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Understanding
Psychology Of Dog
Training
Dogs are descendent of wolves. To study the
psychology of dog training and understand the pack
hierarchal system of dogs, we must go back
and examine their ancestor -wolves.
Wolves live naturally in packs of at least 2 and
more... They live in a dictatorship system with
strictly defined hierarchies of males and females. In
their system, a leader - usually always a male, the
biggest and toughest wolf also known as alpha
leader would be in charge of the pack and will have
the right to everything. The rest of the dogs in the
pack would be followers and follow their leader
willingly. This hierarchy system is not static and
would change when another dominant member
challenge the leader's authority and win.
For your dog, your family is the pack and every
member is part of the hierarchy system. From the
moment a new puppy or dog is introduce to the
family, the new dog will start to pick up signals and
indicators to figure out his own status in the family
and who’s in charge. If your dog see you as a "alpha
leader", he will follow your commands willingly and
this will allows you to train him easily.
On the other hand, if your dog is very dominant
(because you allow him to pick up the wrong signals)
and starts to challenge your "alpha leader" position,
he may refuse to follow your command and turn
aggressive against you easily. This situation usually
happens in children where dogs see their chain of
command higher than that of them. This also
explains why children suffer more dog bites than
adults do.
If you would prefer to own an obedient dog that
pay attention to your command, assuming the
role of the “alpha leader’ and establishing
control over your dog is extremely important!
Your dog must learn that he is the lowest ranking in
the family, subordinate to you, to the children, and
must recognize you to be the leader. If such
hierarchy is not set up properly, the dog will try to
take charge and assume the role of the leader.
This’ll eventually lead the dog to turn into “dominant
dog” and thus tend to misbehave. If this happens,
you’ll face an uphill task to properly train your dog.
As we live in a democratic society, most of us will
find it hard to understand the dog’s concept of
dictatorship. Nevertheless, it is necessary that
we adjust ourselves to understand how the dog
live and think. By being dictating, you would think
that this is cruel or even inhumane to the dog. If you
think so, you are very wrong!
In fact, dogs are more than happy to be a follower
and taking instructions from a leader. You have to
give your dog directions, organize his space and
activities for him, and he’ll be more clued-up and
know his boundaries of life, which means knowing
what is expected of him when he’s indoor or outdoor.
Your dog will be able to lead a less stressful and
happy life and so will you.
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