Training an Exotic Bully is easy, thanks to their willingness to learn and love for attention.
Small and agile dogs like these need early socialization and training to keep them from fighting with other dogs. Let’s talk in detail about how to train your Exotic Bully:
Preparing to Train an Exotic Bully
The moment you bring your Exotic Bully into your home is the first impression, which should be good. It is also essential that your house is ready for the training lessons.
Before training your Exotic Bully, you must set up his training environment. Ensure your Bully gets his own space and your family members mature enough to let him have his own time.
Here are a few steps to get you started on the training.
Essential Training Tools
When you bring your Exotic Bully home, you must establish a ground set of rules. And to do that, you must be prepared and get the following equipment.
- Collar and leash
- Harness
- Crate or cage
- Food bowl
- Clicker
- Treats
- Chew toys
- Fence
Choosing the Right Space
After choosing the tools for training, you need to select the right place for training. When choosing a training place, remember to have privacy, light, water, moderate temperature, and be big enough for your Exotic Bully to play around.
Ensure the training space gets a lot of sunlight to help grow strong bones. Now that you have set up the environment for training, it is time to start it.
It would help if you gradually established wanted behaviors and habits when your puppy arrives home to educate them. Use the training equipment to help you and start with basic training.
How to Train Exotic Bully?
Traning an Exotic bully is not as difficult as many people think. To train your exotic bully you need to follow these steps.
Basic Traning
Laying the basis of your training with your Exotic Bully dog is one of the most crucial things you will do as a trustworthy owner. This initial training can take a little time, or your Bully puppy will be easy to train. Either way, be patient and practice these five basic commands often.
Remember to keep some delicious-smelling and tasty treats ready. Your Bully puppy will be alert when they know you have something delicious.
Reward them every time they execute these commands, even for a few seconds. Keep increasing the command duration over time, but a slight improvement is still improvement at first. Give your Bully the treat.
When rewarding, use a signal word like “yes” or “nice job” to let your dog associate that signals with having finished the command. Some folks prefer the clicker training method instead of the verbal signal, which can also work.
Sit
If you have a treat in your hands, let your Exotic Bully know that you have it, let him smell it, and be aware of which hand it is in. Then follow these three simple steps.
- Place the backside of your treat hand near your Bully’s nose.
- Raise your hand, so your Bully’s head follows, and his butt goes down.
- You say, “Sit,” and give him that tasty treat as soon as he sits down. Followed with a “yes,” “nice job,” or whatever praise signal you choose.
Repeat this multiple times, and slowly increase the duration between the “sit” and the reward.
I mention putting the backside of your hand close to his nose because you can eventually utilize this as a hand signal.
Stay
I already know you have a treat in your hand, and your dog knows it, so let’s begin.
- In your non-treat hand, make a flat palm stop motion and say, “Stay.”
- Take a step or two back.
- If they have remained where they are, give the release cue “yes” or “nice job” and let them come get their treat. Lots of praise afterward.
Repeat this several times, taking more steps back each time. Always use the hand signal when you say “Stay” to associate the two for more straightforward commands. Once they nail the stay, we are ready for “Leave it.”
Leave it
Leave it will be similar to the stay but without the treat in your hand. I use the one-finger in-the-air hand signal.
- Point your finger up, palm facing your Exotic Bully puppy. Doing this on the floor with your puppy will be easier at first.
- Have your puppy sit or stay and place a treat on the floor between you and the dog.
- Say “leave it” with your hand signal.
- After a few seconds, you can give the release cue “yes,” and they can come to collect their reward.
Repeat this, adding more time and distance between you and the treat. Give lots of praise when they “leave it.” When you get to the more advanced version, you can work on your dog, giving direct eye contact and not looking at the treat.
Down
You should use the “Down” command to get your dog to lie on their belly. I have often seen this used for that and getting the dog to stop jumping up on someone or something. Stick to one command for one specific response. Have you got your treat? Good. Get down on the floor again with the puppy.
- Using your treat hand, get your dog to follow your hand as you move its palm down to the floor.
- As your Bully is following your hand to the floor, move it towards you and away from the dog to get them to stretch out their body along the floor to their belly.
- Once they have the belly on the floor in the down position, you say “Down” and reward them.
This one may take a little practice, but keep going, stay positive, and don’t get frustrated. If your Exotic Bully doesn’t get it a few times, do a few quick “Sit” commands, then return to the “Down” practice. This will keep your dog engaged and satisfied.
Come
Last is how you train an Exotic Bully puppy to come when called. This one will especially come in handy for all sorts of situations. Making this one fun and rewarding is very important. When your Bully hears the command “Come,” it should be thrilled to run right up to you.
- Start training this command with a leash on your dog. Get on the floor, give a hand gesture motioning to yourself, and say, “Come.”
- Gently pull on his leash toward you if they don’t naturally come.
- Give him the yummy treat and praise when he is right before you.
