Preventive measures for dog owners

According to Human Society of United States resports spayed and neutered dogs are three times less like to bite. Thus is is highly essential for you to spay and neuter you dogs. Doing this will reduce their frequent aggressive tendency.

As a dog owner it is very important that you socialize your dog. If you socialize your dog well it will be much likely you will experience dog bite. Socializing you dog help boost it's confidence and reduce it's been nervours or frightened under normal circumstances.

So socialize your dog very well by introducing your dog to your member of family, other people, and experiences that could possibly course nervousness and fear biting in future. Do this and make it feel at ease with people and other dogs.

Dog training will also help you in preventing dog bite. You have to learn proper training techniques by attending dog training class. Attending these classes will help you socialize your dog. Train your dog to respond to some basic comands such as "stay, "leave it" and "come". Also train you dog to drop his toys on command . If you don't do this you will have to retrieve it from his mouth. Thus taking risk of your finger been bitten.

Teach your dog acceptable behaviors by enrolling in an obediece class. Attending this class you dog will be trained to be submissive and respect your leadership in house. Games like "tug of war", "wresling","siccing dog on another person" should not be avoided as it encourages aggression.

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Now you may take a look at what you are doing that is rewarding this behavior. You say, "I'm not rewarding him! I don't give him a treat for doing this." This is time to consider what a dog considers a reward, then.

To a dog a reward is when you give him something which brings him happiness whether you meant it as a reward or not. As you know, treats are not only thing that brings happiness in a dog's life. Consider that you are rewarding dog when he is allowed to pull you off course at his whim.

Any dog can be trained to stop pulling on leash. There are no limits as to age or how long dog has been allowed to pull on leash. From what you have read here and with some patience, focus and repetition you can train your dog to stop pulling on leash.

The bad news is that this training takes some education. The good news is that this education is available and training is possible for anyone who can physically hold dog on a leash.

And more good news: there is no pain or punishment involved at all, neither for you nor for your dog! An expert trainer can give you some basic steps to getting results you want by following a specified formula.

Mogens Elliasen of K9joy is an expert trainer with 30+ years of experience and author of the fabulous resource at http://www.PullingOnTheLeash.com.