The Shepherd is considered one of the more intelligent dogs in the canine class, but even though it has a good IQ, it can have a reduced intelligence and stunted development if it does not get enough sleep. So how do you train a sheepdog to sleep? It is mainly by creating a comfortable sleeping environment for it and developing good habits of rest and relaxation the main method to train it to sleep.
The shepherd dog is a dog that many people like to keep, this dog is not only outstanding intelligence, but also a very gentle personality, of course, the most important thing is that it has a very high value, which makes it a lot of people like to keep it. The people who have shepherd dog know that it needs to have enough sleep, that shepherd dog how to train sleep? Why do you think it needs to have enough sleep?
I. The importance of sleep
For a sheepdog, adequate sleep time is important for it, especially for a puppy, which needs to sleep for more than 15 hours a day. If it frolics too long, it will make its sleep time is not enough, and the most direct manifestation of insufficient sleep time is that the body development will become delayed up, the dog will also appear to have no spirit.
As we said before, the Shepherd is a very intelligent dog, and its receptiveness is very strong when it is trained, but if it is in a long-term sleep deprivation situation, its IQ will be affected, and its daily training will become very influential, it will not concentrate, and will not listen clearly to the master’s orders, and will not make the correct response.
So for the shepherd dog, it is necessary to maintain sufficient sleep, only sleep enough to complete some training or some daily conditioning, it will also be good to play with the master. Of course, sleep enough time, its development will also become normal, will not appear development delayed situation.
Second, the training method of sleep
In order to have enough sleep, some owners will train it, in fact, the training method is relatively simple, that is, directly reduce and its playtime, especially for puppies, a fixed time to play every day, it is easier to let it develop the habit of resting on time. Of course, if your shepherd is particularly noisy, it is important to establish a quiet environment for him.
If your dog can’t be quiet, you can put its nest in a quiet room, while the room is kept dark, so that it can produce the feeling of sleep, and of course you as the owner should not tease it when it is sleeping.
The above is what we said today about how to train a sheepdog to sleep, for sheepdogs, enough sleep time is important, if the sleep time is not enough, it will not only make its development delayed, but also make it stupid and become restless.
