Dogs Are Man's Best Friend

Written by Wendy Yeager


Dogs are believed to be descendants of wild wolves. They wererepparttar first wild animal to be tamed. Ancient man probably brought home cub wolves to raise as pets. The pet wolves were also useful in driving away bears and other wild animals. One ofrepparttar 110957 oldest known breed of dogs isrepparttar 110958 Salukis, which were bred by Egyptians thousands of years ago as hunting dogs. Greyhounds and Dalmatians are also amongrepparttar 110959 oldest breeds documented.

Overrepparttar 110960 centuries, people have found many ways for dogs to be useful. Dogs helped to pull loads, herd cattle and sheep, and guard their master andrepparttar 110961 master’s property. The Ancient Greeks developed tiny lap dogs, which were meant to be held in a lady’s lap to help keep her stomach warm. Bulldogs with huge jaws and short noses were developed so they could hang ontorepparttar 110962 throat of a bull and still be able to breathe. In more recent years, dogs have been trained as seeing eye dogs forrepparttar 110963 blind. Dogs have also been recruited to work with law enforcement to detect drugs and explosives.

Today many dogs, such asrepparttar 110964 Poodle or Chihuahua, no longer resemblerepparttar 110965 wolf. Other dogs, such asrepparttar 110966 Siberian Husky andrepparttar 110967 German Shepherd still show a strong resemblance torepparttar 110968 wolf. There are many different breeds in existence today, fromrepparttar 110969 short haired Beagle and Boston Terrier torepparttar 110970 long haired Cockers and Scotties. The Beagle may be better suited to live inrepparttar 110971 city, while Setters or Collies may be more comfortable inrepparttar 110972 country. The tallest dogs are Great Danes andrepparttar 110973 Irish Wolfhound. They would probably be more comfortable in a place where they had a lot of room to run and play.

Train Your Dog With Respect

Written by Wendy Yeager


Proper training of your dog should begin when he is a puppy. The first four months of a dog’s life are very important inrepparttar training of your dog. This is when they learn behaviors that they will practice inrepparttar 110956 future.

Socializing your dog is one ofrepparttar 110957 most important things you can do to influence your dog’s future behavior. As soon as you bring your new puppy home, you should start letting him interact with other puppies, dogs and humans. Take your dog to parks where there will be other pets and people. Ask your friends if it is okay for your dog to visit their dog at their home or yours. Puppies will learn how to get along with other puppies and dogs if they are allowed to play with them when they are young. Introduce your dog to new experiences. Give him rides inrepparttar 110958 car, walk him on a leash aroundrepparttar 110959 park, let him hearrepparttar 110960 vacuum cleaner running. Help your puppy get used to a regular routine of baths, brushing , and healthy meals.

Housebreaking your puppy takes a lot of patience. Fix up a nice little space or room for your puppy. Place his food and water bowl there along with some favorite toys. Be sure to put newspapers all overrepparttar 110961 floor and replace them often. When you are at home withrepparttar 110962 puppy, let him out of his room for a short period of time to roam around and play. Return your puppy to his room andrepparttar 110963 newspapers after about 30-45 minutes to help with his housebreaking. Do not punish your puppy for having an accident. It could take up to six months before he is fully housebroken. Remember, most puppies can’t control their bladder overnight until they are about four months old.

Your puppy will undoubtedly want to chew on things he shouldn’t. Train him to leave your things alone by keeping them out of reach and by providing him with a variety of doggy chew toys. If he chews on your favorite slipper, don’t punish him. Simply replacerepparttar 110964 slipper with one of his own chew toys. Praise him for playing with his own toys.

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