Scientific studies show that puppies respond to external touch when they are in their mother's womb. A puppy can be studied extensively while it is still in its mother's womb from as early as the fourth week of gestation. It has been propounded that a puppy has a profound sense of touch even as a fetus due to its highly developed motor skills.

Don't make the mistake of waiting till your dog grows up a bit before you start training them because grown up dogs are usually hard to train. Puppies that aren't trained before they get to a particular age may not be pliable to training. You need to make sure that you start training your puppy at the right time to prevent frustrations.

There is a great deal of difference between a reward and a reward marker. A reward is the treat that is given to a dog to encourage desired behavior while a reward marker is the command that let's the dog know that it has just earned a reward.

Herding dogs are born with the instinct to herd. Herding dogs are usually used in farms and the countryside to herd cattle or sheep. Basically most owners of herding dogs use audible command tools to train their dogs because of the nature of the herding job.

Make sure that your dog understands your language clearly. Don't praise it for a particular act and then scold it for doing the same thing later on or you will confuse it. Remember that a dog learns by associating or linking things and be careful about how you act in front of your dog.

Always reward your dog for positive behavior and punish it for bad behavior. Your dog should be able to know the difference between good behavior and bad behavior as dictated by you. Basically, a dog only knows what you want it to know in the course of training.

Dogs need to be potty trained. Potty training a dog is part of its training program. A dog that leaves its excreta all over your house can hardly be viewed as ‘cute'. You need to teach your dog so that it lets you know when it wants to relieve itself.

You need to supply all the vital information about your dog to a dog trainer to work with. Let the dog trainer you hire know exactly what you expect to be done with your dog before any form of training commences. Dog trainers have been known to successfully train dogs all around the world.