Top Dog Training Tips

There are numerous benefits to training your dog, even with simple commands.

Benefits include:

• Providing the freedom to be off the lead in public
• Builds up your dog’s confidence
• Increasing safety for your dog and others
• Reducing unwanted behaviour
• Increasing your dogs sociability

Overall, one of the main benefits of dog training is to help form a strong bond between owner and pup. This can be maintained for a lifetime and may often provide stability to your dog knowing who its main commander is. To help get you started, take a look at our dog training advice tips before thinking of booking a course.

5 simple commands you can begin teaching your dog include:

• Name recall
• Sit
• Wait
• Paw
• Lie down

While these commands may seem easy enough, persistence is key. Our top dog training tip is to try and focus on achieving one command at a time. The attention span your dog has may be limited, so you do not want to throw too many new tasks at them at once.

Focus on what may be important to you and your dog first. Is it being able to walk off the lead and knowing their recall training works? Or maybe you want to teach them to wait before diving into their food. Whichever is the case, Bruce’s can be with you every step of the way to help, providing helpful dog training tips.

Training your dog with the help of our tips can be fulfilling, but knowing where to start can be tricky.

The most important thing is to make it fun. Having a good time while also training your dog may be the best way to achieve success. Holistic dog training is a great way to do this.  Our other top 5 tips to think about when dog training are:

• Use positive reinforcement techniques
• Consistency is key
• Train little and often
• Find the right reward
• Minimise distractions

Taking all these into consideration may see your dog advance in their training while also providing you with joy. However if you are still finding training a little tough don’t worry! We’ve all been there and practice makes perfect.

Why not connect with one of our Expert Dog Coaches for some helpful tips? By signing up and booking our online support club, you can have 1-2-1 remote access to our coaches over a 4 week period. No question is too small so you can really feel supported.

Bruce’s are dedicated to helping you train your dogs through our expert coaches tips.

Whether this is your first puppy or not, taking the time to train them will benefit you both. We’re fluent in dog and knowing what it takes to make every tail wag, allows us to be able to provide helpful tips on our courses. Our two training courses to consider are:

• Puppy Training: Being a first time dog parent can be pretty full on, which is why it’s key to learn and understand your puppy as soon as possible. In our puppy training course, Bruce’s can help guide and teach you skills to not only train your puppy, but also provide tips as a dog parent. The course is available for puppies aged between 12 weeks and 6 months old.
  
• Dog Training Workshops: Helping dog owners build reliable skills such as recall, loose lead walking and ways to tackle separation anxiety, are just some of the dog training workshops we have to offer at Bruce’s. Each workshop is often a duration of two 1 hour sessions with our expert coaches, who can provide the best tips for dog training exercises.

Find Your Local Dog Training Centre

Providing a wealth of experience, Bruce’s continues to strive to learn about dogs and what makes them happy on a daily basis.

Whether this is through our dog training tips or caring for new pups in our doggy day care facilities. We go above and beyond. Starting young is often best, which is why we have Puppy Preschool too. Our home collection and drop off service* allows your dog to travel in style to and from doggy day care. What’s more, we have our own dog grooming facilities* which you can book into, to make your dog feel their best.

To find out more or to book your space see your nearest centre for details. 

*Subject to availability, see your local centre for details