Dog Food Secrets

I know, you are probably under the assumption that training your dog will somehow sever the bond that you have worked so hard to create. Well, yes, your dog does bark endlessly during walks. Not to mention that it shows aggression toward your friend’s child. You simply lock it up when you have visitors. After all, that is just normal dog behavior, right? Truthfully… that is incorrect. I’m sorry to break the news to you, but although your dog is not a person, it is still expected to display some politeness. Although your dog’s rude behavior might amuse you, it is sure to annoy others. The neighbors who are scratched everyday when your dog jumps on them, and your friends who have scratch marks on their doors, will not think the unruliness is cute.

You might think you do not want to exercise the sort of authority required to tell him to behave any better, and that’s all quite all right really. Being the owner of a dog doesn’t require you to suddenly transform into a whip swinging ring master and you are right in denouncing the pathetic idea of establishing who the boss is when dealing with an animal.

Where you are wrong, however, is in your basic understanding of dog training. You need to realize that training your dog is not about proving how much better you are than it, you are not trying to teach it ‘human rules’ and thereby attempting to make it more ‘human’, training is not a method of ‘humanizing’ a dog. What it is, in fact, is a way of improving the relationship you share with your pet, and of course a means of making it more sociable.

‘What’s the point of that?’ you might ask. Well, here is the thing. Most of us spend the larger fraction of our daily lives toiling in office, drinking our instant coffee, reading those balance sheets. The little time we get with our family and pets we try to merge with some sort of socializing. We go to the park for a stroll on a lovely evening after work, or to a friend’s house to watch a movie. If our dogs are unfriendly then on all these occasions we keep it back home, alone, such that in no time it’s in no way a part of our life at all.

Not unlike human beings, dogs are prone to becoming sad, lonely, and even depressed. They thrive on interaction with their owners, and become dejected when they are left alone in a dark house.

So, it seems that your avoidance of training your dog has actually isolated your pet, and kept them from taking part in pursuits that would build your bond together.

Dogs who have advanced through obedience training are better able to cope with their immediate environment. A trained dog is a happy dog! Dogs who are trained have balance in their lives that is good for them, and makes them easier to live with as well. Give your wonderful dog the gift of your companionship. Train your pet so that it can go along for fun regardless of where you are going or who will be there.

So get in their and give your dog a nice pat and take it out for training. A few magic words like ‘heel’, ‘down’, ’stay’, ‘come’ and ’sit’, will change your relationship with your favorite companion forever. Good luck.