Obedience training is probably the best thing you can ever do for yourself and your dog. It should be noted that dog obedience training will not resolve all dog behavior problems. However, it's a very useful foundation for resolving most of the dog behavior problems you'll encounter.
Dog obedience training comes in several flavors. The most popular type is basic obedience, where you teach your dog how to sit, stay, fetch and lay down. There is also a more advanced training that can be used for purebred dog on how to behave during a dog show. The basic type of training also has several different methods that are currently popular. Many owners use rewards to get their dogs to behave or listen to commands. Others prefer the clicker method in order to condition their dogs to obey.
Most dog behavior problems can be addressed with proper home training. Obedience training is a commitment by the owner and the dog. You'll need a lot of patience if you want to be successful at home obedience training. Most dogs behavior problems show-up because the owner fails to set and enforce the rules. Dog obedience training serves to make you the pack leader and teaches your dog to follow your instructions. Once this relationship is established, you and your dog will both enjoy a fruitful partnership.
It's important to start basic obedience training when your dog is still a puppy. If you don't train your puppy, you will have a much harder time once all the bad habits have set in. Basic dog obedience is the responsibility of the owner and should probably start with potty training as the first objective. Once that objective is accomplished, you'll be well on your way to having a happy obedient dog.
Does your dog have a problem with excessive barking, biting and whining? Is your dog overly aggressive? While it's always best to start training them as a puppy, the good news is it's never too late to train your dog. If your dog is uncontrollable, then this is going to continue to get even worse. Obedience training can fix your dog's behavior problems and teach your dog to substitute acceptable behaviors for unacceptable behaviors. Dogs are extremely intelligent and they can learn very quickly.
Once you understand how your dog learns, you can train him to follow basic obedience commands. The primary reason some training sessions fail is because the owner expects his dog to think like a human. These owners try screaming at their dog and doing all kinds of weird behaviors just hoping the dog will eventually listen. Obedience training will allow you to communicate to your dog exactly what your want them to do.
Many dog owners today get so frustrated that they end up hiring a dog trainer. But that's only partially effective. There are some things your dog just can't learn from a trainer. That's because most obedience training actually takes place at home in your day to day dealings with your pet. However, with the proper tools, anyone can have a happy well-behaved pet.
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Thursday, 17 July 2008
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Running for weight loss
Lots of people, including myslef, start running because they want to loose weight. Becuase running is probably one of the hardest cardiovascular exercises you can do, for most people it is an very good way to burn calories and start shedding the weight.
You need to remember that healthy eating should be part of your weight loss program because you will only loose weight if you burn more calories than you consume. So, for example if you loose a pound in weight then you have to burn around 3500 calories, which means you should think about running AND healthy eating to loose weight efficiently.
If your running, like mine, turns into a more serious sport for you, then you could consider racing in 5K or 10K races, or even look into training for a half marathon or even full marathon distance, which is 26.2 miles. I'd recommend that you first start building up you weekly training program and see if you can run up to around 10 miles. Of course the longer distance you run, the slower your pace should be.
Anyway back to healthy eating! Runners sometimes start to eat more food and load up with too many calories, putting on weight even though they're training! If you think you might be falling into this trap then have you ever though of keeping a food diary? The best thing you can do is look at how much you're eating, when and where.
The other main point with running to loose weight is that you really need to run on a regular basis. By regular basis I mean every day if you can! If this isn't possible, certainly to begin with you will need to ensure you rest adequately between training runs, then I suggest 3 times a week or more.
Finally, after your body becomes used to your training program and you're finding that running 5 miles or so, 3 times a weeek is fairly comfortable for you, you need to start mixing up your training. A good way to do this is to introduce speed training to your routine - this sounds like more pain!? Speed training is essentially running very fast for short period of time, having a similar short resting period where you jog or walk, and the run very fast again for the same period of time. You should repeat this process so you are running fast for 4 or 5 times, resting inbetween each fast run. This is called interval training, and it will help you burn more calories, plue increase your slower, long distance running pace, over time.
You need to remember that healthy eating should be part of your weight loss program because you will only loose weight if you burn more calories than you consume. So, for example if you loose a pound in weight then you have to burn around 3500 calories, which means you should think about running AND healthy eating to loose weight efficiently.
