Giving your dog a proper training in terms of attack is considered as a very important part. Besides the basic dog training, attack training is also of very much importance. For this purpose you have to keep some important points in mind in order to train your dog to attack.
- When you are about to give attack training to your pooch you should wear some prescribed or you can say protective gloves. It is so to prevent any kind of injury during the training process.
- Second most important step in this regard is to teach your dog some basic commands. These commands include: sit, stand, come, go, run, stop, etc. These basic commands are very important before giving him attack training.
- Now next step is to test the patience of your pet. For this purpose, try to tap or touch him with the glove you are wearing. In this way, your pet may get irritated. This is the best way to test the patience of a dog and to train dog to attack. Still, there are some dogs that may not get irritated by this tap action.
- Keep tapping the dog on frequent basis and soon the dog will get angry at your hand glove. Make sure that your dog has become irritated completely. Now say “attack” to your dog. Say it very loudly so that your dog could respond to this command. In this way, your pooch can easily understand what exactly you are trying to make him do.
- If you are successful in what you are supposing your dog to do, then praise him. Keep on praising him whenever the dog attacks on your command. You can also praise your pet by giving him some rewards. Cookies are best in this regard.
- Repeat the above process on frequent basis so that your pooch could become use to this attack command. If you are doing it perfectly then you will soon get the best possible outcomes.
- Later, you can modify the attack training process with some variations in it. For instance, keep your dog at some distance from you and then give him attack command. Observe what your dog does at this command from distance. If your pet does it perfectly then again praise the dog with some reward.
- Next important step in dog attack training is his introduction to an intruder or stranger. Introduce your pet with some stranger and say ‘’attack’’ very loudly. Now examine what your pet does. If he attacks the stranger then you did a great dog in training your pet. Otherwise you have to repeat the entire procedure many times. Here stranger does not means a real stranger. You are not supposed to harm any other person during this attack training. You can use scarecrow or any other fake statue during this training.
Above mentioned steps are very useful in knowing how to train your dog to attack on the strangers. Follow them so that you could have a guard dog on your own.