Train Your Puppy Early-Group Puppy Training Classes

Group Puppy training classes are a great way to get started with both obedience training and socializing your new puppy. Puppies can start learning new tricks as early as 6 weeks old, so it is never too early to get started. There is no better time to get started with the socializing and basic obedience training of your puppy.

Once I started taking my puppies to group training classes I saw that my dogs grew up to be much better behaved than the puppies I had previously neglected training until they were much older. Prior to using group puppy classes I had 2 aggressive German shepherds. Before I even started their belated obedience training, they had already developed a serious behavior problem. With the pups I have taken to early group puppy training lessons, thanks to the socializing, none of them has developed an aggression problem.

While your puppy was still in the litter with his siblings and the Mama dog, he was constantly getting lessons in doggy manners through his interactions with the other puppies and Mama. During the time a puppy still lives with his Mama and litter mates, he gets continual socializing lessons from them, and if he gets out of line, they will let him know it and put an end to it. An example of this is when the Mama dog grabs the offending puppy by the scruff of his neck and gives him a shake and holds him until he calms down and submits entirely. Puppies normally will learn their guidelines in this way. Just like our kids, puppies will greatly benefit from some guidelines to learn good behavior.

Once you have taken your puppy away from the litter he no longer has the benefits of socializing from his Mama and siblings, so it is up to you to make sure he is exposed to enough other dogs and people to not grow up with an aggression problem towards strangers. Remember, dogs are a social type of animal, and do better with companionship than when kept alone and isolated. It is easy to see why it is that a puppy or dog that is kept confined and away from interaction with other puppies or dogs or people is much more likely to become aggressive. I feel that the 2 aggressive dogs I had earlier became that way due to isolation.

Getting started with puppy training in a group class is the smart time  to begin his training-you are training your pup before he has picked up any bad behavior habits. You will learn the basic commands and hand signals for teaching your puppy new tricks and continuing your puppy’s socialization at the same time. My aggressive dogs learned their obedience tricks, but they hadn’t learned how to be social creatures. A well balanced pet needs to know how to behave in all situations, not just at home.I have seen from personal experience that a puppy with the benefits of going to a group training class-he is going to be more comfortable in later social situations with people and dogs he hasn’t met before.

Little puppies of only six weeks old can already learn a lot of the basic obedience tricks. You should check out the amazing videos on YouTube of little puppies doing all kinds of tricks to see how early they can learn.

If you follow this one important tip and bring you puppy to a group training class you will be glad you did. Look up information on group puppy training courses in your area and use one that uses positive reinforcement training only. Besides being a great way to get an early start with training and socializing, my puppy and I both loved going to the classes.

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