In their 1973 classic on dog training, Good Dog, Bad Dog, Mordecai Siegal and Matthew Margolis describe a “good dog” as one who makes the owner feel “like a benevolent master who is always in control.”
How is your relationship with your dog?양주출장안마
Do you have moments when you feel that the dog is in control — not you?
Are there times when you give a command — and your dog ignores it?
If you feel that getting your dog to do something involves a negotiation, you are not alone.남양주출장안마
Yet who among us wants to admit that the dog we bonded with can be so unreasonable and so unresponsive to our wishes that often we simply give up trying and allow the dog to have it’s way … That is, we allow the dog to make decisions for us!
Part of a healthy relationship with your dog involves being in control. It’s good for you; it’s good for the dog. An obedient dog is a happy dog but obedience is not an instinct.
Getting your dog to be obedient involves developing a certain kind of relationship with your dog — a relationship in which you are the master (or mistress) and the dog had no doubt about it … and, therefore, does not question your authority.포천출장안마
This is not something that is accomplished by force or fear. It is accomplished by demonstrating to the dog that there are rules — consistent rules — in your household and that the dog is required to follow them.
On your part, you agree to enforce the rules consistently … and withhold rewards when rules are not obeyed.
The articles we have posted in this section are intended to help you better understand how and why dogs behave the way the do. The fascinating discovery that lies in wait is that dogs learn their lessons very much like children — and, when they misbehave, they misbehave for many of the same reasons children misbehave.
Enough said. Read and draw your own conclusions.
Here’s the Behavior Index again.
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