How to start training a dog if he is already 3 years old?

Answer 1

Depending on the situation the dog came from, which you may or may not know, you may have a fairly well behaved dog at the age of 3.

The question is, what do you want him to do? I have worked with a dog rescue for many years and do consulting on behavior for adopters. I have people ask me "what commands does the dogs know", I never really know what to say. I always ask "what do you want him to do", and they never really know what they want.

If my dog is doing something I don't want him to do, I teach him to stop and modify the behavior. Eventually, he will stop doing that behavior, and we move on to the next undesireable behavior. Again, eventually, all those bad behaviors will go away. Simultaneously, while you are modifying bad behavior, you are teaching him desireable behavoir. It all goes hand in hand.

1) Anyone who thinks that training a 3 year old dog is harder than training a puppy, has never had either. A 3 year old dog, while they may have some issues depending on their former situation, they have a much greater attention span, and will learn much quicker than a puppy.

2) Obedience classes are good, only if they train the handler as well as the dog, most don't. In any case, you must train your dog, whether you get your info from a teacher, book or TV show, you have to do the work.

3) Find the book "Smarter Than You Think" by Paul Loeb. Training is not all about "training", it is about behavior. All dogs are different, just like people. Some people can become doctors, most can't. Some dogs can learn to open a mailbox, get your mail, and bring it to you. Others you are lucky if you get them to stop eating your mailbox and running into walls.

4) Exercise your dog! Long walks, runs, playing games, etc. are vital to the dogs life. You can't train a dog who can't sit still because he has been cooped up day after day. Just make sure you keep him safe. Keep him on the end of a 25' leash for a year if you have to to keep him safe, until he learns to come when called.

What you have to look most closely at is what kind of connection you have with the dog. You must get him to trust that you will protect him in order to curb any aggressions.

If you got him from a rescue or humane society, you have to be fair and give him 6 months to get acclimated to his new home.

Best of luck, and I hope you found your new best friend. If you love him, he will love you back and do whatever you want him to do.

Answer 2

Hi, I understand that you are looking for some advice or resources to help fully train your dog or fix behavior problems. If a professional dog trainer is not an option at this time, or if you want to trt training your dog on your own (a great way to bond), I'd suggest you https://bitly.im/aL1Hq

A friend recommened it to me a few years ago, and I was amazed how quickly it worked, which is why I recommend it to others. The dog training academy also has as an excellent home training course.

Answer 3

I don't know if this will work for a 3-year-old dog, but when we were training my puppy, she would have a spot that we always brought her to, to potty, on the grass. If she ever peed in the house, then we would go and put her in that spot outside. It seemed to work really well, and really quick. I don't know if it works for older dogs, though.
(That is just for potty training. I don't know about the other stuff to train a 3-year-old dog.)

Good Luck

Answer 4

It's never too late to train your dog! (Unless they're too old and can't hear you anymore! ha ha) Dog's love getting rewarded, so training is not a problem if you're consistent. Pick a command, repeat until success, and then keep at it daily.

I have a book listed on my website that I've used and LOVE. It's called How I Trained My Dog In One Evening.

Good luck!

Answer 5

You definitely need to look into obedience training, however, there are simple things you can do at home that will help. When your dog sits, tell him "good sit" and pet or give a small treat. Do this with everything that you want him to do that he already does. What you're doing is making him think that he's doing something really good all on his own. Before you know it, when you tell him to sit, stay, lay or whatever, he'll do it because he thinks it's good, not because he has to.

Good luck!

Answer 6

I hope you're talking about obedience training and not housebreaking. :)

I think your best bet is probably to enroll your dog in obedience classes. Petsmart, Petco, local dog clubs, and private trainers offer basic obedience classes. They'll teach you good, effective methods of turning your dog into the kind of well-behaved pet that you want.

I'm guessing that your dog may have already acquired some tough habits to break. If that's the case, you'll definitely want and need a professional trainer to help you get the situation under control.

Best of luck to you and your dog!

Answer 7

Training Your Pup
http://www.petskare.com/category/Training-Your-Pup.html

Answer 8

by technique of a pup gate so as that she will be able to't get into the room. She ought to imagine that's alright to poop there because she smells that she pooped there before. sparkling the floor or the carpet with a superb urinary/poop answer to do away with the smell and block the room off with the pup gate. desire this helps!

Answer 9

there's animal training places that teach even old dog's new trick's try asking your vet or pet shelter they should have information there or just check the web

Answer 10

Dear , Try not to feed him for a while then give him the food from your hand and let him use to eat from your hand only then he will be used to take order from you