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Training Perspective
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In order to effectively train your puppy to live life happily in your home,
you need to understand how a dog thinks.
Dogs of today originally evolved from wolves and therefore are pack animals.
Being part of a "pack" means that every dog in the pack
(which in this case is your dogs human family) has a position either higher
or lower than someone else. Similar to being a parent of a human child,
you need to establish rules and limitations early on in your relationship
with your puppy otherwise as your puppy grows he may try to take a higher
or more dominent role in the household.
Equality simply doesn't exist for
pack animals. It is natural for a puppy as he matures to try to place
himself in a higher position in his pack when he sees what he believes
to be an opportunity to position himself as "top dog". This opportunity
comes for him when he sees what he perceives to be a weaker animal (human)
in his pack. A home that does not provide consistancy or an emotionally
and physically safe environment, a home where a puppy is ignored or
otherwise allowed too many liberties will soon become a home to a confused,
frustrated, dominent and possibly aggressive dog. This is why professional
dog training is imperitive at an early age.
Have you ever watched a properly trained dog perform on T.V.? Did you notice
not only how happy he is to perform his required tasks but how intently he
watches his trainer? That is because through consistency in training, he
understands his position in his pack and is happy and content to comply with
his pack leader! Only through dog training, can you transform the puppy of
your dreams into the dog of your dreams. The result will be a dog that you are not just proud
of and that others envy but a dog that loves and respects you!
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