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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