My Dogs Not My Child He deserves Better

For those of you that insist your dogs are your children, I challenge you to treat your kids like your dog for one week and see if you still think your dog deserves the lowly status of "Child".

For those of you who have no human children or whose children have grown dont fret, just borrow a kid of a friend or relative or bring over the grandkids for a week. Theyll love you for this! What? You cant find any kids to hang around for a week. Thats ok, ask your spouse or a friend or, heck, go grab that homeless guy off the street corner and tell him you want to treat him like your dog for a week. Hell think hes won the lottey!

Heck, anyone will jump for a chance when they find out that youre going to:

Let them lay around in your bed all day. Pick at their dinner and snub it so youll feed them whats on your plate. Constantly lavish them with affection. Spend hundreds of $ on them at specialty stores for things they really dont need. Let them in and out of the house everytime they look at the door. Look the other way when they jump on the sofa between you and your special person growling and demanding attention. Laugh and joke while you hump their 80 year Nannas leg.

Well, ok, maybe you dont treat your dog this good. But if you really treated your dog like your "child" your dog would go to school to become a good citizen, greet people politely, eat what is put in front of them, and never be aggressive to anyone.

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Dog Training Training Aids

Training Aids

Dog training aids are necessary if you are planning to go on a dog training program. Remember the dog-training aids that are out in the market are actually benefits for dog owners. Dog training aids are there to help you in succeeding in teaching and training your dog. These aids could help the owner in training your dog in obedience, agility and etc.

You will find many types of aids, but only a certain few will work well for you, so choose wisely.

However, I find that the reward method of training aids is the best. Giving small amount of food for a well-completed task will work wonders. This method may not be effective if your dog is not really interested in treats. This method is a really a cheap method of training aids.

For dog agility training aids that are available are e.g. anti bark collars. Many dogs have a problem when they do dog agility. They start barking constantly basically because of the hype involved. Anti bark collars do one of two things or sometimes both, they give a small electric charge when your dog barks and spray some water up into their face. People may think this is cruel but it is completely harmless. It just lets your dog know that barking is not acceptable. These collars are available at pet shops and on the Internet and are not too expensive.

Clicker is another interesting aid. Surprising, this aid is one of the aid many dog owners prefer to use. The dog is taught to associate a clicking sound with a reward, like a treat. The trainer clicks the clicker when the dog does something good, followed immediately by a treat. Eventually, the dog learns to respond to the clicker alone.

The leash or collar training aid is the main form of controlling and communicating with the dog in leash and collar training. This aids is the most popular method of dog training and have been around for a very long time and have proven to be a favored among dog trainers
Whatever aids you choose, you as a owner or trainer is in a better position to determine the best aid that will go well and give good result.

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”Train your dog the same fast, effective, fun way a professional dog trainer uses to train pet stars in film, television, and commercials.”

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Dog Care Who Does Your Dog Think He Is

A tongue-in-cheek discussion of having and understanding a dog

Some dog owners insist that their dogs think theyre people. There really could be something to this. When we think that dogs are chasing cars, maybe theyre actually chasing ambulances because they think theyre lawyers. Weve always discouraged dogs from car chasing. Lately, this has become more important than ever with the possibility of your dog catching a Smart car. Obviously, the worst case scenario would be your dog catching a Smart car driven by a lawyer.

Hopefully, you dont live next door to a toy poodle who thinks hes Pavarotti. If people want a pet with a voice that high, why not just get a bird? As a rule of thumb a dogs too small if he has to stand on a phone book to drink from a toilet. Small dogs in posh neighborhoods are so stuck up theyll only drink from a toilet if theres no bidet. If you happen to meet such a dog on the street, be polite. Resist the temptation to ask if hes afraid of real dogs. On the other hand, the advantage of toy poodles is that they can be caught with Velcro.

Maybe the dogs “finding himself” because hes still a puppy. By the way, if youll be house-training him with newspaper, dont forget to clip the coupons first. Some puppies become paper trained very quickly. The real challenge is grasping the difference between newspaper and wallpaper.

Pet dentistry is getting very popular. It may be hard to take it seriously if youre still trying to get your kids to brush after meals, but your vet will expect you to brush your dogs teeth. Couldnt somebody just invent a fluoride Frisbee?

Regardless of who your dog thinks he is, youll probably want to train him. If youre teaching him to catch, you may want to start with pieces of liver. Some people can put a biscuit on their dogs nose, and the dog wont take it till the owner gives a spoken signal. Initially, this works better if the dogs sleeping. Dogs can also be taught conditioned response. At the sound of a bell, they salivate. At the sound of a bath running, they actually spit. Most dogs have the ability to eat on command, which is not great if thats all there is to show from the $200 spent at obedience school. But its worth some effort, because a smart dog will bring you a paper every day. A really smart dog will get it from next door.

Dogs will definitely learn, though. When a dog wants to go for a walk, he gets his leash. When he wants to eat, he lights the barbecue. Dogs like people food, but it shouldnt become a habit. If youre a good cook, your dog will beg. If youre a bad cook hell beg, specifically to go for a walk. You know you burned a burger badly when you drop it on patio stones and the dog puts it back on your plate with his paws.

There may come a time when you decide on some family planning for your canine Casanova. Unless your dogs a part of a controlled breeding environment, youll probably want to get him neutered. Dogs seem to be able to understand a great deal of what we say, so if youre in front of him, dont refer to him as being “fixed.” After all from his point of view, he was never “broken.” If you want to be sensitive to his condition, you could refer to his surgical alteration as his “vasectomy.”

People who love their dogs demonstrate it by buying toys, clothes and specialty food for them. But know when to draw the line. Love your dog, but dont throw him birthday parties. Hell just think youre a jerk for only remembering every seventh one.

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