Dog obedience training requires small steps and patience. But the payoff in the end is worth it.
Things to consider: Duration of training sessions, praise and rewards, and teaching your dog good etiquette.
Quick Lessons - Dog obedience training works best in small increments. Dogs have short attention spans and you do not want to push your dog into sustaining a training session beyond her capacity to pay attention. This will only set her up to fail, and you certainly do not want that. To encourage your dog to succeed in her dog training sessions, keep them short. Frequent 5-minute dog obedience training sessions are far more effective than occasional long ones.
Heap the Praise - After a dog obedience training session, no matter how successful, you should always end the session by praising the dog for her efforts and engaging with her at least a few moments of active playtime. If your dog gets accustomed to always having playtime after a dog obedience training session, she will be far more eager and susceptible to your dog training efforts.
Pooch Etiquette - Dog training is not just about teaching your dog to "do tricks". There are certain behaviors that are just plain good doggie etiquette that require just as much active dog obedience training, and from as early an age as possible, as teaching tricks. For example, socializing your dog at an early age to get along with (or at the very least tolerate) other dogs, people, children, and other animals is an integral part of proper dog obedience.
