Man’s Best Friend (by Wesley Laird)

Dogs truly are Man’s Best Friend; they are loyal and love you no matter what. Dogs and humans have been living side by side for about 15,000 years, so you might think we know each other pretty well. Dogs are very diverse from breed to breed, countless different sizes, shapes, and colours. All dogs descended from the wolf family that inhabited Europe, Asia, and North America. We know that dogs have had a relationship with people for many years through a study of cave drawings, pottery, and early carvings. But there’s more to dogs than sitting, rolling over, and playing dead. Dogs can be a pleasure to be around and a joy in your life, but untrained poor mannered dogs can be a pain for owner and people around. 

The bottom line is training. As I always say “if you are not training your dog, your dog is training you”. They want and need leadership, you must be there as “pack leader” for them. You need to train them so they know what is expected of them and where they fit into the pack and the world around. Dog training is teaching a dog to respond to commands, or the modifying of actions not natural to the dog, to help the dog be a happy part of our human environment, modifying the dogs’ natural toileting, digging, barking, and chewing behaviours, to fit our life styles. There are many styles of dog training, almost as many as there are trainers. Those that focus on positive, and do not rely on food bribery, are comparatively the best. Teaching your dog to do, or not do, everything out of love and respect for you, the pack leader. Deserve to be your dogs’ best friend. For more information Visit me, Dog psychologist Wesley Laird on my site at http://www.inhomedogtraining.com.au.

Their Pet Makes Them Smile

It has been established that people who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks.

Most dog owners (94 percent) say their pet makes them smile more than once a day.

Introducing “Sit” command

Sit is the first command most people teach their dogs and pups. Sit is an important command, a natural position and comfortable for the dog. Dogs all around the world are trained to sit with the commands given in as many languages as there are. Any words, sound, hang signal or look can be taught to the dog to be a command. Commands are conditioned responses.

Many people create bad habits while introducing sit. Probably the most common using food creates repeating the command until the dog sits then giving the treat. I have two major problems with this simple technique that we have all seen people use. The first problem is using food from the start. Sure it works with most pups but you should not need bribery to get your own dog to do any command. A lot of dogs will only listen when you have food, others that dint care as much about food listen when they want. Repeating is not commanded, it is asked, Whenever you repeat your commands you are telling your dog he did not have to respond to the first time you said it. It is best right from the start to only command once.

When you are first introducing sit to a new dog, or a puppy, have him on a leash. Keeping the lead loose says sit once in your normal speaking voice. Help him into a sit position and praise highly with high pitch baby talk tone of voice. Use your tones of voice; show your pooch you are happy with his sitting. Keep the introduction positive. Later you can incorporate disapproval for not sitting but do your best to be positive and keep it fun, not repeating and not bribing. 

All commands should be trained given once and in your normal speaking voice. If you start yelling or repeating your dog may only respond if you yell or repeat. When you repeat any command you are telling the dog he did not have to respond to the first command. I have seen many people say to their dogs “sit, Sit, SIT,” getting louder and louder. Those dogs are taught the command “sit” is “sit, Sit, SIT,” when it should just be “sit”, once and normal voice. Really when repeating you are asking not commanding. Asking and commanding should be very different. Asking, or keying, are requested or warnings and are conditioned through repetition. Commands the dog must do, you are telling not asking.


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