{"id":1181,"date":"2016-04-28T11:20:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/need-seek-puppy-training-start\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T19:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:36:47","slug":"need-seek-puppy-training-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/need-seek-puppy-training-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need to Seek Puppy Training From the Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"professionalThere are few things more precious and delightful in this world than a new puppy.\u00a0 That little face with its big eyes can make you want to melt, as can those little paws and tail.\u00a0 Puppy kisses with that tiny tongue are equally adorable, as are the yawns and first attempts at barks.\u00a0 All you want to do is just snuggle with this little furball, and not worry about anything else.\u00a0 Let\u2019s certainly hope that before getting your precious pup you took into consideration the commitment you have just made.<\/p>\n

A puppy will require time, attention, and considerable expense to make sure it is happy, healthy, and well-behaved.\u00a0 Potty training aside, there are a lot of other things a pet parent needs to be prepared for to make sure they give their dog the best care possible.\u00a0 After all, do you want to come home to \u201cpresents\u201d on your floor, garbage everywhere, and your sofa closely resembling a chewing toy?\u00a0 Even worse, do you want you pup getting into something that could make it sick, or worse?\u00a0 Never fear, because the best professional puppy\u00a0trainers in Woodlands<\/a>, TX are standing by to help you turn your puppy into well-mannered little lady or gentleman.<\/p>\n

Here at Puptown\u00a0we believe that each dog is unique and should be trained to their individual needs.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have a \u201ccookie cutter\u201d approach, which is why each dog receives the time and attention it needs to learn a healthy and happy lifestyle.\u00a0 Not only do we take each dog\u2019s needs into consideration, we do the same with the pet parents to make sure they can provide optimal training at home.<\/p>\n

Our program<\/a> is built around three core principles:\u00a0 timing, consistency, and motivation.\u00a0 Timing has to do with the way a dog\u2019s brain processes cause and effect.\u00a0 This is very important because any dog\u2019s behavior must have a consequence within 1.3 seconds for the dog to associate a behavior with a consequence.\u00a0 People usually praise or reprimand a dog too long after an event has taken place thus it is important for your dog to understand what behavior you are reacting to.\u00a0 Consistency is clear communication between a dog and its owner.\u00a0 You must promptly react the same way to any behavior your dog exhibits.\u00a0 Once more correction or praise must occur within the 1.3 second window.\u00a0 Finally, motivation influences a dog\u2019s decision making.\u00a0 Positive and negative motivation can help praise or correct a dog\u2019s behavior, as long as it is within the associated window of time.<\/p>\n

These are the three things that training at Puptown is centered around.\u00a0 Our most popular program, Lodge and Learn, consists of your dog staying with our trainers at \u201cdoggy day camp\u201d to learn and explore while learning manners and simple commands.\u00a0 Our professional trainers will take your dogs out on errands and to parks in order to learn real-world skills in different environments instead of being confined to a training ring.\u00a0 This also means that trainers won\u2019t be working with your dog for a short period of time, but for several days to maximize your pup\u2019s training experience.<\/p>\n

\"professionalOur dog training experts<\/a> don\u2019t just teach basic obedience but an array of skills to dogs of all ages.\u00a0 Dogs need to be on their best behavior not just for their owners, but to all members of society.\u00a0 The last thing a person wants is for the dog to frighten or even worse, bite someone.\u00a0 No owner wants to get a complaint about their dog or see it be taken away by the police or animal control.\u00a0 Here at Puptown we understand that dogs must also be good members of society, which is why our training includes controlling excessive barking, chasing people, and even redirecting bad potty habits.\u00a0 Our goal is to correct not only a dog\u2019s bad behavior, but also an owner\u2019s bad behavior.\u00a0 We want to see people and pets have mutual bonds that will bring more joy and a happier relationship.<\/p>\n

When it comes to dog training patience is key, and our trainers want to help owners develop patience with their dogs in order to continue training and further foster improved behaviors.\u00a0 While training is imperative for young puppies to learn these behaviors as early as possible, here at Puptown<\/a> we believe that all dogs are able to learn new things and can break bad habits.\u00a0 If a dog is having trouble learning, then the communication and motivation need to be altered so the dog can effectively learn a command or behavior.\u00a0 This goes back to understanding what a dog needs, and more specifically, the individual needs one dog will have instead of another.\u00a0 As every dog is unique, so is the Puptown approach to training.\u00a0 It is this approach that delivers great results and well-behaved dogs.<\/p>\n

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There are few things more precious and delightful in this world than a new puppy.\u00a0 That little face with its big eyes can make you want to melt, as can those little paws and tail.\u00a0 Puppy kisses with that tiny tongue are equally adorable, as are the yawns and first attempts at barks.\u00a0 All you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35],"class_list":["post-1181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dog-training","tag-puppy-trainer-woodlands","tag-puppy-training-woodlands-tx","tag-woodlands-professional-puppy-trainer","tag-woodlands-puppy-trainer","tag-woodlands-puppy-trainers","tag-woodlands-puppy-training","tag-woodlands-puppy-training-expertexperts","tag-woodlands-puppy-training-specialist"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}