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If you are wishing for a new pet dog you obviously gravitate toward a pooch that will be a good friend for you, but you surely will want one that can be easily trained. When you are working on training a dog whether it’s a American Staffordshire Terrier or a Shih Tzu that can be obedience trained quite easily, it will make your job easier when you are paper training it and teaching it simple manners. While a dog that is more "difficult" can pose some difficulties in training, they can be trained by someone who is experienced in dog handing. But, if you are new to dog training, you will get going a lot faster if you find one that is quick to learn. When looking through the want ads for this type of dog, there are a few things that you will want to look for in character, breed and age.

Personality

Even experienced trainers will tell you that a calmer dog is quite a bit easier to train. Although it may be a bit simpler to hold this type of dog’s attention, an exuberant, hyper dog can also be easy to train if you have some patience. The key is to lay your hands on a dog that bonds with you. When you bond with a dog and that dog will follow you anywhere because it really loves you, it will enthusiastically do anything that you ask. A dog that is bonded to its owner is very simple to train, regardless of whether it is excitable or peaceful, dominant or submissive.

A submissive dog will usually cause fewer challenges in training than a dominant one will. To check and see if your dog is submissive, look him or her in the eyes. If the dog looks away before you do, that is an indication of submission. With miniature dogs and puppies, it over so that its belly is up. A submissive dog will just remain that way and allow you to turn them over. A dominant dog will fight you, trying to turn over.

Breed

Your choice of breeds is huge – C’o da Serra de Aires and Sloughi and Gos d’atura and Slovensky Hrubosrsty Stavac and Sheepdog to name a few.

Various breeds are renowned for their trainability. Labs and Golden Retrievers are rightly popular because they are so easy to train. But, the bully breeds are very intelligent and will become your best friend. This includes American bulldogs, pit bulls and English bulldogs. Corgis, Australian shepherds, German shepherds and Dobermans are dogs that are normally easy to train. Terriers and notorious for being tough to train, but they can be taught and they will learn new skills fast, especially if they see that they will benefit such as giving them a treat. Mixed breed dogs can frequently make excellent pets that are extremely easy to train.

Age

The old adage says that you can’t teach an old dog a new trick and most folks believe that adult dogs can not be trained, but that is not true at all. Many adult dogs learn even faster than puppies. Adult dogs many times have a better attention span than puppies and they are more settled. Adult dogs can make great pets and can prove to be very easy to train so you might consider checking out an animal shelter.

When you choose a dog, look for one that clicks with you. If you find the dog that you can bond with, it will make all the difference with your training.

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