Many of the people who select a small dog as their pet will enjoy it as a companion in their house. As the dog is a pet, the importance should be given for its obedience. Many of the small dogs are very intelligent as well head strong and will try to test their owners. A good training is necessary for these kinds of dog.
It is always better to train the dog when it is small and thus any of the bad behaviours to be habituated can be avoided. If it is a new puppy, then the same can be taken to the training class where lot of puppies will be available.
The puppies or the small dogs need to be socialized which will avoid its aggressive behavior at a later stage. Thus the small dogs with the social groups will develop a good social behavior.
When the small dog is isolated from the other dogs and the people, the chance of increase of aggressive behavior will be more. Hence, a good training will improve it in a very good way by controlling its more nipping and barking.
The training techniques should not be harsh like yelling or hitting the dog. This type of training will hurt the efforts of training the small dog and thus the trust for the dogs on its owner will turn the other way.
With the good programme for training, the dog’s communication can be easily understood and thus the general mistakes in the training of the dogs can be avoided and the expected results can be obtained very quickly.
When the small dog gains the confidence about his trainer, it will be very eager to follow him. Thus to achieve better results in the training, positive methods like appreciation and rewards for the dogs to be given whenever it abides the indications given by its trainer.