There are different ways of learning your dog proper behaviour, the two main types used today is leash and reward training, also called "positive dog training". The positive way can contain different rewards, goodies to eat is common, or a favourite toy to play with for a while, and then we have the clicking device, usually called "click training".

The answer to the question on what method might be the best for you, is what your purpose of training your dog is. If you are owning a problem dog, a young one or an older one that hasn't been properly trained before, a leash might be necessary. If you have a puppy that just needs the basics in behavioural manners (and remember, all dogs should be properly raised from the start, then you will save yourself a lot of trouble!) rewards are usually enough. If you want to learn your dogs different skills, like tracking, or fetching things for you, rewards are probably necessary. A leash will probably not do it for you in that case.

Leash Training

to train your dog with a leash will take some guidance for the trainer as well. You have to be sure that you do this right, otherwise it will do absolutely no good and will only annoy your dog or even hurt it. You will use the leash for correction of problematic behaviours, and you need to be consistent, so it wont just distract your dog. You would want to use the leash mainly unwanted behaviour, such as lashing out at other dogs, bikes, skaters, or whatever it might be that is exiting your dog. There are plenty of information on how to effectively leash train, so do some research on it first, and you will surely come to terms with your problem.

Reward Training Or Positive Training

The rewards you use for teaching your dog good manners with this technique can vary. Some frolic or dog biscuits are common, but it can also be a toy, that you will let your dog play with, when he has done something good. The basics are to reward your dog for positive behaviour, and neglect negative. The goal is to train your dog without having to touch it. If you have a healthy stabile dog, and you start to work with it properly from the beginning, you will hopefully never have to go to harder forms of discipline, like the leash might be.

In this category we can also add the so called click training. This is good of you are having problem to verbally instruct your dog, trouble finding the right voice for effective attention and so on. And of course, if you don't want to use food as a reward for training.

Many dog trainers and owners have tought their dogs with success, with the click training device, so it's really something to look in to.

Remember when you start working with your dog to be sure that you have the proper skills for it. If you find it hard to learn it on your own, there are plenty of courses you can take. Just remember to be consistent and to keep doing it for as long as you have your companion.