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September 2nd, 2010 by KittyKitty

If there is only one thing you need to start doing immediately after your new great dane arrives home, it is definitely great dane training. While training adult great danes is usually challenging due to their size, training a new pup shouldn’t be that hard. You’re not expected to train advanced or specialized lessons at this point in time. What you need to focus to is to get your puppy socialized in order to help him grow into a well-behaved pet in the days to come. Early training can also avoid the occurrence of different behavior issues like unnecessary barking, aggression, nipping, chasing and many others.

Great danes are referred to as  friendly and don’t usually attack or chase smaller animals. But as part of every dog’s natural instinct, the chasing behavior is certainly going to occur if the situation calls for it. And being chased by one of the largest dog breeds in the world is no joke. An adult great dane can easily knock you down if he captures and jumps up on you so it is just proper that they need to be trained to eliminate the behavior at once.

As part of the preparation for the actual dog training, make sure that he is reliably trained with the commands such as sit, stay and down. These commands can help you control, not merely when he has started to chase but also during many other circumstances. If you’re sure that he responds to those commands reliably, put him on leash and bring in the distractions. Ask a friend to act as a jogger or passerby who repeatedly drives by. When your friend occurs close to him, give the command “sit” or “down” and command him to stay in the position until given the release command. Reward him with praise or treats for being obedient. Practice in various locations and times of the day. In no time, he’ll understand that he is being rewarded for behaving when somebody or something passes by hence will not chase any longer.