SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR DOGS

Dog training are the process of teaching a dog ( Canis lupus familiaris ) to perform certain behaviors under various circumstances and in certain roles on command.

The process of teaching a dog :

• Teaching a dog basic obedience commands ( part of obedience training )
• Teaching a dog to perform tricks casually or for circus acts
• Teaching a guide dog to lead the blind
• Teaching a rescue dog to find victims of a disaster
• Teaching a hunting dog to perform its instinctive behaviors at appropriate times

There are as many areas in which to train as there are methods. Most often certain methods, or combinations of methods are applied to any area of training.

The common areas of dog training, including :

• Obedience
• Herding
• Agility
• Tracking
• Retrieving
• Hunting
• Guard
• Schutzhund

Dogs are also trained for specific purposes, including :

• Detection dogs
• Assistance dogs
• Herding dogs, livestock guardian dogs, and sheep dogs
• Hunting dogs
• Police dogs
• Rescue dogs
• Schutzhund German for “protection dog”

Service animals, for example Assistance dogs ( such as guide dogs and hearing dogs ) are carefully trained to utilize both their sensory skills and the protective instincts of dogs ( as pack animals ) to bond with a human and help that person to offset a disability in daily life. The use of assistance dogs is an ever-growing field, with wide a range of special adaptations.

Dog training for protection dog must achieve three disciplines, such as :

• Tracking
• Obedience
• Personal protection

Guard animals, such as guard dogs are defined as canines who either by training or by instinct, protect either property, persons or objects. A well-trained guard dog protects person, property or objects on command and "turns-off" on command as well. Properly trained animals will guard on command and then when commanded to "out" will approach and accept in a friendly manner those that may have attempted to gain entry, cause harm or steal protected items

There are several methods regarding the training of guard animals :

• The Koehler Method
• The Schutzhund method also contains a portion relating to protection and generally means the animal will bite on command, and will not release until commanded.

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