Tag: Dog training
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Types of aggression in dogs
By the term aggression we refer to threatening behavior and behavior that can injure another animal or human. Usual expressions of aggression include intense and threatening barking, growling, raised hackles, snapping, posturing, direct eye contact and of course biting.
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Choose your dog wisely !
Choosing a dog is a most important decision . Not just the breed but also the individual dog. Cohabitation with a dog is going to last about 12-15 years. The human-dog relationship , our relationship with our dogs is a most important and essential relationship in our lives.
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Dog Training -Protection Training
The dog that is to be trained for protection work has to be very well socialized and perfectly trained in obedience training. The owner has to be a balanced self- controlled person , at all times in control of his dog.
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Notes on protection training
In training a dog for Protection two basic rules apply : 1. You cannot stimulate aggressive behaviour to a dog that does not have the correct genotype 2. You cannot rely on genotype alone for a dog to show aggressive behaviour without proper training. When you stimulate aggressive behaviour(for protection work)you rely on genetics and…
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Reading the dog
There is a precise set of visual signals dogs use, we have come to call body language. This note is a guide to these signs and their meaning.
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Dog owner-trainer collaboration
Your relationship with your dog trainer should be like your relationship with your doctor. That's right. You should always be frank with your trainer and know that he will never judge you, he will only advise you just like your doctor will.
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The Bull Terrier is incomparable!
Don’t judge a fish by how it climbs a tree. Stop comparing the Bull Terrier to other dog breeds and the Bull Terrier’s training results with those of other dog breeds. Many dog owners and unfortunately many dog trainers either consider the Bull Terrier to be completely untrainable or so hard to train and so…
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Protection training insights
Protection dogs and their training is the most misunderstood part of dog training as a whole. To me a favourite part of training I especially enjoy whether as the owner of the trained dog or as the trainer, both as a Handler and Decoy. The prevailing confusion on the matter of Protection work arises from ignorance…
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Properly trained dogs
A balanced and properly trained dog with a nice, even behavior is the dream of every dog owner and the goal of every dog trainer.
