Choosing And Training A Dog Companion
By Allweb
The saying goes that a dog most often takes after its owner and that the owner most often borrows many of their dog’s features. The result is that the owner ends up as looking like the dog and vice Read more...
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Taking Care Of Your New Dog
By Rosie Reynolds
When people choose to own a dog they are responsible for it. Apart from the moral responsibility, the owner is required to provide: Adequate food daily.Free access to clean drinking water Read more...
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Nutritional Needs For Different Dog-types
By Justin Bryce
Nutritional Needs For Different Dog-typesWhile the first dogs were undoubtedly kept as companions, it probably did not take long to realize the working value of this newly-made friend. Even Read more...
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Jumping Dogs: It Might Be More Than An Excited Greeting
By Martin Olliver
Down Spot! Down Princess! Down Rover! Down Peaches! … Down Comet! Down Cupid! Down Donder and Blitzen! I’ve heard that command many times, from many desperate owners, directed at many determined dogs. The jumping is a universal problem, but a better understanding of what’s motivating the behavior can go a long way toward addressing it.
Dogs jump up on people for two reasons mainly. First, and probably most common, is the jumping who greets this way. This can simply be from over-excitement - they “jump for joy.” behaviorists also point out that this is partly instinctive. Dogs lick each others faces when they want to give a super nice greeting, a likely reflection of lower ranking members of a wolf pack licked the faces of the higher ranking wolves returning from the hunt. In addition, puppies in a den jump over one another for their mother’s attention. More specifically, they target her face, as a mother typically regurgitates food for her litter, another reflection of the wolf pack.
Also, this behavior can be positively reinforced during greeting times, when a jumping is met by an excited owner who immediately praises, feeds, walks and/or plays with their pet after getting “jumped,” so to speak. Jumping becomes part of this routine. It is rewarded and reinforced.
Another reason for jumping, which is less commonly the case, is that they may be trying to establish dominance. Dogs jump up on each other through what’s known as “teeing off.” In particular, they rest their head or paw (or both paws) on the shoulder of a they want to dominate and exert a bit of downward pressure. Because we walk on two legs, we’re more difficult to tee off on, but the motivation is the same. The may be trying to express his dominant status. In these cases, they often jump up once and more or less lean on you.
It’s important to identify this behavior by seeing it in the broader context of your relationship. First, realize a disobedient isn’t
Training Your Dog The Proper Table Etiquette
By Keith Lee
Your puppy needs to learn proper table manners if he is to become a good house-dog. He must learn to give up his food to you without a struggle. He must also learn not to take food that does not Read more...
How To Train Your Dog
By Luke Donnelley
Providing effective training for your dog from an early age is very important for a number of reasons. The most effective training method for both you and your dog will depend upon a number of Read more...
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