Why Your Dog Can't Hear Your Commands

Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs
Martha Scott

Many times training or potty training our puppies is approached from logic that we think we understand as humans. But the fact is that dogs are an entirely different species than ourselves. The only reason that they've been able to be approached in this manner is that they put up with treatment that most other animals do not.

We would never think of and for that matter could NOT ever use punishment tactics seen in the dog world to train a dolphin for example. But somehow since dogs put up with that treatment, it's accepted as the way to do things. Just because we "can" do something does not mean that it's the right thing to do.

If we meet our dogs' needs as dogs then they will be well adjusted, bond with us and we can be sure to enjoy a happy and peaceful lifestyle with them.



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Getting Your Dog to Love You Forever

Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If we want our dogs to enrich our lives, be free of behavior problems, love us forever, provide unending friendship, and willingly listen to our cues, then we MUST meet their needs as dogs first, before any of this can successfully take place.

If we use our pets as an excuse to dominate or to fulfill some emotional need that WE need fulfilled, then behavior problems at some level (whether mild or severe) will result.

Canine behavior problems in a nutshell are the result of the needs of the dog not being met. Dogs are a living, breathing animal and as such need to approached and interacted with based on their own "canine" psychology and individual sensitivities.

When we meet our dog's physical, emotional and instinctual needs FIRST, they will naturally fulfill the role described in the first paragraph. As with anything else, we will only get out of the relationship what we put into it.


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Best Friends

"The language of friendship is not in words but meanings."
Henry David Thoreau


This is even more true with our dogs. They sense our energy, our emotions and read our body language. Because of this it's much easier to train our dogs using hand or body signals before we attach a word.

Our dogs can also sense our intergrity and commitment to them. Lack of interaction, impatience and over-dominance only proves to a dog that his owner is not sincere.

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