What To Do About Dog Dominance

Do Not Give The Dog The Run of The House

What is there to do about dog dominance? There is a lot to do about it and you have to take action quickly, or your efforts may be in vein as the dog becomes older and matures into an independent, aggressive pooch. You do not need to hit the dog and you don’t need to yell at it. All of your training can be accomplished with a stern loud voice, due diligence, and a good deal of patience.

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If you can read the dog’s mind you will be able to understand what it is thinking and how you counteract or act upon the situation. If your dog is having trouble with food or jumping, then solve the problem by focusing on food or jumping. Do not go ahead and try to solve an aggressive issue when your dog is having an anxiety issue. Keep the solution glued to the problem and your problems will be fixed.

If you do decide to begin hitting the dog, it will lead to an aggressive pet and you will now have double the amount of problems you did before. So what the heck are you supposed to do in order to get your dog up and motivated for training or better yet, to even get up? Making sure your dog sees you as a fit owner of the group is probably the most important to set up or get started if you have not already.

Being the alpha dog in the group (you play the role of a dog here for now) will allow you to live with a little less stress. In the dog’s eyes, you wear the crown and it will show respect for you. It may bother you from time to time but overall the aggressiveness, biting, or barking habits it has shown you, will decrease if you can keep up the measure and effectiveness of your leadership. How are you to do that?

Make your presence be known and make sure you follow through with any commands you give good old pooch. If you want the dog to sit down and it is not sitting down, then get it to sit down by physically pushing near its bottom. Now notice I didn’t say hit or slap it, but simply let it know you want it down. It isn’t as hard as it sounds. Although admittedly, this can be more difficult if you own a very large dog.

I have friends who own a little terrier and the thing goes absolutely nuts when it can see that they are ready to leave the house. How are they able to keep their dominant status while leaving? They do not give the dog the run of the house (for more than one good reason) and they do that by confining the animal to one particular area of the house. Line up a few good dog toys such as a chew bone, rubber ball, food bags, and other trinkets, and you will help lesson the dog’s need to be ruler of the house. It will understand more and more that you are in charge.