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Dog Training for Today's Lifestyle
Dog training for your pet is teaching them how to interact and live in our world.
Today’s pet dogs are more of an important part of our lives than ever before. Our
dogs are in our house, sleep in our beds, go with us everywhere and are a big part of
our family now. So they need skills and training to match their new roles and we need
the education to understand what we can expect from our pet dogs.
Behavior Problems
Where people have behavior problems is that they forget that their dog is a dog. They
put human motives and emotions on their dog’s actions. They expect their dog to
behave and entertain themselves for eight or more hours a day while at work. Then
when something happens like the dog chews that table leg while you’re gone you
think the dog is getting back at you for leaving them all day.
Then you come home and yell at your dog for its mess. The dog hides from you and
runs away. You think this is because the dog knows he was bad and is guilty for his
mess.
Normal Dog Behavior
It is not possible for a dog to have a motive of revenge or to have emotions of guilt.
Your dog chewed the table leg while you were gone because chewing is normal dog
behavior and there was nothing else to do or to chew on and she was bored. When
your dog hides or runs away when you yell at them when you come home it’s not guilt
it’s because you are scary running around screaming like a crazy person.
So what do you do? You want that happy well mannered dog that you imaged when
you brought them home. First you need to understand what normal dog behavior is
and what your dog is capable of. Then you need to teach your dog the skills to live in
your house.
Enrichment and Exercise
Pet dogs are just like us they need enrichment and exercise daily to not be bored.
Think if you were left alone in the house for eight hours without a TV, a phone, your
computer, a book, exercise or anything to do. Do you think you would get a little
bored? You would probable nap all day and when your wife or husband came home
be really happy and excited to see them.
This is the same for your dog. When you come home they go nuts, jumping, barking,
running around wanting your attention. Now do you understand why they act so
crazy? Most pet dogs are very bored, lack enrichment, training and exercise.
Earlier I said it’s possible to have a happy, well mannered, and trained dog. It can be if
you have a commitment to understand your dogs normal behavior, provide training,
exercise and enrichment on a daily bases for your pet dog.
Then you will have a dog that is everything and more than you ever dreamed of.
Dog training for your pet is teaching them how to interact and live in our world.
Today’s pet dogs are more of an important part of our lives than ever before. Our
dogs are in our house, sleep in our beds, go with us everywhere and are a big part of
our family now. So they need skills and training to match their new roles and we need
the education to understand what we can expect from our pet dogs.
Behavior Problems
Where people have behavior problems is that they forget that their dog is a dog. They
put human motives and emotions on their dog’s actions. They expect their dog to
behave and entertain themselves for eight or more hours a day while at work. Then
when something happens like the dog chews that table leg while you’re gone you
think the dog is getting back at you for leaving them all day.
Then you come home and yell at your dog for its mess. The dog hides from you and
runs away. You think this is because the dog knows he was bad and is guilty for his
mess.
Normal Dog Behavior
It is not possible for a dog to have a motive of revenge or to have emotions of guilt.
Your dog chewed the table leg while you were gone because chewing is normal dog
behavior and there was nothing else to do or to chew on and she was bored. When
your dog hides or runs away when you yell at them when you come home it’s not guilt
it’s because you are scary running around screaming like a crazy person.
So what do you do? You want that happy well mannered dog that you imaged when
you brought them home. First you need to understand what normal dog behavior is
and what your dog is capable of. Then you need to teach your dog the skills to live in
your house.
Enrichment and Exercise
Pet dogs are just like us they need enrichment and exercise daily to not be bored.
Think if you were left alone in the house for eight hours without a TV, a phone, your
computer, a book, exercise or anything to do. Do you think you would get a little
bored? You would probable nap all day and when your wife or husband came home
be really happy and excited to see them.
This is the same for your dog. When you come home they go nuts, jumping, barking,
running around wanting your attention. Now do you understand why they act so
crazy? Most pet dogs are very bored, lack enrichment, training and exercise.
Earlier I said it’s possible to have a happy, well mannered, and trained dog. It can be if
you have a commitment to understand your dogs normal behavior, provide training,
exercise and enrichment on a daily bases for your pet dog.
Then you will have a dog that is everything and more than you ever dreamed of.
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