Colorado Dog Academy – A Colorado Dog Training & Obedience School - Training The Dogs of Denver & Metro Colorado For Over 25 years.
Colorado Dog Academy 12180 N. Sheridan Blvd Broomfield, Colorado 80020-5609 (303) 465-1703 Map		Untrained is Unloved!
We are an Old Mother Hubbard Wellness Products Approved Distributor	Philosophy and Methods Colorado Dog Academy believes the goal of training is to control your dog. In order to accomplish this goal, Colorado Dog Academy approaches training in two steps. Step 1: Teach The Words Dogs do not have the ability to understand the meaning of words in the same way that humans can. For example: The human can understand that the word sit represents a position to be in, the dog cannot. When the dog learns the word sit, the dog associates the word with a specific behavior (resting on the haunches from a standing position). Since the dog associates the word with a behavior, when the dog is lying down it won’t respond to our sit command. The behavior sit up from the down is a new behavior and requires additional training. Of course, if the dog understood the meaning of sit; additional training would not be necessary. When it comes to teaching the dog the words, there are basically two methods. One method is to “show” the dog what the word means. For example: to teach the dog to sit, the hindquarters would be pushed to the floor, physically placing the dog in a sit position and the dog would be praised “good sit”, “good sit”. The second method of training is to lure the dog to sit using its own natural ability with a piece of food. The word sit is said just prior to the sit behavior and the dog is rewarded with the food. Gradually the food reward is replaced with praise. This second method of training is the most effective method with the overwhelmingly majority of dogs. Step:2 Become Leader Of The Pack According to recent genetic studies, dogs evolved directly from wolves. The wolves’ natural social structure sleaves them predisposed to pack living and to accepting an authority figure. They instinctively understand the pecking order of the pack. The domestication process involves the acceptiong of the human as part of the pack and forming a social structure. In order to control the dog, the human must be viewed as the leader of the pack.