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Boxer Training Tips: How to Teach a Boxer Puppy To Sit
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When you first get your boxer puppy and begin your boxer training, you will most likely start off with teaching your boxer to sit down. It’s one of the simplest commands to train your boxer puppy to perform. All it requires is a treat and some time.
You start your boxer training by getting a treat and then getting your boxers attention. Hold the treat in your hand and hold it above your boxers head. Don’t hold it too high or your boxer puppy will jump up for it. Now keep repeating “sit” and move your hand back towards your boxer puppies back. This will get your boxer puppy to sit down.
Once your puppies butt hits the floor, praise him for the good work that he’s done. Keep doing this for about 20 minutes. Sometimes your dog will sit without you asking just to get a treat. When your boxer puppy starts doing that, stop the training and ignore your boxer puppy until he is busy with something else. Once he has forgotten all about the training and has something else on his puppy mind, get a treat and repeat the process.
When your boxer puppy has learned how to sit with a treat, try to do the same thing without one. If he just sits there with a blank face, keep up the boxer puppy training with the treat. Then when you think your boxer puppy understands the command, try to do it without a treat again.
Training your boxer puppy to sit is one of the easier commands and shouldn’t take you too long. Just remember to praise your puppy for obeying you every time he does.
Boxer Training Tips: Bark Collar
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If you live on a large prosperity away from all your neighbors and need a guardian boxer that will bark when he sees intruders, then this article is not for you. However, if your home is close to your neighbors and you need a boxer dog that won’t bark and disturb your neighbors with all the barking, then please read on.
Boxers are not usually the types of dogs that will bark constantly for no reason if properly trained, but if your little boxer puppy happens to be one of those dogs that barks constantly, then might consider buying a dog barking training collar.
What barking training collars (Picture to the left) do is detect when ever your boxer puppy barks and sends a little electric shock. After couple of barks, your boxer dog will learn to associate barking with the little electric shock.
If you think that a small electric sock is a little too much for your dog try looking into training bark collars that spray citronella (Like the one in the picture to the right). Citronella spray will annoy your boxer puppy and it will learn that barking is not allowed in the house.
You won’t have to always keep the training bark collar on your boxer puppy. Eventually your boxer will learn that barking is wrong and won’t need any reminders just like with every training trick.
Boxer Training Tips: Training Crate for Your Boxer Puppy
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The first thing that you should decide on is what size of a training crate you will get for your boxer puppy. Since boxer puppies grow up into large dogs, you will have to look for a large size training crate. The crate for your boxer puppy should be big enough just for him to lie down comfortably. If you are planning ahead and want to buy a crate that will last your boxer dog a lifetime, then you will also need a divider. This will make your training crate smaller so it’s just the right size for your boxer puppy.
Another thing that you should decide on is what material training crate you will get for your boxer puppy. You can either pick metal or plastic. It is probably best that you go with plastic training crate unless your boxer puppy is a chewer. Plastic training creates would give a better feel to your boxer then a metal training cage.
When you have found the right training crate for your boxer, take it home try it out and see how your boxer puppy responds to your training crate. If your boxer pup doesn’t like it too much, you can always return it and get another one. Keep in mind that your boxer puppy will not jump into the training crate with joy as soon as he sees it. You will need to slowly let your boxer puppy get used to it. So it will take some time before your boxer puppy is fully comfortable with your training crate.
Boxer Training Tips: Training Dog Collar for Your Puppy
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When boxer puppies go for their first walks, they tend to pull you everywhere. All those exciting new things they see outside that they have never seen before attract your boxer puppies’ attention. This might not seem like a big problem at first because you can keep 
your boxer puppy in line with no problems, but when your boxer puppies grows into a big dog, you will have a more difficult time keeping your boxer under control.
A training dog collar is the solution for your problem. Every time your boxer puppy, or even an all grown up boxer, starts pulling you a certain direction, the collar tightens up. If the dog returns towards you, it loosens up. A training dog collar will prevent your dog from pulling you in every direction.
After your boxer puppy learns that it’s not ok to pull you everywhere when you go for a walk, you won’t need to use it anymore. You can just start using the old collar and your boxer puppy will follow you where ever you go.
Even though you might not need the training dog collar, it is still a good idea to keep it around. Who knows, you might want to get another dog.
Boxer Training Tips: How to train your boxer not to run out of the house
Posted by: | CommentsTraining your boxer puppy to not run out of the house is same as training any other dog to not run out the house. Trying your boxer puppy to stay inside unless told otherwise can be a bit difficult because they usually get excited about going out for walks. If you will stick to what you’re teaching your boxer puppy, you will train your puppy to not run out the house in without any problems.
First start off by putting on the leash on your dog and telling it to sit. You’re going to have to make your boxer puppy sit still until you tell it otherwise. When your boxer sits still you can now open the door. Your boxer puppy will try to pull you and run out of the house. This is where your leash will come in handy. Gently pull your puppy back and tell it to sit again. Keep your boxer puppy inside. It might be easier with two people, one holding the door and one holding the puppy.
Wait until your boxer has stopped trying to run out of the house and then proceed out the door yourself. Don’t let your boxer puppy follow after you. Remember that your boxer puppy can’t run out of the house unless you tell it to. If your boxer puppy tried to follow you outside, tell him to sit and wait until he is calm again.
