As I mentioned in a previous post , the hierarchy is the basis of canine society, and that society is composed not only dogs, but we are also included us humans. The little dog we have at home we considered the herd, so we are bound by its rules, but since we are not dogs is interesting to note a number of things:
- A dog is a dog, and is happy of being : nap by noon on the field, pasture grass, digging holes or fetch a stick can be as suggestive activities for our dog as much as we do not interested. So the same way that he throws us for pick-up sticks and insists that dogs do activities, we should not pretend to behave like a human. I think for a good relationship between all this is a basic point, not humanize the dog.
- commanded us: the role of the herd owners is to be the leaders, "alpha dogs." This means that we are responsible for the welfare of our canine friends who have food, water and a good place to sleep and take care of their health and that they lack love and attention. But it also means we control the resources, that is, decisions about when to eat or place to sleep, for example, are ours.
- Respect hierarchy, closely related to the above, we must act as leaders to keep our range. We provide the things a good training for obedience, but also influences our daily behavior. Our dog may want to become alpha and help you eat first leaving or by feeding on the table, allowing you to sleep in our bed or leaving pasearnos to us when we left. Nor is it good if we growls to take food or a toy, and oddly enough if advocates for children is a sign that he believes that is hierarchically above them, as it defends the members of lower ranks. If you have multiple dogs should not get involved in their hierarchy clearly benefiting from the lower-level actions such as offering food or defend first of others. The fights can occur, but we limit ourselves to separate (and this should be done with care) without punishing them later. Nothing
- punishment: to use violence with our dog not only demeans us as humans, but we also breaks down in the hierarchy of the pack and how much we can get us to obey out of fear. This is a large failure and we get two negative things: destabilize the dog's behavior and that the hierarchy is not too clear. Just a firm "no" and that captures our displeasure when he does something he should not, and especially positive reinforcement obedience to touch, kind words or a bauble, with that will increase their interest to please. Since we have touched on this issue, add that the punishment or reward should be applied immediately after the action we want to punish or reward. It is no use to give you a cookie when you take a while seated after saying "Sit!" Will not know exactly why they reward, whether by watching or stay up watching a fly that happens.
- socialize our puppy, we talked about this stage puppy's life, so I just re-emphasize its importance. It extends between 4 and 12 weeks of his life and the goal is to familiarize you with the greatest number of people, objects and situations. Something that had not commented in the previous post is the possibility that this period of his life was spent in a kennel because it comes delivered with about 3 months. In this case before we bring him home to inform us of the conditions under which he lived and how they have cared for their breeders to make sure you have had some contact with humans. I have seen first hand a case of a "place" to sell puppies "industrialized" which could have a hundred dogs whose contact with humans had been almost nil.
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