- Once he does this with no leash prompt, you can remove it and increase your distance.
Try doing a “Stay” and have the release “Come” to practice both skills. Once they have learned this skill, try practicing in different environments with more distractions.
Advanced Training
After your Bully has learned the basic skills, it will be easier for you to teach him more advanced tricks and manners.
Teaching Social Skills
Generally, Exotic Bully dogs are very friendly pets. Growing up encircled by family is a perfect starting point for sharpening a Bully’s socialization talents.
Training them to act well with people and pets can start with regular walks. It is a fantastic way to exercise your Bully and keep him healthy and happy. Outdoor walks are also ideal for leash training and mingling with other dogs.
You can introduce your Exotic Bully to other people like your neighbors, people you meet on your walks, pets, and others. You can also begin training them to get accustomed to a vet visit.
Nevertheless, it is best to vaccinate your Bully before socialization training. Pups go through a biting and chewing stage. Thus, exposing them to other people and pets is not an exemplary idea when they are not vaccinated.
Potty Training
Another necessary training that Exotic Bullies require is to learn to potty properly. Potty training them earlier will make life more comfortable for everyone.
Your Bully should understand that there are better ideas than relieving indoors. This training can have a lot of hits and misses; therefore, you have to struggle more and have patience. Watch your puppy if they are sniffing, circling, and squatting. These are indications that they are likely to pee or poop.
Take your Bully outdoors or to his potty area and wait until he finishes clean-up the mess. Clean up instantly if your puppy does a potty during a walk, particularly in a public place.
Crate Training
Crate training is a perfect way of teaching subordination to Exotic Bullies. It also gives them a secure and relaxing space of their own so they can soothe. Always remember that the use of crates is not a punishment. Instead, it must be a secure place for them to rest and sleep.
- Make sure it is big enough for the dog to move around. Moreover, crates should let them watch what’s going on around them.
- Never force them inside the crate.
- Encourage your dog to explore the crate by putting blankets, toys, and some food.
- Once comfortable inside the crate, feed them inside it with the open door. You may close it when your pet feels secure after feeding.
Increase their stay slow until they feel comfortable enough to sleep inside the crate.
Exercise, Swimming, and Games
A healthy and fit Exotic Bully require exercise. Besides the ordinary walks and tours, you can include activities your dog will enjoy.
Swimming is an all-around exercise, and most dogs love it. Let your Bully swim and play in the water, but always be mindful of their stamina. Let him get out of the water when he wants to.
Exotic Bully’s agility is ideal for training, combining obedience and physical activity. It involves a circuit of different obstacles that the dog must jump, dodge or cross. The master always goes by their side, which makes it very rewarding for the animal.
Tips for Effective Training
Consistency and Patience
As an Exotic Bully parent, you must be consistent and patient. It would help if you lived by this motto to accomplish your goals and be a great owner.
Importance of Consistency
Short 15-20 minute training sessions done every day or a couple of times throughout the day can reap great rewards in the short and long term. This will be especially important with your Exotic Bully.
Consistency is critical when training your Bully. Training every day will help commands and obedience training stick and provide that excellent mental stimulation your Exotic Bully craves.
A daily training session will make your smart EXotic Bully even smarter and strengthen your bond with your dog. This time is so crucial for both you and your Exotic Bully puppy.
Importance of Patience
Patience is a virtue. Exotic Bullies may be smart but are goofy and have a short attention span, so their behavior may tempt you before they are fully trained. Being patient when training your Exotic Bullies is best, as they act like babies.
Always use positive reinforcement, and the remaining patient is vital to do it. Watching them disobey your commands can be exhausting, so remember that your dog can read your body language and react accordingly.
Exotic Bully is not a human, so when you get frustrated, remember it is doing its best. So relax, take a deep breath, and start over on a happy note. Watching you smile, your Bully will get excited and look forward to what you have next for them.
The command “come” is a very important command that your dog must know. Two important things to remember when using the command “Come” to ensure you get the response you want are:
Never Repeat Yourself
Ensure you have your dog’s attention before using the “Come” command. We have all seen those owners bark, yelling, “Come! Come! Fluffy Come! Come Fluffy! Come!” The dog has wholly tuned out; this is called poisoning the cue. It will become background noise to your dog.
Never Discipline/ Scold Your Dog when They Come
If your Exotic Bully is at the park or in the yard and may not respond to “Come” immediately, but they do eventually return, never punish them.
You do not want them to associate “Come” and return to you as a negative; this defeats the entire purpose of the command.
Conclusion
Training Exotic Bully is easy, but it still takes time and effort with a little bit of patience. When you do everything right and have a big heart, you will notice the outcome of your effort as a fantastic Exotic Bully who is well-behaved and more intelligent than other dogs.
You can teach your Bully almost any trick, and they will learn it quickly to gain your approval. Do well by your Exotic Bully; they will return your love tenfold.
