Doing sup tour with your dog can be an awesome experience that you will memorize. It is also a great new adventure for you and your puppy. The success of sup tour with the dog is to train your pet well before getting on board.

When you bring your dog you know that you will be sharing new experience with it. It is important to ensure that your dog is used to do it, but also enjoy the experience too. So if you own an adventurer, this will be a lot easier to train it. But rest assured, as long as you spare some time and effort to train your puppy, you will be able to do it.

In very short period, your dog will be able to accompany your sup tour. Consider these tips in advance.

Let Your Dog Familiar with the Board

Store the SUP in your house. Place it in the comfort zone of your dog. This step is conducted to introduce the board to the dog. This will build the trust between dog and the board. Let it know and recognize the board so that he or she won’t be tactless.

Reward Your Dog

The key to sup tour with the dog is to make your dog convenient and happy. Place some treat on the board regularly to make your pet get used to the board. Ask him to sit on the board, then give him or her another treat. Do this routinely until your dog is adapting with the situation. Depending on your dog intelligence, it should take some time until your dog is not groggy on the board.

Train Your Dog Special Commands

This is another challenging step that you need to finish no matter what. It is actually the core of your sup tour activity. Train your dog with new special commands to get off or get on board. Make sure you give him or her adequate treats after obeying your command. The rule is simple. You will give him or her treat whenever your commands are obeyed.Also don’t forget to train your dog to sit, stand, and paddle the board. Always keep the nuance comfortable and bright. There is no point to make your dog depressed or stressed.  

The Moment of Truth

After training your dog, time to test what you’ve got so far. This time, conduct the same commands by taking your dog to the water. Go through each step and make sure he or she obeys your every command. Some breeds can be pretty scared with the water in Hanalei sup tour, so make sure you give some time to your dog to adapt with the water.

Good luck and happy paddling with your pup!