Once you are outside and your boxer puppy is calm, you can now call him out. Give him a command that you will use constantly from now on that will mean for him to go outside. With my boxer dog I just say “Outside.” Once you say the command let your boxer puppy out of the house and go for a walk.
Keep repeating this until you do not need a leash to prevent your dog from running out. Eventually your dog will learn to wait for you to tell it “Outside” and wait.
Try not to ever let your dog out without your permission. This will tell the dog that it’s never ok to leave without your command.
Boxer Tips: Naming Your Boxer Puppy
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Before you even get your first boxer puppy, you probably already have a name in mind. Or maybe you already got your puppy and still haven’t thought of the perfect name. It’s difficult to come up with a right name for your boxer puppy on the spot. You have to keep in mind once you pick out a good name for your boxer puppy, you won’t be able to change it anymore.
So how do you come up with the right name for your boxer puppy?
Some people name their boxer puppies after dogs they have seen on TV. Others name their puppies after a dog they either owned or knew when they were little. It’s hard to pick out their right name for your boxer puppy but once you hear it, you will be sure that that’s the perfect name for your boxer puppy.
Remember that no matter what you decide naming your boxer puppy, it still will be the same boxer puppy you purchased. Don’t dwell on the name of your boxer puppy for too long. It’s just name. J
Boxer Training Tips: Training a Boxer Puppy
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Training a boxer puppy can be both hard and challenging. If you plan on purchasing a boxer puppy, then be sure that you will have to go through boxer puppy training.
Many owners don’t realize that you should start training your boxer puppy as soon as possible. They wait until the boxer puppy grows into an adult and only then they begin their boxer puppy training.
Training a boxer puppy will require time and patients so why not start as early on as you can? Why wait when you can begin your boxer puppy training as soon as your boxer puppy gets settled down in his new home?
Be a good boxer puppy trainer and begin your boxer puppy training early on. You can start teaching your boxer puppy new tricks while you play games with it. You can make every fun boxer game a new learning experience and make it a part of your boxer puppy training.
Training a boxer puppy is also a great way to keep your boxer puppy in good health. When you begin your boxer training, you can include lots of exercise. This will keep your boxer puppy well exercised while you try to train a boxer puppy.
Boxer Training Tips: Housebreaking Your Boxer Puppy
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The first proper boxer training that should be done when you get your puppy is housebreaking it. Your boxer puppy is still young and is unaware that he can’t pee in the house. That’s why you will have to train your boxer puppy to do his business outside.
If your boxer puppy made an accident inside of your house, it is important to clean it all up. If the smell remains, it will attract more future accidents to happen in that same spot. Before your boxer puppy is properly trained not to pee inside, it will look for familiar place to go. In order to train your boxer puppy to not go there again, you will have to give it a new familiar place to go, which will be outside.
When you start housebreaking your boxer puppy, you will have to take it outside at least every three to four hours. This is because boxer puppies can’t hold it in much longer. You will also need to take out your boxer outside every 10-20 min. after it is finished eating. Training your boxer to pee outside will require a little effort on both the trainer and the boxer puppy itself.
Once the boxers housebreaking training is over, you won’t have to worry about brining your dog outside as often. Your new boxer puppy will now have a new place to do his business and you won’t have to worry about cleaning up the mess anymore.
Boxer Training Tips:When Do You Start To Train Your Boxer?
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Each dog is different and so is the appropriate age to start training your dog. It is advised to start training your boxer when it hits around five months of age. Dogs that will grow larger than normal dogs should be trained sooner. Boxer training can be at times quite difficult, since boxers can get pretty stubborn, so five months old is a good place to start.
This does not mean that you can let your boxer chew on whatever he or she likes and run around the house without your permission. You need to establish what is right and wrong from the start. Letting your boxer chew on things he is not supposed to on day one and then not letting your boxer chew on the same thing later will only confuse your boxer. Teaching good habits from the start is the best way to start your boxer training.
Boxer Training: Bad Dog
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Many times during training their boxers, owners forget about the importance of punishing your boxer. By punishing I do not mean hitting your dog but simply saying “Bad Dog.” If you keep consistent with your boxer training, your dog will learn that the term “Bad Dog” isn’t a good thing and he should stop what he is doing immediately.
When you first begin training your boxer, you might want to sound sterner when you say it since dogs respond to the tone of the voice quicker in the beginning than to the actual words you are saying because they still don’t understand what they mean. So every time your boxer is doing something inappropriate let him or her know that you don’t appreciate that kind of behavior.
The term “Bad Dog” is just an example. You can replace that word with any other the suit your needs. They key to training your boxer is consistency and not the word. So if you begin training your boxer with the term “Bad Dog,” you better stick with it.
The reason it is important in proper boxer training to establish a word for when you are not happy is because it helps you communicate with your boxer easier. And if you want a well trained boxer, then communication is what you should strive for.
Boxers are curious creatures and sometimes get into things they shouldn’t. If you were consistent with your “Bad Dog” term, or any other which you have chosen, then you will have no problem letting know your well trained boxer that what he is doing might lead him in a bit trouble and you want him to stop immediately.