| Knowing how your dog thinks can help you in dog | | | | that your dog training will be much harder. Your dog |
| training and coming up with better ways to do just | | | | will constantly challenge your authority. He may even |
| that. It also lets you know what to expect and how | | | | ignore you altogether. Of course, you do not want |
| to handle him in different situations. | | | | this to happen. |
| You have to remember that dogs are pack animals. | | | | Keeping your dog in check does not mean you have |
| Before domestication, dogs lived in packs where | | | | to be cruel to him. You just have to make him realize |
| there is a hierarchy among its members. Dogs that | | | | that you are the boss. Be strict and consistent in |
| live with people today continue this tradition as they | | | | doing this. The moment your dog sees your |
| see their adoptive family as a pack. | | | | leadership diminish, he will attempt to challenge your |
| Letting your dog know his place in the family is your | | | | dominant position. |
| first order of business. You have to establish that | | | | Getting inside your dog's head can be really helpful in |
| you are the leader of the pack and that he needs to | | | | dog training and living with him easier. This lets you |
| obey you every command. Making this point early on | | | | anticipate his next move and act accordingly. |
| only makes your life easier. | | | | Establish the pecking order and be the boss as soon |
| If you fail to establish the pecking order, you can bet | | | | as possible. |