Content
- Schnauzer Characteristics
- The importance of socialization
- put rules and limits
- fix bad habits
- Basic orders
- other orders
If you are thinking about adopting a Schnauzer or if you already live with one, it is essential to know its character, what its qualities are and what is the best way to educate it from an early age. In this way, you will be able to become a balanced, sociable and happy dog as an adult.
For this reason, in this PeritoAnimal article we will give you some advice and tips for training a schnauzer correctly. Despite his strong personality, it's easy to teach him the basics if he knows how to do it. So, keep reading this article and get to know this dog breed better to enjoy its company to the full.
Schnauzer Characteristics
This breed is originally from Germany and there are several sizes, so we can find miniature, medium or giant schnauzer. All of them are characterized by a hair with a softer inner layer and a rough outer layer, in black and silver, salt and pepper, black or white. Also, something that easily differentiates this breed are the eyebrows, the beard and the very dense mustache.
The character of this breed stands out for its Strong personality, your confidence in yourself, your intelligence, and are also known to be a little stubborn. These are very active, curious, courageous, loyal, reliable and stable-tempered dogs. Therefore, we must have an authoritarian attitude towards them, but never aggressive. So you should never pick him up and yell at him or educate him in a negative way. Positive reinforcement, that is, rewarding good and desired behaviors is much more effective.
He should also know that they are very attached to his family, so it is very important that all family members share time with him. In addition to defending your family in the face of everything, if they spend a lot of time alone at home, they can be destructive and they can even suffer from separation anxiety.
The importance of socialization
To find out how Raising a Miniature, Medium or Giant Schnauzer must know the importance of socialization. Ideally, this should occur in the puppy's first months, which is when he can learn more things and his character is formed, but if you have an adult dog it is also possible to socialize him correctly, especially with the help of a canine ethologist.
Like any other race, if not properly socialized, educated and trained, they can become territorial, suspicious and even aggressive. Therefore, it is essential to proper socialization from an early age, so that when they reach adults they are balanced and happy.
To get socialize a puppy of Schnauzer correctly must take into account the following:
- Remember that your puppy must be vaccinated to be able to be in contact with others and that the first animals you decide to have contact with, it is preferable that they are balanced and calm. This way, you will avoid bad experiences from a puppy that will only lead to an adult with problems of trust and behavior.
- To start relating to other puppies it's good to look for them of the same size and age as yours and, in a few days, introduce you to other puppies of larger size and age. To introduce you to animals of other species you must follow the same rules.
- It is always better for these encounters to take place in neutral territory, that is, in a new street area or in a new dog park, where neither of you has figured out before that it was their territory and that the other is invading it. Look for nice and safe places.
- In addition to getting the puppy used to all kinds of pets and street noises, it is also essential that all family members get involved and the dog gets to know them well so that further on there are no problems with coexistence. In addition, we must allow you to meet more people.
put rules and limits
In order to properly educate and train a Schnauzer, it is very important that, from the moment it becomes part of our family, we put rules and limits and let us help you understand them.
For this, it is essential that everyone who lives with the animal agrees on what things it can and cannot do, as well as the exact words they will use to teach it the orders and make it understand situations. This is essential, because if one person indicates an action or order with one word and another does it with a different word, the dog will not understand the relationship and will not learn.
In addition, you should also think in schedules and routines that your pet will have, because in these aspects they must also be consistent so that the puppy can have balance. In addition, you have to understand which areas of the house you may or may not be in, so it is good to have your own fixed spaces where you have water and food, the bed, blankets and toys. Leaving the rules and limits clear, always in a positive way, your pet can have the stability that a dog needs and be happy.
fix bad habits
Even complying with the above, especially if there are things that we have not helped him understand since he was a puppy, it is possible that the dog develops bad habits or has bad behaviors. For example, it may be asking for food all the time while we are eating, it may be pulling the collar a lot on sidewalks, or it may break some objects.
So, when your dog ignores you, doesn't comply with the rules you already know or behaves badly, correct it with positive reinforcement. In other words, do not scold, punish or hit him, as this is not effective and can even seriously worsen your dog's behavior.
To use positive reinforcement, just tell him a firm NO, without yelling, or stop doing what he's doing, for example, stop walking if the problem is him pulling his collar and not walking again until he stops, calm down. and come back to your side. And every time you do things well, you should reward or congratulate him, whether with a treat from time to time, with loving words or caresses.
Basic orders
teach basic orders to a dog is a way to create a strong and positive connection with yourself and with the whole family, as it will help to feel useful within the family, something very important for its development and balance.
As Schnauzer are generally a bit stubborn puppies and are always very attentive to everything that happens around them, it's easy to get distracted from what we're teaching them, so éI need patience.
To train your miniature, medium or giant schnauzer, you have to start with the simplest things and basic items that are part of their care. For this reason, since a puppy you should educate him to do his needs outside the home, starting by indicating a place in the house to which he can turn when he needs to, and little by little he will do it on the street and not indoors.
At the same time you learn where to go, you can teach them basic orders for puppies that can't be missed if you want them to be balanced and happy. It is about learning to be quiet, to sit down, to lie down, to come when you call and walk beside you. Also, especially if you have a giant schnauzer, you should teach it not to jump on people.
other orders
Once you've got your pet to learn all the basic things and orders mentioned and make sure you provide all the care that the Schnauzer needs, then you can start teaching him. other more advanced orders with bringing toys, walking around, giving the paw, turning on oneself or playing dead, among many others.
To follow all these tips for training a schnauzer it will have to be based on positive reinforcement and never on forcing or punishing it. You will see that this way is much simpler and more effective, in addition to avoiding many possible future problems, making your Schnauzer a happy adult puppy, stable and balanced and mutually enjoy your company.
