Who's Pulling The Leash, You Or Your Dog?Written by Juanita Bellavance
Hopefully no one is pulling leash. The ideal situation is that you and your dog are equally enjoying walk and neither is pulling and tugging other in any certain direction.If your dog tends to be pulling you off into its own direction a large amount of time you are walking, you can train dog to stop doing this. What's interesting is that you have actually been training dog to do this behavior not only by allowing it but by supporting it without realizing it. There are various reasons that cause a dog to automatically pull on leash. For example, when a beagle sees a squirrel or other animal scurry quickly across in front of him, he is going to go berzerk. You can count on that. So be ready to hold on strongly if you plan to keep beagle in tow in a situation like this. Just holding dog in tow is not enough, though, since this will reinforce dog's desire to pull. Think of it as a training opportunity! To use it as a training opportunity, you will need to know exactly how you are going to train. Another example of dog pulling on leash is when a dog wants to sniff out an area, he will automatically go to area with no thought of you who are on other end of his leash. Expert trainers have techniques to keep a dog focused in direction of your choice. You want to take care not to reward dog when he goes off your chosen path and expects you to go with him. Since it takes you by surprise, you may inadvertently reward him by following him, impulsively reacting to his sudden behavior.
| | Pros and Cons when Choosing a Specific Breed of DogWritten by Jon Dunkerley
Pros and Cons when Choosing a Specific Breed of Dog By Jon Dunkerlen www.web-rover.com Ok so you have made big decision to purchase a dog. Whether decision was yours alone, or that of your kid’s, you being voice of reason must determine appropriate breed of dog that will be part of your family for years to follow. Think of it as a trip to grocery store. You have your absolute necessities, your health food, and your junk food. Necessities So you are at your wits end! Your kids are driving you crazy, “we wanna dog, we wanna dog, we wanna dog!” You dream of puppies in your sleep, your kids demand animal crackers in their school lunches; they draw pictures of puppies and stick them to refrigerator door. Just last night, you thought you heard your wife bark in her sleep You decide that living in this state of craziness is no longer acceptable! Your options are; get hell out, invite your family to lobotomy class, or submit. Junk Food So you walk into grocery store and immediately see this huge box of chocolate chip cookies. You know in your heart that you shouldn’t buy damn box, but no matter how hard you try, your mind will not waver from imagining big fat chunks of chocolate mixed with icing sugar as it dribbles down your chin and stains your nice new shirt! We can and will use this same analogy when discussing new addition to family: Every year, thousands of dogs are purchased, adopted, or taken in by individuals acting on pure impulse. These people just want a dog, its cool to have a dog, oh wait till girls see me now, nobody’s gonna mess with me now… These people have no time to think about implications to owning a pet nevermind which specific breed would best suit their living situation. They do not fathom living cycle: Mrs. Johnson walks into a pet store with her 5-year-old daughter. By way, Mrs. Johnson is a single mother living in a 2 bedroom dump up town, and holds two jobs just to make ends meat. Upon entering store, Jenny, Mrs. Johnson’s daughter sees a little Husky pup and remarks emphatically that she wants this dog! Wanting to please her daughter, Mrs. Johnson works out a payment plan with store, and mother and child exit store with pup. Do you remember big chocolate chips with icing sugar… So pup is now at home and growing rapidly! The child is in school all day, mother is at one of her two jobs leaving pup alone. All of us know what happens when young pups are left unavaded to their own device? Now icing sugar is really beginning to drip… Three months have passed and mother is at her wits end! The daughter is no longer interested in pup, mother would rather mop floor with it than take care of it leading to pup being dumped at nearest animal shelter! Stain… The lesson here is simple. When planning on adding a dog to family, research different breeds that exist, to try to best suit breed characteristics of dog to your own living arrangements.
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