Great Dane Training: How To Get Rid Of Chasing Behavior

If there is only one thing you ought to start doing as soon as your new great dane comes home, it would be great dane training. While training adult great danes is often tough due to their size, training a new puppy should not be that hard. You aren’t expected to train advanced or specialized lessons at this point in time. What you need to focus to is to get your pup socialized so as to help him develop into a well-behaved pet in the days ahead. Early training could also avoid the occurrence of different behavior issues such as unnecessary barking, aggression, nipping, chasing and many others.

Great danes are labeled as  friendly and don’t usually attack or chase smaller animals. But as part of every dog’s natural instinct, the chasing behavior is quite likely to arise if the situation calls for it. And being chased by one of the largest dog breeds in the world is no joke. An adult great dane can potentially knock you down if he captures and jumps up on you so it’s just appropriate that they must be trained to get rid of the behavior at the earliest opportunity.

As part of the preparation for the actual dog training, make sure that he is reliably trained with the commands like sit, stay and down. These commands can help you control, not just when he has started to chase but also during various other situations. If you’re sure that he responds to those commands reliably, put him on leash and bring in the distractions. Ask a friend to act as a jogger or passerby who frequently drives by. When your friend occurs near him, give the command “sit” or “down” and command him to stay in the position until given the release command. Reward him with praise or treats for being obedient. Practice in various locations and times of the day. Soon enough, he’ll figure out that he is being rewarded for behaving when someone or something passes by hence will not chase any longer.