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For Pomeranian parents, or for that matter, all dog owners, it is essential you know
certain basic factors that determine your relationship with your
Pomeranian and can
go a long way in training him effectively.

Before you begin training your Pomeranian, it is absolutely essential that you build a
loving bond with him. This is important as it helps you to understand his needs and
instincts and also allows your Pomeranian to have complete trust in you.
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How To Bond With Your Pomeranian
Building a bond with your Pomeranian is the first and the most crucial step involved
in training him successfully. As soon as you bring your Pomeranian home, you must
first try to develop a caring and loving relationship with him in order to win his trust
and confidence.
When
Pomeranian's are secure in the knowledge that they belong to the family, they
are more likely to respond better to their owners' training commands. Just like with
any relationship, there must be mutual trust and respect between you and your
Pomeranian.
Trust takes time to develop and respect comes from defining boundaries and treating
any breach of those boundaries with firmness and fairness.
Without enforceable limitations, respect can’t be developed. And when there is no
respect, building a bond with your Pomeranian is almost impossible.
4 Golden Rules To Building A Relationship With Your Pomeranian :
  • Spend quality time together;
  • Take him out in the world and experience life together;
  • Establish and promote a level of mutual respect; and
  • Develop a way of communicating to understand each other's needs.
Building a bond with your Pomeranian will not only help you manage him better but
will also make your Pomeranian calm, quiet and an extremely well-adjusted pet.

Love Your Pomeranian and He Will Love You back

Once you're succesful in building a bond with your Pomeranian, you can rest assured
that training him and teaching him new and clever tricks will be a cakewalk.
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How Your Pomeranian Learns...
Your Pomeranian's learning period can be divided into five phases:
The Teaching Phase - This is the phase where you must physically demonstrate to
your Pomeranian exactly what you want him to do.
The Practicing Phase - Practice makes Perfect. Once a lesson is learnt, practice
with your Pomeranian what you have just taught him.
The Generalizing Phase - Here you must continue practicing with your Pomeranian
in different locations and in an environment with a few distractions. You can take
your Pomeranian out for a walk, or to a nearby park and command him to practice
whatever you've taught him.
Practicing the learned lessons in multiple locations and in the presence of small
distractions will help him learn and retain lessons better .
The Testing Phase - Once you're sure that your Pomeranian has achieved almost
90% success....he responds correctly almost every time you give a command, you
must start testing his accuracy in newer locations with a lot of distractions.

Example: Take him to the local shopping mall and ask him to obey your command. He
may not come up with the correct response the very first time you do this, but you
must not lose hope.

The idea is to test your Pomeranian to see how he responds in an environment which
is new to him. Set-up a situation where you are in control of the environment and your
Pomeranian.

There are only 2 possibilities:
  • Your Pomeranian succeeds!!! (Trumpets please!)
  • In case your Pomeranian fails, re-examine the situation. Review and/or change
    your training. Then try testing again.
Keep on testing until he succeeds. Follow the rule of the 3 Ps – patience, persistence,
praise.

Internalizing Phase - Finally, comes the extremely rewarding phase where your
Pomeranian does everything he is taught to do even without your commands.

Remember:

  • Never scold your Pomeranian if he fails. It's not his fault. You have failed as a
    trainer!
  • You must be patient and persistent for your efforts to show rewards.
  • Appreciate and love your Pomeranian when he does it right! A little
    encouragement will work wonders for your Pomeranian.
  • Pomeranian Training is easy when you do it right.

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Article 1
Basics of Pomeranian Training
Article 2
Training Your Pomeranian to Listen to You
Why Won't My Pomeranian Listen To Me?

This is a common question that most first-time Pomeranian owners ask me. Before I
answer your question, let me ask you a few instead:

  • Do you use cookies, collars, head halters or clickers to make your Pomeranian
    listen to your commands?
  • Do you have to raise your voice every time you want your Pomeranian to listen to
    you?
  • Does your Pomeranian always come or sit on command - anytime and anywhere
    you want him to?
If your answers are mostly in the negative, its time you seriously reconsider your role as
a sincere Pomeranian trainer and an ideal pet parent.

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Get Your Pomeranian To Listen To You

Before you begin any training, you must first establish yourself as the "ALPHA dog" of
your family. Your Pomeranian must know that you’re the leader of the pack and it is
YOU who is in charge.

Here is a list of simple DO's and DONT's that you must follow if you want to be
the Alpha:

  • Always go out or come in through the door first - remember you are the leader;
  • Always eat first - give your Pomeranian something to eat only after you've finished
    your meal;
  • Don’t circle around your Pomeranian when he is lying on the floor - make your
    Pomeranian move out of your way instead;
  • Don't let your Pomeranian set the rules - pay attention to him when you think fit and
    not whenever he demands;
  • Don’t permit your Pomeranian to sleep with you in your bed - demarcate his
    sleeping area clearly.
Once you successfully established yourself as the Alpha, training your Pomeranian and
making him listen will be a lot easier than you can imagine. Remember, if your
Pomeranian does not learn to "listen", all your training efforts will be in vain!

Does your Pomeranian know his name? Does your Pomeranian look at you whenever
you call him by his name? This is the first and the most critical step involved in
Pomeranian Training. If your Pomeranian doesn't respond to his name, you cannot have
his attention for teaching him any other commands.

To make sure that your Pomeranian recognizes his name, take a treat in your hand and
hold it away from your body. Call your Pomeranian's name. He is most likely to look at
the treat in your hand. Continue calling his name until he turns and looks at your eyes.
Give him the treat immediately. Repeat this exercise by holding the treat in the other
hand. Once you're sure that your Pomeranian has learnt to recognize his name, just call
his name and reward him for looking at you by petting or with a hug.

You must understand that
Pomeranian's respond far better to positive reinforcement than
they do to coercion or force.

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