A few tips for dog owners!

Chloe Taylor · Joined: 08 Apr 2009 Posts: 6693

I wanted to be a dog trainer and breeder when I get older so mabey I can start by sharing a few tips!

#1: Never get frustrated around your pup, it could cause the dog to gain stress as well and possibly the dog won't eat.

#2: Never look a dog straight in the eyes. It could cause the dog to think that your trying to force it into combat and may cause agression.

#3: If a dog licks at your face, it's not giving you 'kisses'. It's giving you a sign that it knows your it's leader. It could also possibly mean that it's hungry, or saying that it dosn't want to fight. So try not to 'kiss' your dog back. Then it might think it's the leader.

#4: If a dog rolls on it's back and puts it's tail between it's legs, it's not scared or waiting for a tummy rub. It is acting submissivly and knows that your the boss.

All these rules were passed on from wolves to present day dogs. Dogs are natural pack animals and display these behaviors when they think they are actually in a 'pack'.

I will pst some more, if these get good responses. If you have a dog at home, try these out and post if they worked!

Misty Glen · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1393

Um... I'm not entirely sure some of these are entirely accurate. Where did you read them? Perhaps if you want to share tips you could post useful resources instead?

Cosmosxx · Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 1228

There is a lot of evidence to suggest that dogs don't inherit as much from wolves as we thought.

There are a lot of differences in the behavior of dogs and wolves.

Chloe Taylor · Joined: 08 Apr 2009 Posts: 6693

True Cosmos, but they did get the pack instincts.

Cosmosxx · Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 1228

My dog does roll over for tummy rubs, as I'm sure others do.

I was a dog trainer for about 4 years a while back, and modern thinking says it isn't always as straight cut and dried as you have stated.

Dogs have learned a lot of behaviors through domestication.

Chloe Taylor · Joined: 08 Apr 2009 Posts: 6693

Yes and most of these actions, are to get what they want, but if you looked at a group of domesticated dogs, and a pack of wolves, then you'll see that almost every action is exactly the same wether their playing or not...

Misty Glen · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1393

There might be a fair few similarities between a pack of feral dogs and a pack of wolves, but there wouldn't be anywhere near than many between most domestic dogs and wolves. I still think if you want to help people you should try posting links to useful sites, or recommend books or organisations that have provided you with some good information, rather than posting your interpretations of things you've heard.