House Training Puppy

Training My Dog by Tara Matheny

I am sure everyone knows how frustrating it can be to be at odds with your best friend, especially if there is a communication gap. In our case, this problem came in the form of our Luna. She is the love of our lives, but being a 180lb. St. Bernard, has given us a few challenges to overcome.

Training my dog has been very rewarding. There was a time when it was impossible to even take her for a walk on a leash. She would get so excited, and be out of control the second you opened the door to go outside. Being as big and as powerful as she is, I’m sure you can imagine the site, or have maybe even been the poor person holding that leash. I knew I had to get training my dog if she was going to be a family member who would be able to do things with us.

I can’t believe how easy it was and how fast we got results. My 5 year old son can even walk her now and she outweighs him by 140lbs.! Everyone in the house is so happy, especially our Luna. We can take her with us anywhere without worrying she will be out of control or cause problems. While training my dog, we were all able to learn how to communicate with her and not get frustrated with her like we did some of the times before. She is probably easier to deal with than the kids!

Dog training covers so many more areas than I had ever even considered. There is so much you can do with them. It has helped an important member of my family, Luna, really take her place in the middle of our family. She is able to be a house dog, without me having to worry she will knock one of the kids down the stairs because she is trained not to go down the staircase until everyone else is all the way down. I now realize how smart dogs are if you only educate yourself first.

Since training my dog we have not had even one in house accident, no one has gotten plowed over, and Luna is with us whenever we can take her. She can be out in the yard with us without a leash, lets us know when someone is here, and my kids wanted me to add that they take her trick or treating, and she goes with us to watch their little league and football practices. Our next adventure is going to be camping with her. Wish us luck! We are all very thankful to have Luna in our lives, and very thankful for being able to learn how to work with her in such a positive way.

Good luck with your best friend. We wish you many happy walks and sunshine to play in, and we hope everyone has as good of a training experience as we had.
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