A Beginners Guide to Effective Boston Terrier Training

Boston terriers are a beautiful breed of dog; they have a charismatic character that is both friendly and loyal, as well as an energetic need to please their owners.

They were originally breed down in size from the vicious pit-bull terriers, though seeing the Boston terrier pets today, it is hard to believe that this affectionate dog could ever hurt anyone.

If you plan on rearing your dog from a puppy then how you approach house training will affect their behavior later on.

Though the Boston terrier breed is known to be intelligent and quite well behaved, it is best to be firm and strong when setting your boundaries or teaching them the basic rules of your home.

After 3-6 months you can start to teach your Boston terrier tricks; start with the very basics and go at their pace.

Remember that trying to teach too many tricks to your dog at once will cause confusion and they will inevitably shut down or stop listening to you all together; so where do I begin training my Boston terrier?

The Importance of a Tasty Treat

By now your dog should be familiar with your voice and through the basic house training they will know when they have done right and when they have done wrong.

Chances are you have a store of small treats to give to your puppy when they require positive praise; these will be an invaluable tool in Boston terrier training.

When choosing the type or treats to use, buy small soft types that can be chewed once or twice and the swallowed quickly.

If you use hard dog biscuits or the large chewy kind during training, when you give them to your terrier they will end up chewing for too long and lose focus of what is going on.

It is important that you give them a treat within 2-4 seconds after they have done something correctly, this will ensure that a connection has been made between the two things.

Basic Boston Terrier Tricks

If you’re wondering how to train Boston terrier to do simple tricks, like sit down, stay and come they all require constant consistency and regular daily training to perfect.

One your dog understands the basic idea of do good and get a treat, you’ll be able to use this in training them to do so many different commands.

To give you an idea of how easy Boston terrier training can be here are descriptions on how to teach them some of the basic tricks.

• Sit – This is a must know command for controlling your dog when he or she gets a little too excited; you can actually start training your puppies with this when they are 5-6 weeks old to get them used to the routine.
  
  Using a choke chain collar have your terrier on your left side, now pull up with the leash and say “Sit” in a firm loud voice while pushing down very gently on their rear with your free hand. Do this several times first until they understand, you can use positive praising to help add strength to the idea.
• Stay – This is an important Boston terrier training command for controlling your dog when he or she is getting a little out of control or going somewhere they shouldn’t be.
  
  Have your dog sit on your left side and slowly hold an open palm just in front of the muzzle, give the command “Stay” and then take 2-3 steps away from your dog.
  
  If you see them getting ready to move give the command again; also add praise such as “Good boy”. If your dog manages to stay for a few seconds, shout come here and immediately give them the treat.
• Down – This is a great command to use when your dog is jumping around on the sofa or on top of you.
  
  Get your terrier to sit next to you on your left, then with a firm voice give the command “Down”; next put your arm behind the front legs and slowly push forward forcing them to buckle and your dog to go down towards the ground.

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