Here are some tips on
understanding dog behavior, curbing its aggressive behaviour tendencies
and manipulating dog attitudes.
Dog Behavior
Dogs are often known to be friendly with human beings but they require ample training for befitting the human household. It takes a lot of time to train them and make them properly suited to your home and social environment. Solving your dog's behavior may prove to be quite a difficult task in the beginning, do not worry as it can certainly be solved if handled with a little patience, love and care. Simply treat him like a kid who does not understand why jumping the fence isn't an approved activity or why peeing on mat is indecent. Train him with skill, and he will become a perfect companion.
Different Behaviors of Dogs
Aggression
Aggression in dogs is always for a reason. It is at times to show domination. However most of the times it is fear motivated. Protective, territorial, and possessive aggressions are also visible in dogs to a great extent.
Barking
Barking has several reasons. Most of the time, it is due to attention caused due to a threat. However, a dog also barks out of boredom. If he is a puppy and he does not have any outlet of energy, he is then also likely to bark much. He may also bark due to separation anxiety or some phobia.
Digging
Digging is the favorite pass time of dog, when he will find nothing to do he will start digging. He may also do it for seeking comfort or protection or seeking attention or wishes to escape.
Destructive Chewing
Though his chewing may prove destructive for you, he hardly even knows that whatever he is doing is destructive. He does it out of fun, playfulness or boredom. If he is a sports breed
Basic Training Techniques For Dogs
In order to make your dog understand the behavioral techniques, first of all you need to understand certain things. Here are few of then�.
- Understand the nature of the breed of the dog you pet. The training of your dog depends upon his basic inherent nature.
- It is also important for you to understand that your dog will take time to be familiar to you and your family, so if your dog is new to your family, he may show some traits of anxiety but all this vanishes with time.
- Choose to teach him things one by one. First of all, use positive strengthening methods to teach your dog simple commands like Sit, Stay Stop and Stand. You can alter go for commands like Speak, Shake and Roll Over.
- For making your dog understand the commands, you will have to do some efforts. Allure him with things he likes and then ask him to perform your commands, before you meet his demands.
