{"id":1041,"date":"2013-01-30T11:26:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgsd.inventivehorizons.com\/blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2013-01-30T11:26:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:26:07","slug":"german-shepherd-dog-trainingtip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/german-shepherd-dog-trainingtip\/","title":{"rendered":"German Shepherd Dog TrainingTip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hello, today I’m going to provide a very important tip in regards to training and the correct use of choke chains.\u00a0 First, before using a choke chain the German shepherd puppy should be leash and collar trained.\u00a0 A choke chain should never be used to leash-break a German shepherd puppy.\u00a0 Choke chains are misnamed because the proper use of the choke chain for training is not to choke the German shepherd dog, but rather as a correction and control tool. The correct use of the choke chain is to quickly and sharply tighten then release the chain.<\/p>\n

To have the choke chain to work properly it must be correctly placed on the German Shepherd puppy.\u00a0 Many novice are not aware that a choke chain can incorrectly be placed on the German shepherd dog.\u00a0 Below illustrates the correct way to place the choke chain on the German shepherd puppy:<\/p>\n

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If placed incorrectly on the German shepherd puppy as shown above, the choke chain will not release correctly.\u00a0 The choke chain will remain tight, thus the German shepherd puppy will not get the proper correction and will continuously be choked during the exercise.<\/p>\n

The choke chain correction includes the auditory signal to the German shepherd puppy of the links clicking during the tightening and release, as well as the sudden tightening and then release around the neck.\u00a0 The rapid release also allows for several sharp corrections in a row, which is very effective in healing training if the German shepherd puppy is being distracted by smells on the ground or moving off the incorrect direction of travel.<\/p>\n

In addition, it is extremely important to place the correct size chain on your German shepherd puppy.\u00a0 Too long a chain will allow the chain to slide down low on the neck during training and too tight is obviously uncomfortable and ineffective for correcting your German Shepherd puppy.\u00a0 Ideally for the most efficient control and corrections, the choke chain should remain high upon the German shepherd dog’s neck, just under the chin.\u00a0 This is why proper size is important to keep the chain high on the neck of your German shepherd puppy without having to make continuous adjustments to its position.\u00a0 Even a physically small or weak owner of a large and powerful German shepherd dog can maintain control with a correctly sized choke chain that is positioned high on German shepherd dog’s neck<\/p>\n

Ask me any questions and I promise to provide my opinion.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

KeystoneGermanShepherds<\/p>\n

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Hello, today I’m going to provide a very important tip in regards to training and the correct use of choke chains.\u00a0 First, before using a choke chain the German shepherd puppy should be leash and collar trained.\u00a0 A choke chain should never be used to leash-break a German shepherd puppy.\u00a0 Choke chains are misnamed because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,32,33,50,61,81,102],"tags":[140,149,210],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keystonegermanshepherds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}