This video offers a few tips for choosing the right dog from the shelter: Research the breed. Make a list of the qualities and traits you are looking for in your pet. Visit the different shelters to select the right dog for you. Listen to the advice of the shelter staff. Be gentle with the dog when you bring him home and give him a chance to adjust with the surrounding before training him. How you train an older dog is really no different than how you train a puppy. Start housetraining from scratch. Never trust a new dog and leave him unsupervised, even if the previous owner says so. Keep him crated when you aren’t at home and keep a close eye on him whenever you’re around. Be sure to socialize your dog. Start slowly and don’t correct your dog harshly. Use new words to teach the same command if the dog doesn’t respond to the command e.g ‘here’ instead of ‘come’ or ‘nai’ instead of ‘no’.
