Dog Training - How to Train Your Dog to Stay Off the Bed Even If He Has Slept There Since a Puppy

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 2, 2011 -- Be Consistent and Clear

When you set down the new rule of not being able to sleep on the bed anymore, you must be consistent. You can't let him on the bed once in a while...he's either on it or off it. Sometimes we're tired when we get home from work and this is the time you need to be strong. It's very easy to just let it go because you are too tired to deal with it. Plus, this will terribly confuse your dog. Make the rule and keep it clear to him.

2. Make Sure To Give Your Dog an Alternative

If Fido isn't going to be on the bed anymore you must give him an alternative that is just as comfortable as your bed. This will ease him into it and he won't feel left out. If you place a nice dog bed next to you on the floor, he will still be able to be in the room with you and will have that security that you love him. They like their own place so a dog bed would be a perfect solution.

3. Praise, Praise, and Praise Some More

In case you haven't noticed dogs love to be praised. If you keep praising him every night while he gets into his dog bed that you have set up next to your bed, he will know that it is something good and that you are happy. They can feel your emotions. Another thing that would be good for you to do is to get down by his dog bed and play with him a little bit before getting into your bed.

You have to be firm if you catch your dog jumping up on the bed. Don't yell, but be firm and say "down" or "no" or "off". Whatever word you decide to use, make sure you use that same word all the time. Never interchange them and use that word ONLY for your dog getting off the bed and nothing else.

You may have to close your bedroom door for the first two weeks if you work outside your home because you can bet your dog will jump up on it when you're gone. He will get the picture after a while. It is important that they know their position in the pack and that the pack offers them support, companionship and safety. Training techniques that involve the use of force, pain and humiliation are only doing the human equivalent of a slap in the face. Dogs may tolerate it for a while but will retaliate. All dogs have a propensity to attack and will do so in a split second. Nonetheless, I am calm and confident and the dogs sense this. I am not physically strong enough to hold any dog down and nor would I want to. My dogs are obedient, relaxed and great fun to be with. I only use positive, reward based training. There is no need to cause them pain or humiliation, I reward wanted behaviour and I don't reward unwanted behaviour. There's more to it than that but the bond I have developed between us is built on trust and respect, not on pain or humiliation. Watch dogs that are positive trained.

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