Training My Dog: Captain

I have a dog, his name is Captain, but me and my husband called him Ten - Ten :D

My uncle gave me this dog around 3 months a go, on March 2010. Captain is a Maltese dog. For a dog, he is actually smart, but sometimes he is peeing everywhere, making my husband become mad. My husband become mad because Captain loves to pee on his worksheet lol. How could? well, my husband usually put his worksheets on the floor because his desk already full of worksheets too.

In his spare time, my husband likes to train Captain some simple tricks, like "Sit" and "Up" (don't mislead by 'sit up', my dog can't do that! :D). My husband trains Captain by simple way, giving Captain dog food if he can do the tricks ordered by my husband :)

For the first time, it is difficult to train because Captain is pure non-trained dog, and luckily my husband didn't get bite since Captain has a good manner.

How

My husband give Captain food without order Captain do any tricks. After that, my husband make Captain's pose to sit with his hand and said "Sit!" at the same time.

It takes some times about 2 -3 days. If Captain can do the 'sit pose', my husband gave him dog food. Sometime, my husband buy special dog food (dog food that seems very very delicious for Captain with flying-high-price) to give Captain treat if he can do the tricks quickly.

It is funny when I saw Captain jumping around my husband trying to catch the dog food while my husband said "Sit! Sit! Siiiitttt...!". What a scene :D

After about 2 weeks, Captain understand the command "Sit". He quickly do the 'sit pose' when me or my husband say "Sit!". Then, my husband try to teach him new trick, "Up".

Command "Up" making Captain to do standing position with his 2 back legs. This trick training needs only a half day because Captain already used to trained "Sit" before.

There are several things to remember if you want to train your dog. First, don't ever yell to your dog, because if your dog got scared, he will never follow your order. Next is never hurt your dog, teach him patiently. The last one, always give your dog treat, because he will love it, and love you too ;)

Arnandra