How
to Make Your Dog Obey You
Most people contend that dogs are created to
obey their masters. That is why they are considered a man’s best friend. However,
obedience is not an innate quality in dogs. That is why it is important to teach
them how to obey commands in order for them to know in what manner they should
behave. In reality, obedience training is created to impose control over
dogs. These canine friends should know who the master is and who the follower
is. However, the concept of training dogs how to obey may vary on styles,
equipment being used, or on the principles being implemented. Nevertheless, all
of these things are focused on making dogs obey their masters. The question
is: How do trainers or these concepts make the dogs obey their masters? What is
the reason that lies beneath the idea considering the fact that dogs are not humans
who can logically understand why they have to obey? What people don’t know
is that there are only two keys in order to make their dogs obey them: consistency
and compassion. Consistency is extremely important in every training program.
This is because as mentioned earlier, dogs are not logical thinkers. This means
that they don’t know and they don’t understand why they have to obey or what does
their master want from them. That is why it is important to let them know the
things they should do and the things they shouldn’t do. In this way, people
should be consistent on distinguishing the things that should be done and those
that are not appreciated. On the other hand, compassion is needed in teaching
dogs to obey because they are not like humans who will immediately understand
what is wrong or right. This means that people should be a little more patient
when teaching dogs to obey in order for them to gain the dog’s trust. There
are instances wherein trainers get impatient after repeating one command several
times. In the end, they tend to hurt the dog. In turn, the dog gets hurt and may
no longer trust his trainer.
The bottom line is that, dogs are not humans and they don’t
behave like humans. That is why training them to obey needs
more time, more patience, and more understanding from people
who know better.
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