To help make your training sessions more effective, you can follow some basic training tips.

Everyone who lives with your dog should be involved in his training, though a responsible person should be in charge. When children are involved in training, ensure they are supervised at all times.

Training sessions should be short and occur frequently throughout the day. Try to incorporate training into your dog’s daily routine. For example, practice the Wait command before letting your dog outside. If you use treats as lures or rewards, time your training sessions to occur just before your dog’s mealtimes, to ensure he will be hungry.

Training sessions should begin in an environment with few distractions, such as a quiet room in your house. As your dog becomes comfortable with the commands, begin adding distractions, such as having other people in the room.

Avoid training your dog when you have had a bad day or are feeling impatient. You may unintentionally take it out on your dog and make the training session unproductive.

• Everyone who lives with your dog should be involved in the dog’s training, but a responsible person should be in charge.

Note: The person in charge of training must be willing to commit the time required to train your dog.

• Children should be supervised by an adult at all times when working with your dog.

• Every time you are with your dog, it is a potential time to train. You should try to incorporate training into your dog’s daily routine. For example, have your dog practice the Sit command before you put down his food bowl.

• You should train your dog for 10 minutes in the morning, 10 minutes in the afternoon and 10 minutes in the evening, for a total of 30 minutes of training sessions per day.