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Teaching your dog obedience training is not easy, many people will advise you differently to what works best. Getting to know your dog and spending time practising will bring you closer and you will soon understand each other.

Getting your dog to learn new things can be challenging, there are lots of things to take into consideration. As we go on you will start to understand how to get your dog to be obedient.

1. Its very important that you and your dog mutually respect each other. The relationship needs to be trusting and friendly, but remember you are the owner and are always in charge. Do not let the dog forget that!

2.When training your dog to be obedient make sure that you stay confident and in control.

3. When teaching your dog new techniques make sure that the dog is happy and is enjoying the learning process. Make teaching enjoyable and your dog will learn new commands much faster.

4. Work with the dogs natural instincts, this will make obedience training a lot easier and also you will again your dogs respect quicker.

It is important to understand that when it comes to getting your dog to obey your commands there are certain rules that can help to make the obedience training more effective. Below we take a look at some of the key rules.

Rule 1. Reward your dog if they succeed in a task or command that you have set. At first they might take a while to learn as their attention span is not as good a humans.

Rule 2. The concentration level on a dog is very much limited, they take time to put up new commands. The best thing to do when teach obedience training is repeat your commands over and over.

Rule 3. Make sure you provide feedback whatever the outcome when teaching your dog new commands, this will let the dog no whats acceptable and what is not.

Rule 4. Be realistic when teaching new obedience skills not all dogs are the same, some are going to take longer to pick up the commands. What you should never do is punish your dog if they are wrong in the initial stages.

Rule 5. Teaching your dog new commands if meant to be fun so keep it like that. If the dog seems to become bored they will start to lose attention.

Rule 6. The best thing to do is teach your dog one command at a time, by doing this you will keep the dogs attention and they will start to understand and pick up the command a lot faster.

Rule 7. As well as setting time aside each day to carry out training, it is important that you incorporate what they are being taught into their daily routines. For example each day before you feed them make sure that they sit and stay whilst you place their food on the floor. Then allow them to eat it when you command them to.

Rule 8. Correcting your dog should only be done if they have done wrong. Never correct or punish a dog that is not out of line, if you do this will cause confusion and lack of respect for you.

Rule 9. Treating your dog for good behaviour is the best thing you can do, by doing this the dog will realise that they have done the right thing making the command become second nature.

Rule 10. If you do find it difficult and challenging teaching you dog obedience lessons, then there is plenty of classes all over the UK.