If your running, like mine, turns into a more serious sport for you, then you could consider racing in 5K or 10K races, or even look into training for a half marathon or even full marathon distance, which is 26.2 miles. I'd recommend that you first start building up you weekly training program and see if you can run up to around 10 miles. Of course the longer distance you run, the slower your pace should be.
Anyway back to healthy eating! Runners sometimes start to eat more food and load up with too many calories, putting on weight even though they're training! If you think you might be falling into this trap then have you ever though of keeping a food diary? The best thing you can do is look at how much you're eating, when and where.
The other main point with running to loose weight is that you really need to run on a regular basis. By regular basis I mean every day if you can! If this isn't possible, certainly to begin with you will need to ensure you rest adequately between training runs, then I suggest 3 times a week or more.
Finally, after your body becomes used to your training program and you're finding that running 5 miles or so, 3 times a weeek is fairly comfortable for you, you need to start mixing up your training. A good way to do this is to introduce speed training to your routine - this sounds like more pain!? Speed training is essentially running very fast for short period of time, having a similar short resting period where you jog or walk, and the run very fast again for the same period of time. You should repeat this process so you are running fast for 4 or 5 times, resting inbetween each fast run. This is called interval training, and it will help you burn more calories, plue increase your slower, long distance running pace, over time.
Adult Dance Schools - Getting A Raw Deal? by Kevin Shwe
Wherever you go, whichever town you live in you'll be able to find a dancing school for children. Not to mention the new ones popping up all the time.
But what about dancing schools for adults? There are nowhere near as many and all the ones available seem to cater exclusively for professional dancers, or are 2 - 3 year college courses.
So where does an adult beginner wanting to learn to dance start? Well naturally it quite depends on your goals. If you just want to learn a couple of dance moves or do it as a hobby your aims are very much different from a late adult beginner wanting to do it professionally as a living.
The college route of doing 2 - 3 years is something that should be looked at by someone looking to do it professionally. But even they have to begin somewhere often learning part-time to begin with in order to audition successfully for a dance college.
So if you're a beginning adult looking to learn for fun or with professional aspirations, to begin with you should look for either a part-time dancing school for adults or a dance studio. There aren't many dance schools that operate part-time for adults so you may have to look into dance studios.
You should try to find your nearest dance studio that offers top level instruction and a range of classes that are near to you. The better the quality of instructors, the better prepared you will be for what's ahead. Even if you're doing it for fun it makes sense to have a good dance teacher, you'll learn how to dance properly then!
If you want to dance for a living you should try and do a variety of skills from commercial and hip-hop to the core college subjects such as ballet, jazz and tap as well. If you're doing it for fun you can do whichever dance classes take your fancy!
The problem for adult beginners is because naturally there are fewer dance schools for adults, they have to go to drop-in classes at studios where the training isn't so gradual. So it is very hard to begin with when they're finding their feet which can become discouraging.
So to summarise find a good dancing school or a dance studio with good dance teachers and dance classes that will continue to inspire you even when the going gets tough!
But what about dancing schools for adults? There are nowhere near as many and all the ones available seem to cater exclusively for professional dancers, or are 2 - 3 year college courses.
So where does an adult beginner wanting to learn to dance start? Well naturally it quite depends on your goals. If you just want to learn a couple of dance moves or do it as a hobby your aims are very much different from a late adult beginner wanting to do it professionally as a living.
The college route of doing 2 - 3 years is something that should be looked at by someone looking to do it professionally. But even they have to begin somewhere often learning part-time to begin with in order to audition successfully for a dance college.
So if you're a beginning adult looking to learn for fun or with professional aspirations, to begin with you should look for either a part-time dancing school for adults or a dance studio. There aren't many dance schools that operate part-time for adults so you may have to look into dance studios.
You should try to find your nearest dance studio that offers top level instruction and a range of classes that are near to you. The better the quality of instructors, the better prepared you will be for what's ahead. Even if you're doing it for fun it makes sense to have a good dance teacher, you'll learn how to dance properly then!
If you want to dance for a living you should try and do a variety of skills from commercial and hip-hop to the core college subjects such as ballet, jazz and tap as well. If you're doing it for fun you can do whichever dance classes take your fancy!
The problem for adult beginners is because naturally there are fewer dance schools for adults, they have to go to drop-in classes at studios where the training isn't so gradual. So it is very hard to begin with when they're finding their feet which can become discouraging.
So to summarise find a good dancing school or a dance studio with good dance teachers and dance classes that will continue to inspire you even when the going gets tough!
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