In North America, dogs are treated as a member of the family.
In fact they are the most appreciated types of pets since the beginning of times.
The best thing you can do is to introduce him to your family when he is a small pup.
Why is that? There are many reasons.
First of all, being a puppy, he is more receptive to see you as his master.
He can adapt faster and he can accept easier the members of you family.
Another reason is that they are easier to be trained when they are young.
Like any other child if you offer him the proper education at smaller age he will be more obedience when he gets older.
If you decide to train him at this age it is better if you do it by yourself.
The obedience training is the first stage of any type of training.
He must learn to follow your commands properly.
He must be corrected when he does things incorrectly, and you must correct these things in a mild manner but firm at the same time.
The dog should be punished but not to injure the animal.
You should deprive him of things he enjoys most and show him that you are no longer happy with what he did.
The best thing is to keep him far from you and to ignore his desperate calls to catch your attention.
As any other animals, dogs are not thrilled with the idea of being put on a leash.
This is normal behavior but should be trained right away.
Leash training is the first step of obedience training, therefore it is essential that the dog trained to be comfortable with a leash on.
You can be sure that you can control your dog behavior better when you are on the street.
Never force him when you are trying you put the leash on.
The time to practice this technique is during feeding time or play time.
Also never forget to customize its leash.
You should buy one that is most suitable to the breed of your dog.
Once the dog is comfortable walking with a leash on, then you can proceed with more advance obedience training techniques.
As with children you should offer your dog, care, love and most of all patient.
Only like that you will be able to enjoy the results you are seeking.
Even if this means that you should dedicate him a lot of your time, every minute will worth.