calm, dominant or submissive.
A submissive dog will usually cause fewer hardships in training than a dominant one will. To check if your dog is submissive, look him or her in the eyes. If your dog looks away before you do, that will let you know of its submission. With miniature dogs and puppies, hold the dog and turn it over so that its belly is bared to you. A submissive dog will just lie in that position and allow you to turn them over. A dominant dog will oppose you, trying to turn over right away.
Breed
Your choice of breeds is huge - Dogo Argentino and Phung San and Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier and Olde Englishe Bulldogge and Gos d’atura to name a few.
Various breeds are well known for their ease of training. Labs and Retrievers are very popular because they are so simple to train. Also consider, the bully breeds are very intelligent animals and extremely devoted to their owners. This includes American bulldogs, pit bulls and English bulldogs. Corgis, Australian shepherds, German shepherds and Dobermans are dogs that are normally easy to train. Terriers and notorious for being stubborn, but they can be taught and they can learn new skills fast, especially if they see that they will benefit such as offering them a treat. Mixed breed dogs can frequently make excellent pets that are very easy to train.
Age
The old truism is that you can’t teach an old dog a new trick and most dog owners believe that adult dogs can’t be trained, but that is far from the truth. Lots of adult dogs learn even faster than puppies. Adult dogs often have a better attention span than puppies and they are more settled. Adult dogs often make great pets and can prove to be very easy to train so you might consider checking out an animal shelter.
When you choose a dog, look for one that clicks with you. If you find the dog that you can bond with, it will make your training so much easier.