How To Train A Dog Attack
Introduction
You and your dog can have a successful, healthy relationship. But if you are not sure what you want to achieve with your dog, it can be hard to work out how to get there. Many dogs, though they may not look like it at first glance, are highly intelligent and can understand almost anything if given the right training. In fact, studies have shown that dogs are capable of understanding over 250 words! With all that in mind, here’s everything you need to know about teaching your dog how to attack on command.
Focuses on your specific goals
Before you begin training, it’s important to set some goals. A common mistake is to try to train for too many things at once. This can lead to confusion, frustration and failure.
If you want your dog attack training program to be effective, take the time now to clearly define what it is that you want your dog to do during an attack situation. Remember: dogs cannot read our minds! If we don’t tell them exactly what we expect of them, they will not know how they should act in any given situation.
One way that I like my clients’ goals written down is as follows:
- “My goal is for my dog (name) not only be able-bodied enough but also willing and eager when faced with a potentially dangerous situation such as people running toward him on a sidewalk or someone knocking on the door late at night and he hears something suspicious.”
- “By the end of six months after starting this training program I would like my clients’ dogs trained enough so that when faced with danger their natural reaction will be self defense rather than flight.”
Gives you the feedback you want
In the world of dog training, feedback is an important part of the process. Whether you’re learning to speak French or train your dog, feedback is how we learn and grow. Dog training is no different: it’s all about giving and receiving feedback in order to improve your relationship with your dog as well as their behavior.
In fact, if you think about it for a minute (and if you’ve ever been in a relationship), there are many ways people give each other feedback—both positive and negative—every day:
- In person
- Via email/letter/text message
- Through social media posts
Includes your family, friends and other people important in your life
When you start training, it’s important to keep in mind that you are not alone. Your family and friends are an integral part of the process. They can help you achieve your goals, provide feedback and be a source of learning new skills. Most importantly, they will be able to keep you focused on what’s important as well as motivating you when things get tough.
Helps you learn new skills to improve your quality of life.
Learning how to train a dog attack is a lot of fun and can help you learn new skills that will improve your quality of life. If you’re looking for something that gives back, this is one of the best ways to do it!
Allows you to change goals as needed.
As you train, you may find that your dog does not respond as quickly and effectively as hoped to a given command. If this happens, don’t get discouraged and give up on the idea of training altogether! Instead, try changing your goal for the training session from working on bite inhibition to something else. Maybe what you really want to work on is sit-stays or recalls in particular situations. Or maybe it’s time for some fun games like fetch and tug of war instead of formal training sessions; after all, dogs are animals with a wide variety of interests!
It’s important to be able to change your goals as you go along.
It’s important to be able to change your goals as you go along. This will not only help you keep the training fun for both of you, but it’ll also ensure that your dog doesn’t become bored with what he’s learning.
For example, if your goal was to teach him how to attack another human being on command and in a specific way, but then you realize that he only attacks certain people when they are wearing certain clothing and not others…that could make things difficult! Instead of giving up on him entirely (which wouldn’t be fair), try changing your goal slightly so that instead of having him attack every person who walks by while wearing jeans (something he hates), his new goal is just attacking people who wear jeans or blue jeans or whatever color dress pants they have on.
It’s also important not too set yourself up for failure too early on in the process by setting unrealistic expectations on yourself and/or your dog
Conclusion
When we set out to train a dog attack, it’s easy to get stuck in the mode of thinking that our goal is a set-in-stone thing, but in reality it can change as you go. It’s also important that your training plan be flexible.