HUNTING THE RIGHT HOUND Dogs can be both smart and fecrocious. These same traits often lead to some of these animals being recruited into service positions, either as helper dogs for the disabled or as bomb and drug sniffers for law enforcement agencies.
First and foremost, you must understand that keeping a dog means a lot of added responsibility. Sure, we all agree how cute that Golden Retriever puppy is. And so is that German Shepherd puppy. In fact, probably all the puppies out there are really cute.
Dog obedience training starts even before you get your puppy in your home. Instead, it starts originally with the person that you purchased the dog from. Ask the breeder or salesperson what type of training, if anything at all, was provided before your dog came into your care. Puppies until the age of 21 days are like infants; they are only able to find Mom, eat, sleep and go to the bathroom.
Dogs always have had a special relationship with mankind. Early man brought home orphaned wolf cubs which not only got along very well with the humans, but also made several tasks like hunting easier for them. Similarly, dogs today are the best friends of modern man. A striking resemblance can be observed between human society and the social structures of wolves and other predatory canines.
Your dog wants to be trained to be a well-behaved and well-mannered pooch. He will be much happier and much more content the better trained that he is. You will also enjoy him more. Dogs are pack animals and they receive pleasure from following the leader of the pack. You just need to make sure that the leader or the “alpha dog” is you.
