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		<title>Training Your PWD Puppy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portuguese Water Dogs can be trained but you have to be quick thinking with this breed.  Porties are very clever. As a puppy my dog Goji was responsive to dog treats so you could reward him with food if he did something on command. This breed is  too clever for that human trick to last for long. Here's what I did to start training and disciplining my standard PWD]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Portuguese Drinking water Dogs can be trained but you need to be fast thinking with this breed.  Porties are very clever. As a puppy my doggie Goji was responsive to <a class="zem_slink" title="Dog food" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_food">dog treats</a>, so you could reward him with food if he did one thing on command. This breed is  too clever for that human trick to last for long. Here’s what I did to start off coaching my standard PWD:</p>
<p>It can be beneficial conditioning for him. I took mine to the Marin <a class="zem_slink" title="Humane Society" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Society">Humane Society</a>.  Basically the class is best for instruction the owner. I required some catching up within the latest education techniques for dogs. Currently you do not punish the dog if he does something bad, but only reward him for doing something excellent. That reward is often a handle. Which is what the class taught me. Socialization is what the course taught Goji, though he was well socialized at his breeder, Toraq. I learned to unlearn the coaching strategies I did with my black labrador retriever in an earlier incarnation. I was told not to negatively discipline my doggy. It was complicated for me to instruct my buddies not to discipline him when the mouthy puppy jumped on them and nipped their skin. I asked my family members and close friends to be assertive and to knee the k9 if he would jump up. It really is essential that the k9 know who is in charge right from the start out.</p>
<p>A month or so later he went into the Family Doggie I course on the same also at the Humane Culture.  This taught him some commands and obedience, and that continued with all the Family members Pet II class.  I do not imagine he definitely learned too a lot of commands there, but we did discover to obtain along far better together, which was beneficial.<a href="http://eporti.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/goji-400.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-275" title="Goji Porti" src="http://eporti.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/goji-400.jpg" alt="portuguese drinking water dog Goji" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>The Portuguese Water Dog is basically a lot more inclined to enjoy praise additional than a deal with, as an adult. My k9 is really picky about treats now; when we go into a pet store along with the shopkeepers provide him a handle, he frequently refuses it. Porties are really distinct about their food, unlike other breeds. Here’s what he like currently:</p>
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<li>Dried liver such as liver biscuit</li>
<li>Dried salmon sticks</li>
<li>Charlie Bear treats</li>
<li>Bil-jack biscuits</li>
<li>Fois Grois and Caviar</li>
<li>Red Barn rolled beef hide with chicken inside</li>
<li>Dried Kangaroo meat</li>
<li>Dried salmon tenders</li>
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<p>Females train these dogs better than adult men, in my opinion. The porties are extra responsive to their high pitched voices than men’s. I also feel Portie’s choose the smell of females over men.  But this doesn’t mean that they don’t extremely respect male masters; they do. They need to have the master to have a complete life. In fact, they have to own a working “captain in the ship” and you find out that pretty fast when you might have just one of these dogs residing with you.</p>
<p>Just one thing that the Portuguese Drinking water Doggie does not seem to have to discover is devotion to the master. We speedily realized that it’s as if he thinks he’s residing with a fisherman, and he’s on a boat while using fisherman and becomes extremely devoted to him.  Goji  despises boats, so the devotion isn’t genuinely to a operating fisherman, but to some master.  This has been built into Goji because he came to our house at age 9 weeks. This unlearned trait seems for being only improving over the years. In the event you can’t handle this extreme devotion do not bring a PWD residence.</p>
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<ul>
<li>You should be consistent in your approach towards your dog</li>
<li>Keep intonations, gestures and words for expressing dissatisfaction and praise consistent; then  you will be help him comprehend commands by associating wtih the way it can be said.</li>
<li>If you issue conflicting commands your dog will be confused compared to one specific who has learned the same command over and around. One distinct example of getting consistent is to let him out the same door every time he has to do his business. In this way he associates that door with needing to go out and will let you know by going to that door instead of somewhere inside house.</li>
<li>Remember of course that after every command that he successfully does, shower him with love and affection. Treat him once in a while when he does correct because like a child it needs to be appreciated and given praise.</li>
<li>There are a lot of technques to k9 training from positive reinforcement, understanding when to reward and when to punish, the effective way of punishing, how to halt excessive barking and chewing and aggression to name a few.</li>
<li> Doggy training is an on-going process but just one that may be full of rewards. You will create a bond with your pet that may be unbreakable. You'll use a loyal companion for life and a friend forever.</li>
<li>There are numerous <a href="http://www.eporti.com/store/" target="_blank">dog exercise ebooks, cd`s, dvd`s</a>, seminars, groups and tips on education your dog that you can find online.  Find 1 that you are comfortable with and provides all the necessary tools to help you in doggy exercise.</li>
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