You teach your children to have good manners, right? So why not expect your dog to have good manners?
It amazes me when I see parents who let their kids run around a store, take stuff from the candy counter, the parent yells at them, then pays for the candy.
Same thing with dogs. Dogs don’t speak English, but doggie guardians keep yelling at their dogs like they’re supposed to understand every word.
Anyway, one needs to spend some quality time and effort into teaching their dogs to be good, pleasant creatures to be around, just like you do for your kids — “please” and “thank you” and all that.
One of my dogs came from a rescue shelter. He had been neglected and possibly abused in his first home.
I found him on the internet when I was looking for some kind of poodle mix (so I could have a dog that didn’t shed!).
When he got to my house, he was a mess! So ill-mannered! And he stunk! He didn’t listen at all, didn’t know any commands and he kept biting me!
But he was mine, and I figured I’d do my best to clean him up, and maybe he would settle down. But the biting I wasn’t about to tolerate. And I wasn’t sure how I was going to deal with that.
My vet said that because he was half Lhasa Apso, he was predisposed to aggression, but that it was based in fear. That was his way of coping when he was afraid.
Once I understood that, it was much easier to work with him on the biting.
One of the things that really helped was getting good “psychological” instruction in how to deal with the biting. I needed to realize he was frightened when he got mouthy. So I would talk softly and be extra sweet and gentle, and soon my new doggie began to understand that I was “safe.” He became such a sweetie over the next few months, I just absolutely fell in love with him.
This wasn’t an overnight fix, but rather a long-term understanding.
It’s this kind of common-sense instruction you’ll get from “SitStayFetch” – dog training to stop your dog’s behavior problems.
“SitStayFetch” is the easiest system to follow for learning how to train your dog and change its behavior. And what’s great is, the author gives a 6-day free course (by email) so you can see how easy it is to train your dog like a real professional.
The free course is great … filled with common-sense information. If you’ve got behavioral problems with your four-footed friend, I’d definitely encourage you to try this: Dog Training!
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