This article is written so that you might know and understand all about the different ways to train your dog.

Every dog owner must take up dog training to know and handle a dog better. Appreciating a well-mannered dog is something that all can do, training is what makes things difficult. Now, there are many kinds of dog training available but not all will suit your dog.

You may or may not be aware that as your dog goes through his various stages of development, so his training needs will change. It is not true that one size fits all!

I highly recommend that you sit down and work out just what sort of training would be best for your dog. Do take into account whether or not your dog has already had any form of training.

The basic level of training, the first level, is for beginners – puppies, and those older dogs who are being introduced into training for the first time. As the name implies, your dog will learn the basic things such as when to sit, or when to stay, and when to come when called. Its quite elementary, but vital.

The next level is the intermediate level. This level of dog training is not for puppies, but for those adult dogs that have undertaken the basics either formally or at home by their own owners. This intermediate type of training trains a dog to heel, walk properly on a leash, fetch something and return. It also revises the basics of sitting, staying and coming etc.

Finally we come to the advanced level of dog training. You should only consider advanced level training if your dog has completed successfully the more elementary levels of training. What normally happens in the advanced class is that your dog is taught to respond to both your commands, and hand signals. Commands and signals such as come, stay, sit, fetch, heel, lie down, and so on.

Once your dog is comfortable with responding to hand signals then you can move on to teaching your dog how to walk beside you without being on the leash. The training will also teach your dog how to pay attention to you, and not be distracted by other people or dogs that they might see whilst out walking. This of course is indeed advanced training and hence it is only suitable for obedient and well behaved dogs.

Like all good training, dog training should also have motivators like prizes and rewards to yield better and more positive results. Hitting and yelling at the dog to make it pick up one action is not a wise technique while training. Instead of being a success, chances are that it will give negative output. So you must make sure that the dog training you assign your dog is a positive one, which indulges in positive strategies.

You must also be careful about choosing the right course for your dog”the course best-suited to it. That way, you may soon be able to boast of owning a dog that is obedient, well-mannered, well adjusted and the perfect pet one can have!