COMMON BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS With this list, we want to help you identify the most common pet behavioral problems. A lot of times you would like to share with your dog at home or elsewhere but cannot for fear of the worst. Yet, if you learn to deal with what you don't like, you, your pet and everyone in your family will be happier. If your dog has any of these problems it's time you enroll him in the  Basic Obedience course:

Your dog should not be a problem but a faithful friend that will behave the way you want.  Let us help you! Check out our obedience courses: BASIC OBEDIENCE - Behavioral Problems - Control Exercises - Trainer Course ADVANCE OBEDIENCE COMPETITION OBEDIENCE 1 COMPETITION OBEDIENCE 2

BASIC OBEDIENCE
This course is for puppies from 2 months up. In it, we will show you both how to overcome the most common "communication" problems between pets and masters. For the training to be successful, it is important that you never scream at or hit your dog with any kind of object - we want to train, not intimidate him. This course consists of three sections: behavioral problems, control exercises and trainer course.


BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS     
In this section, we help you deal with the things you dislike most about the way your dog behaves. (Press here to see common behavioral problems) Tell us about the problem and we will offer you a system to manage it. What we aim to do is turn your dog into a pet with whom you can share and play vs. a nasty headache that gets worse every day, making you clean up more and more or replace what is constantly destroyed.

CONTROL EXERCISES
In this section we will teach your dog some basic commands with the leash to show friends or family or to control him when necessary. These include:

1. Sit - The dog will sit besides the trainer when it hears the "sit" command.

2. Sit stay - Your leashed dog will stay seated and still while its trainer steps away and remains at a distance of 6 feet.

3. Down - Your dog will lie besides the trainer upon hearing the "down" command.

4. Down stay - Your leashed dog will stay down and still its trainer steps away and remains at a distance of 6 feet.

5. Heel - With the use of a leash, your dog will walk besides the trainer.

6. Come - Your leashed dog will walk up to the trainer from a distance of 6 feet.

7. Stand for examination - Your leashed dog will stay still and upright while the trainer remains at a distance of 6 feet and it is examined by a third party.

TRAINER COURSE
During this section you will be taught how your dog learns to obey.
You will learn to communicate with your dog and how not to let it manipulate you. You will also be instructed on how to get your dog to adapt to you and your family and not the other way around.

A previous evaluation is required for the Basic Obedience course.

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ADVANCED OBEDIENCE
This training consists of the same exercises of the Basic Obedience course, this time without the use of a leash and at a distance of 30 feet.

The Basic Obedience training is required for the Advanced Obedience course.

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COMPETITION OBEDIENCE 1
The American Kennel Club calls this training "Companion Dog Excellence" or "CDX."

1. Heel free
2. Figure eight
3. Drop on recall
4. Retrieve on flat
5. Retrieve over high jump
6. Broad jump
7. Long sit
8. Long down

Advanced Obedience is required for Competition Obedience 1.

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COMPETITION OBEDIENCE 2
The American Kennel Club calls this training "Utility" or "UD"

1. Signal exercise
2. Scent discrimination article no. 1
3. Scent discrimination article no. 2
4. Directed retrieve
5. Moving stand and examination
6. Direct jumping

Competition Obedience 1 is required for Competition Obedience 2.

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