Dog: Head halter exercises
Teaching your dog to love his head halter makes your walks much more enjoyable for you and your dog. It’s well worth a little work at the outset to avoid having your dog stop many times during a walk to paw at his halter.
Teaching your dog to love his head halter makes your walks much more enjoyable for you and your dog. It’s well worth a little work at the outset to avoid having your dog stop many times during a walk to paw at his halter.
Teaching your puppy to enjoy being handled is essential to a happy, safe, and convenient life with her now and as she grows.
Teaching your dog to go to his bed (or crate) is relatively easy and very useful. Not only can you
direct your dog to go lie down in situations when it’s nice to have him out from underfoot, for example during mealtimes or when visitors are at the door, but your dog will learn to settle at times when he might otherwise get over-excited.
Resource guarding behavior is a demonstration of possessiveness around any thing or place the dog considers valuable and is afraid to lose: toys, food, bones, sleeping spots, garbage, even the TV remote control.
When your dog knows “find it,” you can distract him away from or pass distractions in the
environment. It’s also a great way to give your dog a mental workout.
Fear is a common and perfectly normal, innate, and adaptive behavior in all animals. However, if fear isn’t addressed, it can develop into serious behavioral and health problems, so if your dog is showing fear or shyness, you should always deal with it proactively.
Some dogs, often puppies or young adults, are unable to control their bladders during greetings; this can involve greeting humans and/or other dogs.
her dog while he’s on his leash? This unpleasant but common behavioral problem in dogs can be caused by barrier frustration.