Your Puppy and You
by
Traderdog
Maybe you were given a puppy at Christmas or maybe this little pup came into your life quite by accident. Whichever route, there will be some very dramatic changes in the life of owner and pup. Whether these are good or bad mainly rests with you, the owner.
In the space of a few months your darling little puppy will grow into a full sized dog.
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Dog is man s best friend. Yes, agreed, but an untrained, unmanageable dog can become one of man s most obnoxious friends.
Plus if he is allowed to become dangerous he will no longer be a friend, but a liability that could possibly mean the end of the dog s life. At the very worst injury to a child or other person could be the result of your puppy growing into an uncontrollable dog.
This type of mutt can ruin lives and wreck households, doing tremendous damage in the process. He can dominate the household where he exploits this position to his advantage, taking pride of place on his favour sofa or armchair, sleeping on your bed, demanding his biscuits, in fact making himself truly objectionable.
He can drive a wedge between partners, whom he will individually exploit, but a well trained dog is truly something to be valued. A constant friend and companion and in the case of some invalids, a life restorer. Guide Dogs for the Blind and Hearing Dogs for the Deaf etc. spring to mind.
The person who feeds the dog is likely to be the one to whom the dog attaches his allegiance. This is a natural process, but this does not rule out the fact that a well-adjusted dog should like and respond favourably to all members of the family.
All his bad habits must either not be allowed to develop or be rapidly corrected if they do.
His main bad habits are:
Chasing cats, poultry, sheep etc.
Fighting other dogs
Eating and licking garbage, refuse, etc.,
Endangering his and other people s lives by running out into traffic.
Chasing joggers and total strangers.All these activities must curbed for both his own safety and the safety of others. He must learn that two lettered word No . He must learn to regard traffic with the greatest respect, not to fight with his fellows and if he lives in the country, not to worry livestock and not to chase humans. If he chases and damages livestock, i.e., kills sheep, he is liable to be put down.If you have a dog to guard your property (and you) remember that under today s laws you are responsible for any damage, hurt or harm your dog does to an intruder even if this is on your property. There are probably many dog owners who would disagree with this remark taking the view that the intruder has no right to be on your property in the first place. Here is not the place for a long discussion on the so-called rights of the intruder.It needs to be remembered – a dog should not be regarded as some sort of trophy which unfortunately does happen. This is sometimes the case where some cult status dogs, i.e., Staffs, Rotts are used as weapons and at the other end of the scale are many breeds of small lap dogs.A dog is an individual whether he/she is a pedigree or Cross Bred dog and both have equally likeable traits. To reinforce the puppy training theme, if it can be arranged for the dog to attend training classes, this should be a great advantage. Make sure the trainers in any chosen class hold the appropriate pieces of paper , i.e. that they are either British Institute of Professional Dog Trainers or Kennel Club Accredited Trainers. An amateur or untrained dog trainer is liable to do more harm than good at an early stage in your puppy s life and so entrench the damage for life if not corrected. Therefore, it is necessary to check any training establishment thoroughly.Dogs differ in many ways, as do humans and each deserves equally kind treatment and training and you will find more on this subject at Dogs and Saving Money Be firm, fair and friendly. Good Luck.Traderdog is an experienced writer and a committed dog owner. She writes only on subjects where she has personal experience. Learn more at save-money-guide.com Article Source: ArticleRich.com