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If you are unaware of the ten most common mistakes that puppy owners make, then your puppy training goals may never be realized.

As a puppy owner you may soon realize that everyone you talk to about puppy training has something to say on the subject. Some people will tell you that you need to be more firm, others will tell you that you need better tasting treats, while others will simply say, 'Let your puppy play more. Because a tired puppy is a well behaved puppy".

Free dog training advice is so easy to come by that you could very well come away with a whole dog training course by simply taking your dog for a walk. But, at the end of the day you may be left with an odd itching sensation in your brain. Who do you believe? What do you do? And is free dog training information any good?

The truth is that being a good puppy owner has little to do with giving your puppy treats or letting it run freely in a public park. You can be as firm as you want, as loving as you need and as consistent as the orbiting moon, but if you are unaware of the ten most common mistakes that puppy owners make, then your dog training goals may never be realized.

So what are these mistakes? Drum roll please......

TEN - We Treat Our Puppies Like Children

It is a great mistake to believe that your puppy thinks like a child. It does not. Your puppy has an important culture of its own, and if you want your puppy to respect you as its human leader, then you must respect it as your dog.

NINE - We Play Ball With Our Puppies Too Soon

One of the first things most people buy for their puppies are throw balls. Once these toys are obtained puppy owners quickly train their puppies to chase. While this may not present a problem for more mature dogs, teaching your puppy to running after things may become a serious problems when your puppy sees a cat or a squirrel. Our advice, teach your puppy to come when called before you teach it to run in the opposite direction. Then, after you know that your puppy has a reliable recall, go hog wild with the throw toys.

EIGHT - We Let Our Puppies Walk On Us

We all know that puppies are too cute for their own good. As such we pick them up and let their little feet touch our bodies. Then, oh no, puppies get bigger and so do their feet. Too bad, so sad, remember when you would let your puppy walk all over you? Now your puppy thinks that you are a sidewalk! Our advice, if you keep little paws on the floor, those same paws will remain on the floor when they get bigger. Yahoo! You don't need to be a sidewalk after all!

SEVEN - We Don't Use The Crate As A "Time Out" Area

Most puppy owners have been told that it is wrong to send a puppy to its crate as a form of discipline. Don't you believe it. "Time out" is an awesome way to use your puppy's crate as a training tool. In much the same way that you never learned to hate your bedroom when your parents sent you to it, your puppy will not learn to hate its crate because you want it to take a "time out".

Remember this tip, when you put your puppy in its crate for a time out, the punishment is not the crate, rather, the true discipline is that your puppy is not allowed to spend time with you. The crate is only a tool that you use to create distance. Helping your puppy realize that unwanted behavior will get it temporarily removed from your side will also help your puppy adopt behaviors that make you happy. Our advice, when your puppy starts to get on your nerves, send it away for a nap.

SIX - Sometimes People Hit Their Puppies

I would think that this rule would explain itself. Sadly, it doesn't. When dealing with a puppy it is vital that you uphold the greatest levels of respect and personal integrity.  This said, I know that you do not want to hit your puppy, so when you do you must also recognize that you have lost control. Not only of your puppy but of yourself. Our asking you not to hit your puppy has far more to do with respecting yourself then it does about puppy training. Our advice, when you get mad enough to hit, send your puppy to its crate. You could both use a time out from each other.

FIVE - We Don't Handle Our Puppies Feet Enough.

Millions (yes, millions) of puppy owners run into serious problems because their puppies have never learned to have their toe nails trimmed. Puppies that would otherwise never bite become nasty little devils when they see the nail clippers. This is most unfortunate because sooner or later your puppy will need to have its toe nails trimmed and someone is going to have to fight with your puppy. Know this, one bite always leads to another and if your puppy bites because it is panicked about its feet being touched, that one bite can lead to a whole world of trouble. Our advice. Even if you don't need to trim your puppies toe nails, fake it. Take out the toe nail clippers each and every week and gently tap them against your puppy's toe nails. If you do this often enough your puppy will learn to accept the nail clippers as a normal part of life. Yahoo!

FOUR - We Let Our Puppies Party Too Much.

When dealing with young puppies people often fail to establish social rules that demand public grace. Rather than asking a puppy to sit silently, or keep its mouth closed, we often socialize our puppies by letting them do what they want. We wrongfully believe that animals, because they are animals, live a free life without any natural restrictions. While it is true that baby animals are free, it is also true that their parents enforce an awesome number of rules that demand social grace. A young animal that becomes to hyper, loud or fearful, could fall victim to a large number of predators.

Now that you have a puppy, you have become your puppy's parent. As such you should do your best to insight the kind of puppy training that would happen naturally. Our advice, do not let your puppy be guided by its nose or its desire to play.  Set puppy training rules that require your puppy to respect these rules, even when she wants to party.

THREE - We do not follow up on what we say

It has been said that you are what you eat. Well, in truth, you are what you say. And this is extremely important to remember when training your puppy. Often, far too often, when we ask a puppy to do something we do not follow up our words with actions. Take for example when you ask your puppy to "sit". After you issue your request it is vital that your puppy responds favorably. If you say "sit" and your puppy is still standing or it runs away, you cannot simply shrug your shoulders and think "Oh, well...". You must follow up your words with actions that will compel your puppy to respond.  Our advice, take a moment to consider weather or not you are able to follow your words with actions before you command your puppy to do something.  If you ask your dog to "come" then you should know how to enforce your request.  If you do not know how to enforce your request, do not issue it in the first place. Read our best selling puppy training e-book, The Puppy Prophecy, and learn how to follow up your words with actions.

TWO - We often try to get fast training results

Here we find one of the most detrimental mistakes that most puppy owners make. "Fast Food Puppy Training" is a term we use to describe puppy training methods that fool people into thinking that fast results are good results. We would like to let you know, here and now, if you are paying for fast puppy training results you are bound to be disappointed. Puppy training is relationship building. Building a solid relationship with your puppy will take time. It is vital, absolutely vital, that you find and stick with a puppy training program that will teach you how to understand and triumph over the multitude of little problems your puppy will manifest. Our advice, avoid puppy training methods that guarantee fast results. Great dogs are made in months, not weeks, and certainly not hours!

ONE - We do not take puppy training seriously

Let me be direct as I can. If you have a puppy and your are in need of puppy training information then you are well advised to consider buying a copy of The Puppy Prophecy right now. I say this not only because your purchase will support Puppywishes and our drive to help as many puppies as possible, but also because I feel that The Puppy Prophecy will open your eyes to the truth about puppy training. The Puppy Prophecy talks about your puppy's behavior in a way that will open your eyes and leave you saying "Wow!".

As puppy training experts we recognize all of the little mistakes that puppy owners make. When have taken the time to point out ten of these mistakes here. But in truth, there are hundreds of little mistakes that good puppy owners make each and every day. These mistakes, if left uncorrected, slowly mushroom into serious problems that result in good puppies acting bad. We recognize that the internet is overflowing with items to buy, most of which you do not need. However, if you have a puppy and you want to keep that puppy in your life for as long as it lives, then The Puppy Prophecy is a indispensable training tool that will help you achieve your puppy training goals. Our advice: take your puppy's training seriously.  Because your puppy's mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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