When you bring a new dog home, it is so important that you train them. Dogs love to learn, and training helps to engage their brain as well as build a bond between the two of you. If you are a new dog owner, you might not know how often you should even be training your dog. Can you train your dog too much?
As an aspiring nurse, Lauren Swist is training her dog as a therapy dog and is offering dog training services on the side as she pursues her nursing degree.
It is possible to overwhelm your dog with too many intense training sessions. So how often should you train your dog anyways? Well, there is no one answer to this, and a lot of it depends on your dog.
As a general rule of thumb, train your dog for 5-15 minutes once a day, a couple of days per week. Puppies have a shorter attention span than older dogs. Training should be fun for your dog, so if they aren’t enjoying it anymore, it is probably time to stop for now.
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