The first rule in positive reinforcement dog training is: No Force!

If you want a fast learning method without any force for a young puppy this is the perfect method. If you want to start training with a pup from about 7 weeks old there is just one rule of the greatest importance he needs to like it. This means it needs to be fun and there should be no pressure at all. he should not be overloaded by tasks he doesn't know yet.

The whole positive reinforcement dog training principle comes down to this: You learn the puppy a special word that you use right at the moment (or just before) that he is doing a certain behavior, for instance sit, when he sits you reward him with a "Good Boy" at an happy tone and a little snack ones in a while.

Positive reinforcement dog training works with associations this means that when you see that your puppy is going to sit down you quickly say the word "sit" and reward him, the pup will be surprised for those sudden rewards, but will associate the word sit after a few times with the behavior that he is doing. When he gets the hang of the association he will go to sit when you say he needs to sit.

With positive reinforcement dog training you can teach your dog certain commands and before he is 16 weeks old he will know sit, down, here, let go, stay and follow. It will cost you about 6 times 5 minutes a day. Training any longer than 5 minutes is not good, because you will over train your puppy, 6 times 5 minutes will have a much better result than one time 1 hour.