Specialty Dog
Supplies for
Groomers
and Trainers
- Dogs do not hold grudges, nor do they do things out of spite,
the are not capable of this.
- Dogs can not do two things at once, they can not jump on people
if they were trained to sit politely when meeting people.
- Drive vs. Instinct: Drivers are great motivators while instincts
are their servants. Drive compels an animal to seek food for
self preservation. The hunting instinct is what makes it successful
in getting food.
- Stress: Learning is a stressful process. The dog must deal
with new impulses. Learning represents a confrontation with
the unknown.
- Obesity: Most vets and pet owners assume it is simply overeating,
but often turns out to be the result of emotional problems.
- Beagles are flooded with instinctive intelligence for tracking.
This basically shuts of their working and obedience intelligence.
- The idea of emotions in dogs is not new. More than 2,000 years
ago Aristotle confronted the issue: "Any organism that
has senses has pleasure and pain. Desire resides in these organisms
that experience pleasure and pain. Desire is the appetite for
the pleasant.
- Puppies at age 8-9 weeks start to develop a preference to
the types of surfaces they urinate and defecate on, ex. carpet,
grass, paper.
- Dogs must have the desire and willingness to perform learned
activities or solve immediate problems. At the pleasure and
direction of it's human master, this is a personality trait,
not one of intelligence.
- Matching a dog to it's owner: A match of the dog's characteristics
to it's owner's requirements must be met. The dog's temperament
and activity level along with the dog's level of intelligence
should fit its human family's life style.
- Dogs are not good at generalizing their behavior and do not
automatically transfer it to other surroundings. Ex. Your house
to the park - so train everywhere.
- Dogs live for the moment. Their opportunistic and they have
repetitive behavior that is rewarding to them even if they "reward"
is negative.
- All dogs, no matter the size or breed have the capacity to
lead other animals including the human variety, but they also
have the capacity to recognize and follow leaders.
- Teaching leadership principles and their applications is the
core of any correction program.
- Dogs do what works for them and are likely to repeat it.
- Training is the basis for a successful and satisfying relationship
with your dog.
- Jealousy: Dogs are not capable of this. This implies a human
value. This can be explained more objectively. The dog's view
is pack rank order. Trouble starts when rank order gets put
out of place.
- Worm puppies at 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks of age.
- Neanderthal man was phased out by homo sapiens because of
competition for the same food. The wolf hunted the same foods,
Neanderthal and home sapien kept the wolf, why?
- We are products of our own experiences and dogs can be also.
If the only time a dog gets to be in a vehicle is to go to the
vet, or groomers, or kennel, the car becomes an unpleasant experience
for the dog. This also applies to dogs that are isolated from
other dogs and people. This creates a dog that does not know
how to act.
- Puppies 9-12 weeks old:
- 1)Let puppies chase and flush birds such as the quail. Expose
the whole litter. Weed out the lazy, non-interested ones.
- 2) Too much chasing and flushing will cause pointing.
- 3) Plant flyers and non-flyers for pups to build confidence.
- 4) Use as much fresh scent for pups vs. dead scent to help
pups find game more effectively.
- 5) Praise pups for correct actions and correct wrong ones.
- 6) If pup or adult dogs break on a bird or bumper, do not
shout or release the dog, correct the action and return to training.
- Dogs need to walk. Letting them loose in a big yard is not
enough. The same old smells, people and animals get old fast.
New experiences are needed. Don't take your dog on the same
old route, or the same thing happens.
- Barking has become the most important way for dogs to communicate
with humans. In general, barking is part of the typical behavior
of the species.
- Correcting a fearful dog: By harshly abusing it's mental state
is not an option.
- Pattern - A pattern is an arrangement or a sequence regularly
found in comparable objects or events. Ex. A quilt.
- Routine - A sequence of actions regularly followed: A fixed
program (adj. performed as part of a regular procedure rather
than for a special reason)
- Dogs learn in patterns. Dogs change behavior by putting them
through a routine.
- Dogs evaluate every day of their lives. What do they evaluate?
They evaluate your strengths, weakness, your leadership abilities,
your firmness, moods, and democracy.
- When a dog develops a behavior that is not desirable, we must
study and find the cause. Dogs don't just all of the sudden
start doing things we do not like.
- Re-directed aggression is when an animal is headed for a stimulus
and is side tracked by something or someone caught between the
aggressor and the original stimulus. This is a situation of
I'm angry at this person or object but since you're closer,
you'll do.
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