What You Need to Know About Dog Behavior
Posted in Dog News, Dog Tips, Dog Training on September 1st, 2006There is an old saying - “A dog is man’s best friend.” In many cases though an owner can’t figure out why their dog behaves the way they do. Two dogs in the same house (even if they are the same breed), will act differently even when the dogs owners feel they are being consistent with the dogs training.
Many experts say that dog behaviors can be controlled through training along with the modification of the owners behavior. That’s right - chances are you are the reason your dog isn’t behaving the way you wish.
Animal behaviors (especially dogs) are responses to instinctual and social situations. To control these responses, the owner should teach his dogs the proper way to respond by analyzing the reasons the dogs are behaving in an undesirable fashion. Let’s explore a few of the methods:
Dogs bite for a variety of reasons - here are just a few.
1. Excitement
When somebody plays with his or her dog, the tendency of the dog is to get excited, and because dogs don’t have hands to use when playing, they use their mouth to grasp things. When this happens, there is the tendency that the dog might accidentally hurt people without intending to do anything harmful.
2. Protection
Dogs can be very possessive, so, whenever he wants to protect something that he owns, he will bite whoever threatens to take it away from him. Hence, when people get near the dog’s property, the dog’s tendency is to bite to make the person leave his property alone.
3. Pain
When the dog is not feeling well, he does not understand why he is feeling that way. Therefore, when a person, even if it’s his master, touches him, he may think that it’s the person who causes the pain and so his tendency is to fight back by biting.
4. Fear
Dogs are sometimes afraid just like humans. That is why when somebody startles him, the dog’s only known protection for itself is to bite back.
The best thing is to avoid these situations and leave the dog alone. The problem with so many people is that they want to always play around with their dog without learning how and when the dogs should be left alone.
Like humans, dogs have feelings too. When these feelings are all mixed up, their only known protection for themselves is to bite because they cannot understand the situation logically. Therefore, people should know that in order to avoid such circumstances.There is an old saying - “A dog is man’s best friend.” In many cases though an owner can’t figure out why their dog behaves the way they do. Two dogs in the same house (even if they are the same breed), will act differently even when the dogs owners feel they are being consistent with the dogs training.
Many experts say that dog behaviors can be controlled through training along with the modification of the owners behavior. That’s right - chances are you are the reason your dog isn’t behaving the way you wish.
Animal behaviors (especially dogs) are responses to instinctual and social situations. To control these responses, the owner should teach his dogs the proper way to respond by analyzing the reasons the dogs are behaving in an undesirable fashion. Let’s explore a few of the methods:
Dog Biting. Why do dogs bite?
Dogs bit for a variety of reasons - here are just a few.
1. Excitement
When somebody plays with his or her dog, the tendency of the dog is to get excited, and because dogs don’t have hands to use when playing, they use their mouth to grasp things. When this happens, there is the tendency that the dog might accidentally hurt people without intending to do anything harmful.
2. Protection
Dogs can be very possessive, so, whenever he wants to protect something that he owns, he will bite whoever threatens to take it away from him. Hence, when people get near the dog’s property, the dog’s tendency is to bite to make the person leave his property alone.
3. Pain
When the dog is not feeling well, he does not understand why he is feeling that way. Therefore, when a person, even if it’s his master, touches him, he may think that it’s the person who causes the pain and so his tendency is to fight back by biting.
4. Fear
Dogs are sometimes afraid just like humans. That is why when somebody startles him, the dog’s only known protection for itself is to bite back.
The best thing is to avoid these situations and leave the dog alone. The problem with so many people is that they want to always play around with their dog without learning how and when the dogs should be left alone.
Like humans, dogs have feelings too. When these feelings are all mixed up, their only known protection for themselves is to bite because they cannot understand the situation logically. Therefore, people should know that in order to avoid such circumstances.