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Before getting a Great Dane, think about the training that you will be giving your Great Dane. Great Dane training is very important especially if you have little kids in the house. Great Danes are not known to be predominantly ferocious; however, they oftentimes think that they are smaller than they really are in reality.

You may compare a full grown Great Dane to a horse. And imagine having a Great Dane jump on you – this can knock you down, if a Great Dane can knock you down, now visualize the same action, but this time the dog is jumping on a little kid, this can cause major injury. This is why Great Dane training is really essential and it can also be beneficial for you and your new pet when it arrives to its new home.

No Jumping

Great Danes are known to be very good with people, and they always jump on someone as their sign of greeting. This is not a problem if the Dane is still a puppy, but when it becomes full grown and still thinks that he is still as small as he was when he was still a pup, and then this can be a problem.

You’ll want to prepare your Dane by teaching it first to stay down during your initial Great Dane training lessons. You can do this by rewarding the dog whenever it refrains from jumping on you, especially when you first walk in the door.

If your dog gets down after telling it to, give your dog a treat. As long as you stay consistent and so long as your dog understands whatever it is that you want during Great Dane training lessons, teaching it to stay down and not jump on you or anyone else will be easy.

Potty Training

One important thing that you should have in Great Dane training is potty training. This is to preparer your dog in being an inside dog and this would mean training your Dane to go outside when it needs to do its business. One way of doing this is to look for warning signs.

Some of the warning signs that your dog would want to potty is when it starts sniffing around, or looks like its about to squat. If this is the case, take it outside instantly. When your dog does its business when you take him outside, give him a treat or praises for the behavior. Again, being consistent all through out will let your dog know why its being rewarded.

Great Dane training isn’t difficult but, again, it should be done when the dog is small and easy to control. When the dog gets older, and begins to resemble a horse in your home, that’s when Great Dane training may not be so easy to do.