The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, native to Switzerland, is a brave, reliable, and responsive working dog. In the early days, it was used by farmers to herd livestock and look after homes. Nursing homes and pulling carts. Later, people discovered that the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog has a quiet and peaceful temperament and can interact well with its owners, so many people choose to keep it as a companion dog.
However, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is quite naughty and mischievous. If you want to avoid causing trouble in life, it is necessary to give it some training. So, how to train the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog? Let me share it below.
1. Sit down training
Training a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog to sit down is a relatively basic action, and the best time is before each meal. Because the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog will only be obedient when it is hungry.
When teaching this action, the owner must be patient. The Greater Swiss Mountain Dog needs to learn it several times before it can be remembered. Once it learns it, it will never forget it for the rest of its life~ Of course, whenever it learns it, you can't forget to reward it and give it some dog food to achieve the purpose of motivation.
2. Training not to eat food indiscriminately
Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs don’t know what they can eat and what they cannot eat, so they often eat food indiscriminately. This is also the case for many Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs. It is the main cause of gastrointestinal diseases, so it is necessary to train it not to eat indiscriminately.
If you want the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog to know how to refuse food from others, you must first let it sit down quietly to show its obedience. Then, put the food in front of the dog, block the food with your hand, and order it to "eat later." If the dog is disobedient and comes to eat immediately, tap his little nose with your hand as a warning. After the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog sits down obediently, command it "it's ready to eat." After training it back and forth a few times, it will learn it.
3. Training to prevent biting things
When the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog has teeth when he is a child, his teeth will be itchy, so it is best to buy him teething toys to avoid them. Destroy furniture or other items at home. Also, in order to prevent your dog from chewing things, it is best to put all valuable things out of his reach.
When owners find that their dog wants to bite something, they should immediately go to it, ask it to sit down, and then tell it: No! When the dog is obedient, the owner can reward it with petting or feeding it some dog biscuits.
4. Training to stop barking
When the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog barks, the owners need to look at the cause. Dogs generally do not bark. , different barks represent different psychological needs of dogs. If the dog is indeed barking for nothing, then it needs to be educated. The owners can say in a stern tone: "Quiet, no barking." If even saying it three or four times has no effect, just lift the dog's legs. chin and use the "shh" gesture to tell it to be quiet. Once the dog understands and stops barking, the owner will give it some rewards.
The above is the editor’s sharing. I believe all the poop-shoveling officers have got it~ In fact, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog is an easy-to-train dog, as long as you master the correct method.