ARF encourages
adopters to make full use of the incredible wealth of information regarding training. In fact, when you adopt
from ARF (and most any other rescue), part of the Adoption Agreement you sign states:
Animal will be trained with love rather than submission and spanking/hitting.
Your dog honestly wants to please you - you just have to show him how! Positive reinforcement training (showing your
dog how much better things are when done your way and not his, lots of time spent working with your dog, and lots of good
fun playtime (an exhausted dog is a happy dog) will ensure your family's happiness with it's newest member.
Your dog is either a working dog - in which case he's got a job to do (such as herding dogs) and is quite happy living
in his snuggly kennel with his working buddies - or he's a family pet, and belongs inside with the family. One or the other.
A dog has no business being relegated to the backyard on a chain, bored and miserable, with no interaction. Providing proper training and
interaction with you and your family is exactly what's supposed to happen.
A quick search on Google using the phrase "dog training" will hook you up with a zillion different resources, but
here's some great links to start you on your way!