It's time to talk about some early Canine education.
The basic commands of "sit" "come" "heel" and "stay" are the most important obedience commands that you'll use throughout your companions life.
That's why puppy school is so important If you don't have the time or patience to teach them yourself, or maybe you just don't consider yourself exactly a beast-master and able to communicate with all animals.
Usually an instructor performs a certain command on one of their pups, then with your untrained puppy.
The trained pups make it look easy, but don't worry their just ringers.
After the instructor performs a command, it's usually your turn to try with your dog.
It's up to the instructor to make sure that you don't have any trouble understanding or executing the techniques shown.
It's also their job to show you other techniques to use for puppies that seem to be having trouble.
After owner and puppy alike understand a command and can execute it flawlessly, the instructor moves on to the next.
Every dog instructors method will vary slightly, as this is all dependent on that individuals background and history with dogs.
It's like Karate though, no single technique is necessarily right or wrong, because all of them get the job done while being fair to both puppy and owner alike.
Part of the training method is simply indulging your dog with tons of positive reinforcements like treats and praise.
However a big part of the training responsibility lays with you.
After you bring home your pup from the class, you must use the commands your little guy has learned every day.
Training doesn't happen just during the class, it happens throughout the rest of your dogs life.
If you don't use the basic commands every single day, then your dog probably won't behave out in public, where there are more distractions and people to derail it's train of thought.
A simple way to nip bad behavior in the bud is by telling your dog to sit and stay every time before you feed him.
Dogs are creatures of habit, so reinforcing this command every day at lunchtime will drill the obedience into his head.
You have to be patient, persistent, and loving all at the same time.
Not that it's hard to be patient with a dog whose learned the commands, but you get the idea.
There really is no such thing as a "bad" dog, just untrained pooches.