Golden Retrievers have always given people the impression of being very gentle and family-oriented. Seeing such a big dog being gentle and affectionate in front of you also satisfies many people's hearts. However, while other people's dogs can be very obedient, how can you make your own golden retriever this obedient? How to train a golden retriever to be obedient? If you feel troubled by this, let's take a look together.

Establish the owner's authority 

Golden Retrievers are very obedient to their owners, but this is premised on the fact that the golden retriever truly regards you as its owner. Don't simply think that after you buy a golden retriever and bring it home, it will recognize you as its owner. To truly gain your golden retriever's recognition, you need to spend some time getting along well and cultivating a certain emotional foundation. Of course, if you want your golden retriever to obey you obediently, just having an emotional foundation is not enough. You also need to establish your authority in front of the golden retriever. This is a very necessary condition; only when the golden retriever recognizes you as the owner and acknowledges your authority will it actively obey and become a well-behaved golden retriever dog.

Clear rewards and punishments 

To achieve training goals, some basic reward and punishment measures are very necessary, otherwise how would the golden retriever know whether it has done the right or wrong thing? When training your golden retriever, you can prepare some small treats that it usually likes. If the golden retriever performs the correct action, gently stroke it and then timely give some treats to make it happy, while making it realize that this action is correct. Keep reinforcing this, and you will gradually see the training effects. Of course, if the golden retriever is very uncooperative, you will still need to punish it appropriately.

Master the right training timing 

Different training tasks have relatively suitable training timings. For example, for toilet training, you should start as soon as the dog arrives at the new home, so that it can develop a good habit right after entering. This way, it will not make mistakes later. For training specific actions, you should also promptly give the golden retriever feedback through gestures, allowing it to fully understand your commands.