Fern's Guide to Pet Care

Dog Behaviour Training

Hehehe. Got Master to write this one. Well, paws are so difficult to type with. Wags.

Dog behaviour training is more than making your dog obedient and safe to have around. It’s much too complex a process to reduce it to that. Dog owners have to be actively  involved in dog behaviour training, so they can learn and discover all the aspects of their pets. In a nutshell, dog behaviour training is about getting an obedient animal while also getting familiar with the needs and expectations of a close friend that doesn’t speak the same language.

The instincts that make a dog react in a certain way to specific stimuli are the main focus of dog behaviour training. The explanation for low sociability, for example, may be rooted in the animal’s genes or in its environment. Once the trainer gets to manipulate these by dog behaviour training, spectacular changes are not slow to appear. There are, too, special institutions and centres that provide assistance for dog behaviour training and have a scientific background of tests and studies about the nature and flexibility of the canine instincts.

Probably the most significant part of dog training behaviour lies in understanding the way to encourage or discourage certain responses, and the skills of a trainer are best reflected here. The main instincts that are targeted by dog behaviour training are: prey, play, pack, defence and food. The order is not relevant for their importance, since each plays an important part in a dog’s life and determine the relationships with humans and with other dogs. Don’t forget, though, that different breeds have different dominant instincts. Dog behaviour training needs to cater for breed specifics in the way the dogs are trained.

Many people are surprised to learn that dog behaviour training includes teaching the animal how to play. This seems to be the something that is not inherent to the genetic structure of a dog. In order to learn how to jump and wrestle it is essential that the owners of a young puppy help the animal acquire these skills. In nature the mother and siblings in the dog family would teach them but, in the absence of a doggy mother and siblings, the humans need to do it. This is an essential part of dog behaviour training, since it actually shapes the relationship that humans and dog develop.

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